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10/26/01
Josie and the Pussycats (2001)
53 %
Reviews Counted: 114 Fresh: 60 Rotten:54 Average Rating: 5.2/10
Consensus:
This live-action update of Josie and the Pussycats offers up bubbly, fluffy fun, but the constant appearance of product placements seems rather hypocritical.
Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins
Theatrical Release: Apr 11, 2001 Wide
Box Office: $14,126,075
Synopsis: Josie (Rachel Leigh Cook), Melody (Tara Reid), and Val (Rosario Dawson) are the Pussycats, a struggling rock band hoping for success in the fast-paced music world. Their dreams seem to be coming true when a record producer (Alan Cumming) suddenly signs them up to become the newest number one... [More]
Genre: Comedies
Starring: Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson, Paulo Costanzo, Alan Cumming
Director: Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan
Screenwriter: Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan
Producer: Marc Platt, Chuck Grimes, Tony DeRosa-Grund, Tracey E. Edmonds, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds
Composer: John Frizzell
Screenwriter: Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan
Producer: Marc Platt, Chuck Grimes, Tony DeRosa-Grund, Tracey E. Edmonds, Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds
Composer: John Frizzell
Reviews
Top Critic
Who would have thought that one of the most perceptive teen comedies for years would feature a bunch of young women who started out in Archie comics?
06/15/01
Top Critic
This self-styled self-reflexive comedy asks the question, just how stupid are teenagers?
04/18/07
Top Critic
Boasts a self-referential irreverence that gleefully attacks pop culture by using members of pop culture
03/11/04
Alan Cumming (who's picked up where Richard E. Grant left off in Spice World) seems to be doing an impression of Stewie, the megalomaniacal baby on Family Guy.
08/01/03
Once again the nostalgia of our youth has been strip-mined for a Hollywood remake . . . At least this one doesn't have any CGI talking-dog monstrosities in it
03/19/03
Not necessarily the best film, those who remember the original series and have an interest in pop culture humor should find something in Josie to enjoy.
01/29/03
In the end, the plot is revealed and everything is wrapped up just like an episode of Scooby Doo. But not after the bumbling Tara Reid tortures us with her ditziness.
12/08/02
Josie and the Pussycats moves like one of its songs, fast, sexy, and fun.
11/22/02
Amusing comedy that transcends its all-too-obvious silliness thanks to a trio of sweet performances, some catchy songs and some spot-on gags at the expense of teen culture.
10/30/02
Send the teens to this one. See it yourself if you're in the mood for something that won't require much of you.
10/21/02
The result is a frothy but irresistible movie that brims with bubbly spirit, wicked wit and punk-flavored pop tunes.
10/15/02
Josie and the Pussycats urges teenagers to be individuals instead of herd-like consumers. Ironically, in doing so, it contains more product placements than any movie I’ve ever seen.
08/02/02
Has good intentions, but unfortunately doesn't have what it takes to effectively carry them out.
07/12/02
This sounds like a disaster along the lines of “Dudley Do-Right,” but writer-directors Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont pull off a surprisingly spry spoof of the very way pop culture – especially music – is marketed to teenagers.
06/15/02
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