The comics and short-lived cartoon series were cute and the characters, well, Josie and the Pussycats are cute also. But really, what else is there? Unfortunately, Josie and the Pussycats - the movie suffers from the lack of an important element in a movie - a decent story.
Writers/directors Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan had hoped to make a satire poking fun at the pop music industry, trend-conscious teens and commercialization of America but the result was a movie that seemed pieced together by paper cut-outs of advertisements and Starbucks coffee cup holders. The problem with Josie and the Pussycats is that the premise of the movie is too simplistic and basic with major work required before it can be turned into a movie script. The government is involved with a major record label to brainwash American youth with subliminal messages to encourage consumption and create trends. That's your entire story, stretched paper-thin into a feature-length movie.
Writers/directors Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan had hoped to make a satire poking fun at the pop music industry, trend-conscious teens and commercialization of America but the result was a movie that seemed pieced together by paper cut-outs of advertisements and Starbucks coffee cup holders. The problem with Josie and the Pussycats is that the premise of the movie is too simplistic and basic with major work required before it can be turned into a movie script. The government is involved with a major record label to brainwash American youth with subliminal messages to encourage consumption and create trends. That's your entire story, stretched paper-thin into a feature-length movie.