The December Comfort Watches, Day 12: Josie and the PussycatsJosie and the Pussycats was a 2001 box office bomb, and one reason it failed is that, apparently, no one knew who they were making the movie for. Bear in mind this film was well before Riverdale conquered The CW, so the Archie comics cast of characters, which include Josie and the Pussycats, were, to put it mildly, a bit musty. This qualifies as a tragedy, because Josie and the Pussycats, and I say this unreservedly, is a goddamned delight. The soundtrack itself went gold, which means as a media entity it did better than its film, at least at the outset. For me, this is a pure thing, a cinnamon roll of a movie, too sweet and precious for this world.

Source: The Guardian December 13, 2023 05:36 UTC