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Charlie's Angels Slammed By Critics
Posted on Thu Sep 22, 2011 12:00 PM PDT
The reviews are in -- and unlike the Charlie's Angels girls themselves, it's not pretty.
Angels is set to premiere on ABC tonight, the second reboot of the original 1976 TV series that starred Farrah Fawcett, Jaclyn Smith and and Kate Jackson.
This 2011 version gives us beauties Minka Kelly, Rachael Taylor and Annie Ilonzeh as the trio of butt-kicking leading ladies. While all three are gorgeous, that's apparently all there is to this remake.
Critics are panning the series across the board, calling it absurd and boring while picking apart everything from a plot that doesn't work to the terrible dialogue. One of our favorite reviews comes from the Chicago Tribune. "Angels was a hit 35 years ago because viewers obviously didn’t mind idiotic dialogue and illogical plots," critic Curt Wagner wrote. "Oh, and it also worked because so few action shows had women as leads. Things have changed since then, though."
Looks like we'll be praying that NBC can find a role for Minka again on Parenthood.
Photo: Courtesy of ABC
Charlie's Angels premieres Thursday night at 8 p.m. ET/PT on ABC.
Will you be tuning in?
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Comments
get out your milkbags ladies and we have an instant hit on our hands!
So sick of these remakes and reality shows. Doesn't anyone in hollywood have an original ideas anymore?
Maybe Minka Kelly will share with the rest of the world what it's like to get fired.
it will be canceled quicker than the Playboy Club.
the original was crap too. You can't copy a pile of dog doo and make it into a gold nugget!
We got rid of our cable. The only stations we were watching were Nick at Nite and TVLand
Gone after three episodes...max.
As stated in the article, the concept isn't original anymore. I know, let's have a "sexy female bounty hunter Western" series called "Have Lip Gloss, Will Travel".
Just more proof that the movers and shakers in Hollywood have dried up with their creative juices. All the good shows, with a few exceptions are on none of the big three networks.