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Josie and the Pussycats

PG-13 Released Apr 11, 2001 1h 38m Comedy Music List
53% Tomatometer 125 Reviews 52% Popcornmeter 50,000+ Ratings
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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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 Full Review Lisa Alspector Chicago Reader This self-styled self-reflexive comedy asks the question, just how stupid are teenagers? Apr 18, 2007 Full Review Joe Leydon Variety This is one sharp pussycat. Apr 18, 2007 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Read all reviews

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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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review 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 Full Review Noah B The ending sold the movie for me Rated 4 out of 5 stars 03/21/24 Full Review Paper W So suprised to see that this movie has such a low rating! It was a very fun watch. The plot WAS cliche but they find a way to make it entertaining. The film REALIZES that the plot IS cliche and makes a great satire out of it. All the characters are fun and its very over the top. Rated 5 out of 5 stars 01/07/24 Full Review Read all reviews
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Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - It's a Good Wow Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - It's a Good Wow 2:34 Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - Subliminal Messages in Rock Music Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - Subliminal Messages in Rock Music 2:55 Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - Spin Around Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - Spin Around 4:22 Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - Singing in the Shower Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - Singing in the Shower 1:45 Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - Killer Carson Daly Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - Killer Carson Daly 1:46 Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - Slipping It Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - Slipping It 2:11 Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - Pretend To Be Nice Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - Pretend To Be Nice 2:47 Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - Lisping Lisa & White Ass Wally Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - Lisping Lisa & White Ass Wally 3:17 Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - Pussycat Fight Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - Pussycat Fight 2:38 Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - DuJour's Biggest Hit Josie and the Pussycats: Official Clip - DuJour's Biggest Hit 2:46 View more videos
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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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