Josie and the Pussycats

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Josie and the Pussycats

PG-13

Released Apr 11, 2001

1h 38m

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Josie, Melody and Val are three small-town girl musicians determined to take their rock band out of their garage and straight to the top, while remaining true to their look, style and sound. They get a record deal which brings fame and fortune but soon realize they are pawns of two people who want to control the youth of America. They must clear their names, even if it means losing fame and fortune.

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Critics 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.

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Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

Movie rates itself out of an ideal audience.

Rated: 2/5

Dec 24, 2010

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Lisa Alspector

Chicago Reader

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

Apr 18, 2007

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Joe Leydon

Variety

This is one sharp pussycat.

Apr 18, 2007

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Tina Kakadelis

Beyond the Cinerama Dome

One of the best-written critiques of American consumerism and the commodification of nearly every aspect of daily life. It's a sweetly packaged, delightful romp through the music industry accompanied by an incredible soundtrack of original rock songs.

Rated: 5/5

Jul 25, 2023

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Cory Woodroof

615 Film

It’s They Live for the *NSYNC generation. It’s as clear-headed and sure-fired in its very, very exact critiques of how ridiculous product placement and ad over-saturation was getting at that time.

Jun 25, 2022

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Matt Brunson

Film Frenzy

Some interesting ideas and amusing moments get misplaced in a garish presentation dominated by monumentally moronic diversions.

Rated: 2/4

Dec 4, 2021

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Estevan G

Ahead of its time. A very fun and funny movie about friends and subliminal messaging.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/14/24

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Twiggy H

Would be a cute girl-ish movie but weird to have such a story written in such a way - in fact, why are so many movies of that time (especially for female bands) written with such ill-intent to it's main characters? Seriously, just looking through the entire film industry archives and then *bam* the 90's giving young girls trying to have a career for themselves a hard time.. to the point of having death scenes! in fact, come to think of it (and though the films are fictional) all the films designed for a young female audience are just stupid; degrading; awful - as if to mock the very people the film producers hope would pay to watch it *head scratch* glad i grew up not watching tv, but when i did it wasn't that shite. The funnest thing about the '27th track' in that song is that those band songs are so basic there wouldn't even be anything even close to 10 track lines in it! *lol*

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

09/27/24

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Leon Andres R

This is a totally underrated movie. I think it is great; the cast is great, the music is fabulous, and the humor is just amazing. And Rachael Leigh Cook is so hot and sexy here. Amazing movie, I love it

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

08/06/24

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Test T

I watched this on DVD recently. Josie, Melody and Val are great and have lots of on-screen character chemistry, providing a feel good factor which makes the movie pleasant. I liked the rock music, and the pacing is generally good enough to maintain the viewers interest. I found the conspiracy elements of the story much less appealing, and there are lots of very obvious brand placements to endure. The story is OK at a superficial level, but the film starts to run out of ideas at the end and has nothing of any significance to say. That said, most of it is bubbly and fun, and I enjoyed watching it.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

04/10/24

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Howard H

The music in this movie is great, the casting is great, the humor is great, I've never seen the original comic but I like the topic of how consumerism affects us

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/24

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Noah B

The ending sold the movie for me

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

03/21/24

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Deborah Kaplan

Director

Harry Elfont

Director

Rachael Leigh Cook

Josie

Tara Reid

Melody

Rosario Dawson

Val

Alan Cumming

Wyatt Frame

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Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - It's a Good Wow

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Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - Subliminal Messages in Rock Music

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Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - Spin Around

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Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - Singing in the Shower

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Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - Killer Carson Daly

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Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - Slipping It

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Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - Pretend To Be Nice

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Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - Lisping Lisa & White Ass Wally

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Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - Pussycat Fight

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Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - DuJour's Biggest Hit

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Synopsis

Josie, Melody and Val are three small-town girl musicians determined to take their rock band out of their garage and straight to the top, while remaining true to their look, style and sound. They get a record deal which brings fame and fortune but soon realize they are pawns of two people who want to control the youth of America. They must clear their names, even if it means losing fame and fortune.

Director: Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont
Producer: Marc Platt, Tracey Edmonds, Tony DeRosa-Grund
Screenwriter: Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (MGM), Marc Platt Productions, Universal Pictures, Riverdale Productions
Rating: PG-13 (Sensuality|Language)
Genre: Comedy, Music
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 11, 2001, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 10, 2016
Box Office (Gross USA): $14.3M
Runtime: 1h 38m
Sound Mix: Dolby SR, DTS, Dolby Stereo, Surround, SDDS, Dolby A, Dolby Digital
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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