
Charlie's Angels (2019)
Ella Balinska, Naomi Scott and Kristen Stewart are the Angels in this reboot of the crime-fighting trio franchise. Elizabeth Banks helms and co-stars.
Charlie's Angels heed the call to save society from a dangerous new technology whose existence is leaked by a whistleblower.
- Director:
- Elizabeth Banks ('Pitch Perfect 2')
- Writer:
- David AuburnElizabeth BanksJay Basu
- Cast:
- Kristen StewartNaomi ScottElla BalinskaElizabeth BanksDjimon HounsouNoah CentineoSam ClaflinPatrick Stewart
Reviews & comments

The New York Times
pressThe writer-director Elizabeth Banks has chucked the bikinis, but not the foundational fairy tale that women's power is a matter of low stakes, cute outfits and sassy you-go-girl attitude.

FilmInk
press...consistently fun dialogue and fight scenes... actual characterisation; it's worth seeing these angels take flight.

Los Angeles Times
pressDespite all its hand-to-hand fighting, the latest "Charlie's Angels" never really gets a proper grip on things.

Time Out
pressFor all of its #MeToo heavy lifting, though, the film still doesn't work, mainly for the same reasons as before: Constructed as symbols (not human beings), these characters have too much spy stuff to do and yet, not quite enough.

The Guardian
pressIt's better than it could have been while also not being quite good enough to warrant any further instalments.

Hollywood Reporter
pressBanks brings Charlie's Angels into the modern age with flair, all while unapologetically raising a feminist flag, championing female friendships and subtly making a point about the urgency of the ongoing climate crisis.

Variety
pressThe new "Charlie's Angels" is a heavier chunk of escape than any previous "Angels" incarnation - if the early-2000s films were pop, this one is metal.

Sydney Morning Herald
pressThe regular eruptions of firepower are choreographed so smoothly you can just about forgive the implausibilities. There’s a jaunty feel to it all, together with a few well-placed plot twists, lots of good-humoured banter and the usual fun to be had from the Angels’ fondness for disguise.

Stuff
pressSadly, while the dialogue may feel right up to date, the plot is very much last century. After a series of potentially interesting double and triple-crosses, things evolve towards a very predictable conclusion.

The New York Times
pressThe writer-director Elizabeth Banks has chucked the bikinis, but not the foundational fairy tale that women's power is a matter of low stakes, cute outfits and sassy you-go-girl attitude.

FilmInk
press...consistently fun dialogue and fight scenes... actual characterisation; it's worth seeing these angels take flight.

Los Angeles Times
pressDespite all its hand-to-hand fighting, the latest "Charlie's Angels" never really gets a proper grip on things.

Time Out
pressFor all of its #MeToo heavy lifting, though, the film still doesn't work, mainly for the same reasons as before: Constructed as symbols (not human beings), these characters have too much spy stuff to do and yet, not quite enough.

The Guardian
pressIt's better than it could have been while also not being quite good enough to warrant any further instalments.

Hollywood Reporter
pressBanks brings Charlie's Angels into the modern age with flair, all while unapologetically raising a feminist flag, championing female friendships and subtly making a point about the urgency of the ongoing climate crisis.

Variety
pressThe new "Charlie's Angels" is a heavier chunk of escape than any previous "Angels" incarnation - if the early-2000s films were pop, this one is metal.

Sydney Morning Herald
pressThe regular eruptions of firepower are choreographed so smoothly you can just about forgive the implausibilities. There’s a jaunty feel to it all, together with a few well-placed plot twists, lots of good-humoured banter and the usual fun to be had from the Angels’ fondness for disguise.

Stuff
pressSadly, while the dialogue may feel right up to date, the plot is very much last century. After a series of potentially interesting double and triple-crosses, things evolve towards a very predictable conclusion.
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