The Archies

2023

2h 21m

Musical

Comedy

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64%

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25 Reviews

81%

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1,000+ Ratings

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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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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Simon Abrams

RogerEbert.com

“The Archies” succeeds by not overthinking its very existence.

Rated: 3/4

Dec 15, 2023

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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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Hannah Rose

CBR

The Archies re-imagines Riverdale as an Anglo-Indian community in 1960s India, resulting in a colorful, cheerful, and authentic take on the Archie mythos.

Dec 18, 2023

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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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SL A

Absolute blast...loved it so much...the experience was so fresh

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

01/03/24

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Venkat I

This is an outstanding movie. Successfully transplanted the names, costumes and lifestyle to India with a very plausible reason. Impeccable locations within India that bring Riverdale alive. Set in the 60s with superb musical performances - both period music from the 60s and modern songs - but well adapted for plausibility in the 60s. The story lines and characters so faithfully modernised that I am amazed - this is exceptional. The melodrama is done with enough flair to let you know that it's all in good fun. And yet the story line woven in between the melodrama is wistfully romantic and very delicately done indeed. It's play acting and real at the same time - a very difficult thing to achieve. It's of course Indian enough to still make sense - in fact it will make sense only to Indian audiences who still have a middle class morality value that fits with this interpretation of the 50s Archies. It will make no sense to those who never read this comic book as a child but for those who did - it's perfect. It's better than Grease in recreating the 50s and early 60s for the Indian audience - Cliff Richard and no baseball or American football - and way better than Riverdale which just went bizarro on the comic book - using the names and little else. Making it a musical was a brilliant idea. I will be going back to listen to the songs again - many were exceptional. Good Indianised Rock (and Roll). All in all a very very successful and well acted recreation with a "modern retro" setting. Modern- retro; melodramatic -good acting - the peculiar combination of words needed to describe this movie is a good indication of just how clever Zoya Akhtar has been in creating this masterpiece. Sadly the movie drags in the second half and 20 minutes could have been easily chopped off - but that's not a detraction from what is otherwise a picture perfect Indianised recreation of the Archies. They should have made a song or two out of some of the soppy stuff that dragged. The casting of Reggie Mantle and Hiram Lodge stand out. Archie, Jughead and Big Ethel (Dot.) are also excellent - just what they would be have been if they were Indian. Dot apparently did a lot of the songs. Hermione Lodge, Ricky Mantle and Dilton Doily also deserve mention for good treatment of their characters with good acting. Veronica is a disappointment but good enough.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

12/26/23

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

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