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The Archies review
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Filmi Score
Good
8 reviews
55
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Critics split sharply on The Archies: some praise the 1960s production design, musical staging and a winning young cast led by Vedang Raina, while others call the plot stale, the comedy flat and the characters shallow.
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Summary
The Archies (2023, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 55 from 8 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (BBFC: 12), and streams on Netflix in the US.
Set in 1960s India, Archie and the gang navigate romance, friendship and the future of Riverdale as developers threaten to destroy a beloved park.
Where to watchAvailability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.
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Cast & crew
Cast
Directed by Zoya Akhtar · written by Zoya Akhtar & Farhan Akhtar & Ayesha DeVitre & Reema Kagti · music Ehsaan Noorani & Aditi Saigal & Shankar Mahadevan & Loy Mendonsa & The Islanders & Jim Satya & Ankur Tewari
Zoya AkhtarDirector · Writer
Farhan AkhtarWriter
Ayesha DeVitreWriter
Reema KagtiWriter
Ehsaan NooraniMusic
Aditi SaigalMusic
Shankar MahadevanMusic
Loy MendonsaMusic
The IslandersMusic
Jim SatyaMusic
Ankur TewariMusic
Nikos AndritsakisCinematography
Nitin BaidEditing
Agastya NandaLead
Suhana Khan
Khushi Kapoor
Mihir Ahuja
Vedang Raina
Aditi Saigal
Yuvraj Menda
Vinay Pathak
Alyy Khan
Kamal Sidhu
Suhaas Ahuja
Tara Sharma
Full crew
SoundSarath Mohan · Anuj Mathur · Pranav Shukla · Siddhesh Sardesai
Production designSuzanne Caplan Merwanji · Vichare Roshan · Dhara Jain
CostumePoornamrita Singh
ChoreographyBosco Martis · Caesar Gonsalves · Ganesh Hegde · Augustus Pereira · Gulnaaz Khan · Firoz Khan
LyricsAnkur Tewari · Aditi Saigal · Javed Akhtar · Zoya Akhtar
VFXJay Mehta · Arpan Gaglani · Robin Gala · Mike F. Hedayati
MakeupNatasha Nischol · Xavier Peter D'Souza
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Summary
Set in 1960s India, Archie and the gang navigate romance, friendship and the future of Riverdale as developers threaten to destroy a beloved park.
The Archies (2023, Hindi) has a Filmi Score of 55 from 8 critic reviews, is rated 12+ by Filmi (BBFC: 12), and streams on Netflix in the US.
Where to watch
Availability by JustWatch · some watch links pay filmi.ai a small commission; it never changes what we show or how we score.What the critics said
8 reviews · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Five of 8 · the critic’s own number where they gave one
Prannay Pathak · 7 Dec 2023
Prannay Pathak calls The Archies a delectable, self-aware musical, praising Zoya Akhtar's blend of nostalgia and message and a well-trained young… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
82
Angel Rani · 9 Dec 2023
Angel Rani calls The Archies a joyous, non-disturbing coming-of-age musical with perfect casting and a standout Vedang Raina, her only mild… Read it there →
Derived by Filmi
78
Yogi · YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 7 Dec 2023
2.5/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 60
50
YouTube · transcript read · 7 Dec 2023
Tyagi finds The Archies visually charming and sweetly staged but hobbled by shallow characters, rushed conflict resolutions and clunky dialogue,… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
58
Anmol Jamwal · YouTube · transcript read · 7 Dec 2023
Anmol Jamwal praises the production design and several supporting turns but finds the choreography inconsistent, the songs too English-heavy, and… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
55
Anupama Chopra · YouTube · transcript read · 7 Dec 2023
Chopra finds the young cast winning and two scenes among the best-staged of the year, but says Zoya Akhtar's usual depth is missing — the adults… Watch it there →
Derived by Filmi
52
YouTube, Hindi · rating spoken aloud · 7 Dec 2023
2/5, said on camera. Published nowhere. Watch it there →
Stated in video
Filmi’s reading 30
40
Umesh Punwani · 7 Dec 2023
The Archies Movie Review: Suhana Khan & Khushi Kapoor Star In “Why School Musical?” Read it there →
Published · 2/5
Filmi’s reading 28
40
How this number was made. We read every review and derive a 0–100 reading from each — including where the critic printed a number, which stays first on its row, because it’s theirs. The Filmi Score is the mean of 8 readings; 3 of those rows also carry the critic’s own rating, shown beside ours. Rubric v2.1, computed 26 Oct 2026. Any critic can ask us to remove a derived reading.
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The Archies: quick answers
Box office, where to watch and what critics said — from the same data as the page.
What is The Archies's OTT release date?
The Archies arrived on OTT on 7 Dec 2023 on Netflix in India.
Where can I watch The Archies?
The Archies is streaming on OTT: Netflix (India, the US, the UK and Canada). Availability comes from JustWatch and is checked every Friday.
What did critics say about The Archies?
The Archies has a Filmi Score of 55 (Good), the mean of 8 readings of critic reviews, one per review. Readings run from 28 (Koimoi) to 82 (Hindustan Times). Every review and how it was scored is listed below.
What readers say
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