Directed by Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan • 2001 • United States, Canada
Starring Rachael Leigh Cook, Rosario Dawson, Tara Reid
Josie (Rachael Leigh Cook), Melody (Tara Reid), and Valerie (Rosario Dawson) dream of becoming rock stars with their small band Josie and the Pussycats. Given the chance of a lifetime by top music managers Wyatt Frame (Alan Cumming) and Fiona (Parker Posey), will the girls realize they are only pawns in an evil plot to put subliminal messages into pop music? Putting a subversive spin on the Archie Comics series and Hanna-Barbera cartoon of the same name, this sharp-witted, slyly anticapitalist satire of the increasingly commercialized music industry in the era of boy bands and manufactured idols pops thanks to its irreverent attitude and pitch-perfect cast.
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