Teen
sensation Raven (That's So Raven) stars as Galleria Garibaldi in the
Disney Channel's brightly hued adaptation of the popular book
series. Produced by Whitney Houston, Josie and the Pussycats meets
Destiny's Child in the form of the Cheetah Girls. Granted, they're a
quartet--including Chanel (Adrienne Bailon), Aqua (Kiely Williams)
and Dorinda (Sabrina Bryan)--but, like Josie's trio, they hope to
make it big and, like Beyoncé, they favor exclamations like
"Cheetah-licious!" After the foursome gets off to a slow start,
everything starts to change when they meet producer Jackal Johnson.
That's the good news. The bad is that the attention goes straight to
Galleria's head (and she was never exactly lacking in self-esteem).
By the end, she learns there's more to life than fame and fortune. |