Josie & the Pussycats: Rachael Leigh Cook, Tara Reid, Rosario Dawson, Gabriel Mann, Paulo Costanzo, Missi Pyle, Alan Cumming, Parker Posey, Tom Butler, Carson Daly, Aries Spears, Alexander Martin, Deborah Kaplan, Harry Elfont, Chuck Grimes, Dan DeCarlo, John L. Goldwater, Richard Goldwater: Amazon.ca: Video

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4.0 out of 5 stars Neat little teen movie satire, April 7 2002

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Mr. B. G. Fowler "ben1283" - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Josie & the Pussycats (VHS Tape)

One word sums this movie up: 'irresistable'. With a variety of cute characters, bubblegum rock tracks and satire of commericialist pop music it is too cute to resist. It follows a rock group, Josie And The Pussycats, on their way up to the top. The only problem is that their music is being used to transport subliminal messages to the youth of America, dictating trends and fashions to them. This is certainly a great idea and amusingly, each scene is filled with promotion for other products. By far the best scene is at the start as hit boy band Du Jour (including Seth Green and Breckin Meyer) fight and bicker in an obvious satire of manufactured boy bands everywhere.

Yes, so it's a one joke movie but it goes a long way on this one joke. The actresses all look the part, especially the scatterbrained Tara Reid and record executive boss Parker Posey. Whilst there are some unfortunate sidetracks into moral territory, with frienship and togetherness both getting in there, this rarely impinges on the light-hearted nature of the movie. Like the music that the Pussycats play, this is bubblegum pop at its very best.

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5.0 out of 5 stars Long tailes, and ears for hats!, July 2 2004

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This review is from: Josie and The Pussycats (Widescreen) (DVD)

So sue me. I absolutely loved this movie and the music was great (except for Du Jour :) The punkish remake of the cartoon song is just out of this world. This may be mindless fun, but it's fun, and was a pleasure to watch. Good R&R, over-the-top story played toungue in cheek, and the band was cute. What more do you want from a movie based on a cartoon from the 70's.

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1.0 out of 5 stars gut-wrenchingly bad!, July 1 2004

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Saima Huq "sh" (Astoria, NY USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Josie and The Pussycats (Widescreen) (DVD)

But you knew that just from the title!!!

This twist on the characters created by the same people who brought you Archie and Jughead is actually a feature-length movie with the same plot as a "Simpsons" episode, namely the one where Bart, Milhouse, Nelson and Ralph Wiggums all are a concocted boy band with subliminal messages to get people to join the navy.

In this case, it is to buy merchandise related to Josie and the Pussycats. Tara Reid as Melody shows a lot of butt cleavage -- that is the best acting she does. Rosario Dawson has potential as the smart Valerie who gets jealous of Josie as the alpha female. Rachel Leigh Cook - who thought this was a good follow-up to "She's All That" -- is all right but needs to pick better scripts.

The funny thing is, it's not fiction --- the movie producers DO want you to buy merchandise related to the movie. That knowledge -- coupled with the bad writing --- just makes it too hard to think it's funny, unless you like laughing at yourself.

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1.0 out of 5 stars Not-so-subliminal Message: This Movie Sucks
"Josie & The Pussycats" is a facile, lame-brained "satire" of pop music commercialism that gets crushed by its own bizarre stupidity... Read more

Published on Jun 20 2004 by BZU2027

1.0 out of 5 stars Not your mother's pussycats. Or mine. Or yours.
I think in the years to come, when people are studying film, this movie, though a flop, will be discussed as an example of the large problem that product placement or "brand... Read more

Published on April 26 2004 by Edward Aycock

4.0 out of 5 stars Buy this DVD! Eat Big Macs! Drink Pepsi one! Join the Army!
Someone's lost their sense of humour!

Well, I rented this video last night. I was pretty damn pleased with it, not least because of the pretty girls and pretty songs, and the... Read more

Published on April 20 2004 by bix

5.0 out of 5 stars A GREAT MOVIE and TOTALLY SURPRISED ! ! !
JOSIE and the PUSSYCATS(PG-13)...I wasn't at all sure what to think when purchasing this movie. I remember seeing the commercials and thinking it was going to be just another... Read more

Published on Feb 6 2004 by Gary L. Fox

3.0 out of 5 stars Wry, Funny Girl Band Movie for the MTV TRL Crowd...
(For mine, anything with Rosario Dawson in it has gotta be okay). Rachael Leigh Cook--famously known as the new face of the "this is your brain on drugs"... Read more

Published on Jan 8 2004 by yygsgsdrassil

5.0 out of 5 stars Funny Movie
This movie was great, it showed the excessive amounts of sponsorship which many bands deal with. (An example is Target's symbol made into pillows in a hotelroom. Read more

Published on Nov 12 2003 by johnalex

5.0 out of 5 stars The purrfect DVD for any sane teenage girl
Thinking back to the good ole days with the Josie comics I thought, hey, why not check this out. I loved Josie and The Pussycats when it was a TV show, maybe this new version will... Read more

Published on Oct 12 2003

5.0 out of 5 stars Very Underrated
This is an extremely underrated movie. Albeit I only watched it the first time around for Rachael Leigh Cook, but was surprised to find it to be en extremely funny, enjoyable... Read more

Published on Sep 2 2003 by C. Matthews

5.0 out of 5 stars Well done movie and DVD!
I love this movie and probably have watched it over 5 times! The story is about three girls from Riverdale who dream of becoming rock stars. Read more