Charlie's Angels
(2000)ORIGINAL TV FORMULA A paper-thin action series (1976-81) about three beautiful female private investigators who spent plenty of time in alluring undercover guises while working for a shadowy boss.
BIG-SCREEN MAKEOVER All of the series' key ingredients — cooked up with liberal amounts of postmillennial attitude, ferocious martial artistry, and a trio of winning heroines (from left, Lucy Liu, Cameron Diaz, and Drew Barrymore) — make for a tasty soufflé of an action flick.
HIGH POINTS While Diaz's ''Baby Got Back'' dance routine is delightful, and Liu's escape from death in a trailer is thrilling, nothing tops the sight of Barrymore single-handedly trouncing a group of baddies — with her hands literally tied behind her back.
LESSON LEARNED A film can succeed by being both mindless and smart.
WHAT EW SAID ''A fizzy, fashion-deep, tongue-in-cheek thriller that's perhaps the first motion picture to make beating the unholy crap out of bad guys as adorable as it is exciting.'' B
