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Josie and the Pussycats

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Josie and the Pussycats (2001)

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Reviews Counted:116

Fresh:61

Rotten:55

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.

Rated: PG-13 [See Full Rating] for language and sensuality

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Comedies

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... 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 band in the country, without even listening to their music. Before they can think twice, the girls are made over, given glamorous clothing, and besieged by hordes of trend-worshipping fans, but soon Josie and the gang begin to realize that their music is part of an evil scheme run by MegaRecords executive Fiona (Parker Posey) to control the world by planting subliminal messages in the music of prepackaged, manufactured pop groups. When the Pussycats learn the truth, Fiona will do anything to keep them from getting in the way of her ultimate plan. JOSIE AND THE PUSSYCATS roars into the new millennium with a dead-on satire of the modern culture of pop music and merchandising (including the fictional group Du Jour, an hilarious parody of boy bands). Simultaneously, JOSIE presents a trio of bubbly but tough female heroes who sound as good as they look, with songs produced by Kenneth "Babyface" Edmonds. The film is a live action interpretation of the comic book from Archie Comics that became a popular animated television series in the 1980s. [More]

Starring: Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson, Paulo Costanzo

Starring: Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson, Paulo Costanzo, Alan Cumming, Carson Daly, Donald Faison, Seth Green, Gabriel Mann, Alexander Martin, Parker Posey, Breckin Meyer, Missi Pyle

Director: Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan

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
Studio: Universal Pictures

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Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
08/07/08
Mark Halverson
Mark Halverson
Sacramento News & Review

This self-styled self-reflexive comedy asks the question, just how stupid are teenagers?

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
04/18/07
Lisa Alspector
Lisa Alspector
Chicago Reader
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This is one sharp pussycat.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
04/18/07
Joe Leydon
Joe Leydon
Variety
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Aaaaah, what a classic!

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Wally Hammond
Wally Hammond
Time Out

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Full Review Source: Hollywood.com | comment Comment
05/01/04
Hollywood.com

Boasts a self-referential irreverence that gleefully attacks pop culture by using members of pop culture

Full Review Source: Cinemania | comment Comment
03/11/04
Dan Jardine
Dan Jardine
Cinemania

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.

Full Review Source: Reel Film Reviews | comment Comment
08/01/03
David Nusair
David Nusair
Reel Film Reviews

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

Full Review Source: eFilmCritic.com | comment Comment
03/19/03
Brian Mckay
Brian Mckay
eFilmCritic.com

About as fresh and fun as week-old kitty litter.

Full Review Source: RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland) | comment Comment
03/13/03
Harry Guerin
Harry Guerin
RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

The best praise I can offer is it could have been worse.

Full Review Source: Film Quips Online | comment Comment
02/08/03
John R. McEwen
John R. McEwen
Film Quips Online

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.

Full Review Source: Oscar Guy | comment Comment
01/29/03
Wesley Lovell
Wesley Lovell
Oscar Guy

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.

Full Review Source: Film Threat | comment Comment
12/08/02
Chris Gore
Chris Gore
Film Threat

Josie and the Pussycats moves like one of its songs, fast, sexy, and fun.

Full Review Source: Combustible Celluloid | comment Comment
11/22/02
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

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.

Full Review Source: ViewLondon | comment Comment
10/30/02
Matthew Turner
Matthew Turner
ViewLondon

Send the teens to this one. See it yourself if you're in the mood for something that won't require much of you.

Full Review Source: San Diego Metropolitan | comment Comment
10/21/02
Jean Lowerison
Jean Lowerison
San Diego Metropolitan

The result is a frothy but irresistible movie that brims with bubbly spirit, wicked wit and punk-flavored pop tunes.

Full Review Source: Cincinnati Enquirer | comment Comment
10/15/02
Margaret A. McGurk
Margaret A. McGurk
Cincinnati Enquirer

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.

Full Review Source: ReelTalk Movie Reviews | comment 1 Comment
08/02/02
Betty Jo Tucker
Betty Jo Tucker
ReelTalk Movie Reviews

Has good intentions, but unfortunately doesn't have what it takes to effectively carry them out.

Full Review Source: Window to the Movies | comment Comment
07/12/02
Jeffrey Chen
Jeffrey Chen
Window to the Movies

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.

Full Review Source: Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) | comment Comment
06/15/02
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

Like the superior "Charlie's Angels," "Josie" proudly proclaims the triumph of style over substance ...but after the initial zing begins to fade the filmmakers have to scramble to hold our attention.

Full Review Source: Kalamazoo Gazette | comment Comment
06/09/02
James Sanford
James Sanford
Kalamazoo Gazette
 
 
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