The A.V. Club in 2009, Nathan Rabin writes that it is "funny, sly and sweet" and "a sly, sustained spoof of consumerism". He rates the film as a "secret success". The Los Angeles Times wrote in 2017 that the film's "sharply satirical vision of the hyper-commercial record industry feels only more relevant." To commemorate the vinyl reissue of the soundtrack in 2017, Josie and the Pussycats was screened by Alamo Drafthouse at the Ace Hotel in Los Angeles, with a performance by Hanley and a panel with Cook, Reid, and Dawson, and received an oral history feature in The Fader. DuJour appears in the 2021 Robot Chicken special "The Bleepin' Robot Chicken Archie Comics Special". Green, Meyer and Faison reprise their roles, and Cook reprises her role of Josie. Scrapped TV series A month before this film was released, DiC Entertainment, an animation studio with extensive ties to Archie Comics, announced it had bought the rights to create a cartoon featuring the characters, and was planning to release it in the wake of this film. However, these plans were scrapped. Likewise, not much about what this cartoon would had been is known. References External links Josie and the Pussycats 2001 films 2001 comedy films 2000s female buddy films 2000s English-language films 2000s musical comedy films 2000s satirical films 2000s teen comedy films 20th Century Fox films American female buddy films American musical comedy films American satirical films American teen comedy films American teen musical films Canadian musical comedy films Canadian satirical films Canadian teen comedy films English-language Canadian films Films about consumerism Films about girl groups Films based on Archie Comics Films directed by Deborah Kaplan Films directed by Harry Elfont Films produced by Marc E. Platt Films scored by John Frizzell (composer) Films set in New York City Films shot in Vancouver Live-action films based on animated series Live-action films based on comics Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer films Universal Pictures films 2000s American films 2000s Canadian films