The Archies

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The Archies

2023

2h 21m

Musical

Comedy

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Set in 1960's India in the fictional hill station town called Riverdale, The Archies is a coming-of-age musical following the lives of the town's favorite set of teenagers -- Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, Reggie, Ethel and Dilton. Seen through the lens of the unique Anglo-Indian community, The Archies explores friendship, freedom, love, heartbreak and rebellion.

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Udita Jhunjhunwala

Scroll.in

Writers Kagti, Akhtar and Ayesha Devitre build specificities of the Anglo-Indian community into the narrative.

Jun 24, 2024

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Robert Levin

Newsday

The movie looks great, it's conceptually interesting, and it has several memorable moments. But it's also interminable.

Rated: 2/4

Jan 31, 2024

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Robert Lloyd

Los Angeles Times

The Archies humanizes them by giving them humanity...

Dec 16, 2023

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Joshua Polanski

Boston Hassle

Without her more serious touch, the incessant glee of Riverdale rubs irritatingly, as does the obvious emotional pandering of the screenplay.

Jul 4, 2024

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Ishita Sengupta

OTTplay

The problem plaguing the film is similar to what affected Akhtar’s previous work, the expansive new season of Made in Heaven. The politics, albeit correct, constantly hangs on the narrative.

Jan 15, 2024

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Shah Shahid

The Movie Blog

It’s a simple story about young kids who end up dealing with very adult concepts of capitalism and how they can bring change to the world around them. It may not be for audiences expecting more than that.

Dec 29, 2023

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Dancing N

Good movie for people who were unfortunate enough to be born with IQ 40 and below.

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

03/25/25

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Rishabh K

Trash Nepotastic Garbage stay away thrash acting writer and the entire crew were on Cocaine while filming this pile of garbage

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

10/03/24

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Caitlin S

Excellent 00s 2000s Y2K McBling High Life Dubai

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

03/21/24

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Celina I

trash, very bad acting that completely lost the plot. was hard to watch.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/27/24

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Yams

This was just painful at every level. Suhana and Khushi just couldn't be tolerated. I give up .

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

01/13/24

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Saurabh J

Not sure why the movie was made. It seems like it smelled of nepotism in Bollywood. Just 15-20 minutes into the movie and I was like Yuck!!, I don't want to watch this.

Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars

01/05/24

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Synopsis

Set in 1960's India in the fictional hill station town called Riverdale, The Archies is a coming-of-age musical following the lives of the town's favorite set of teenagers -- Archie, Betty, Veronica, Jughead, Reggie, Ethel and Dilton. Seen through the lens of the unique Anglo-Indian community, The Archies explores friendship, freedom, love, heartbreak and rebellion.

Director: Zoya Akhtar
Producer: Zoya Akhtar, Sharad Devarajan, Jon Goldwater, Reema Kagti
Screenwriter: Zoya Akhtar, Ayesha Devitre, Reema Kagti
Distributor: Netflix
Production Co: Graphic India, Excel Entertainment, Archie Comics Publications, Identical Pictures, Tiger Baby Films
Genre: Musical, Comedy
Original Language: Hindi
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 7, 2023
Runtime: 2h 21m

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