Judge me if you want. I think this movie is hilarious. It's one of my guiltiest pleasures.Dylan (Drew Barrymore), Natalie (Cameron Diaz), and Alex (Lucy Liu) are the ass-kicking proxies of super-secretive millionaire Charlie (John Forsythe, who was the original voice of Charlie in the TV series) who runs a private detective agency in L.A. The girls are tasked with rescuing kidnapped entrepreneur Eric Knox (Sam Rockwell) from his business rival (Tim Curry). Also, there is a creepy thin assassin with a hair fetish (Crispin Glover) to contend with, as well as relationship drama.
Let's face it, nobody is watching this thing for the plot. This is the epitome of popcorn flicks. There are hot girls in tight clothes, martial arts, explosions, and Bill Murray in a fake sumo suit. Plus, Sam Rockwell's sweet dance moves. This was riding the wave of "girl power" left over from the late 90's, as evidenced by the Destiny's Child-heavy end credits song. All very well and good intentioned and whatnot, but again, who cares? This is the artistic equivalent of a Garfield comic. It's not going in the Louvre, but it can entertain you for a minute. Sometimes that's all you want.
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