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29 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Baltimore SunChris KaltenbachBaltimore SunChris KaltenbachA comic-book rock band starring in a film that actually makes a point? Now that's something worth singing about.
- 75Boston GlobeJay CarrBoston GlobeJay CarrMindless glitz-o-ramas don't get any snazzier.
- 70L.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonL.A. WeeklyChuck WilsonA surprisingly smart satire around the bubble-gum band that first found life in the pages of the Archie comic book series.
- 60Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversHarmless girlie trifle. Or at least it means to be.
- 50Chicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonChicago TribuneMichael WilmingtonIt’s a big, frothy, high-tech, cutesy-poo musical comedy.
- 40Film.comSean MeansFilm.comSean MeansFails as a movie, it works OK as a long-form video.
- 40Washington PostMichael O'SullivanWashington PostMichael O'SullivanCumming manages to keep the film's pandering in check with every wicked raised eyebrow.
- 38USA TodaySusan WloszczynaUSA TodaySusan WloszczynaThe concept is so hypocritical, it's like Britney Spears calling Christina Aguilera underdressed and overexposed.
- 10The New York TimesA.O. ScottThe New York TimesA.O. ScottFew people other than future airline passengers should be subjected to such misery.
- 10Chicago ReaderLisa AlspectorChicago ReaderLisa AlspectorThe insultingly trendy post-postmodern tale rationalizes its own product placement by using overkill.