This new reboot of the 70s TV series, with Kristen Stewart as one of the ass-kicking agents, fatally lacks style – and laughs
However absurd this sounds, when the last Charlie’s Angels movie reboot came out almost 20 years ago – with Cameron Diaz, Lucy Liu and Drew Barrymore as the three ass-kicking special agents reporting to their unseen male coordinator, “Charlie”, and Bill Murray playing their droll helper Bosley – it felt like an actual pop cultural event. There were feature articles in the press, asking readers to remember which of the Angels from the original 70s TV show they liked the best, and playfully noting what those various preferences inadvertently revealed.
This new Charlie’s Angels film, on the other hand, is the non-event of the year, a tree of boredom falling unheard in a forest of dullness: a brain-deadeningly pointless movie starring Kristen Stewart alongside virtual newcomers Naomi Scott and Ella Balinska, catastrophically without the
comedy and the comedy performances vital to making it work.