Mixed or average reviews - based on 29 Critics  Critic score
distribution:   1. Positive: 12 out of 29   2. Negative: 6 out
of 29   1. Reviewed by: Joe Leydon     Sensationally exuberant,
imaginatively crafted and intoxicatingly clever.   2. The action
is as perky as the main characters.   3. Reviewed by: Jay Carr
Mindless glitz-o-ramas don't get any snazzier.   4. A comic-book
rock band starring in a film that actually makes a point? Now
that's something worth singing about.   5. Reviewed by: Frank
Lovece     That rare film aimed at teenage girls that's still
enjoyable for grownup viewers.   6. 70     A surprisingly smart
satire around the bubble-gum band that first found life in the
pages of the Archie comic book series.   7. Reviewed by: Jane
Dark     The excellently irrelevant music is played by
excellently irrelevant real-life rockers.   8. 67     It's a
silly, goofball romp, sure, but this newfangled Josie rocks far
harder than her predecessor.   9. The movie's got bounce.
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