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Tina Fey from Saturday Night Live wrote and appears in this comedy about the alternately funny and terrifying pecking order among teenage girls. Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) is a 15-year-old girl who ha... read more read more...s spent most of her life in Africa, where she was home-schooled by her zoologist parents. When her family relocates to the United States, Cady finds herself attending a high school in suburban Illinois, where she gets a crash course in the various sub-strata of the student body: the jocks, the cheerleaders, the stoners, the "cool" kids, and so on. Much to her surprise, Cady finds herself embraced by a clique of rich and popular girls known to outsiders as "the Plastics," led by Regina George (Rachel McAdams), Gretchen Weiners (Lacey Chabert), and Karen Smith (Amanda Seyfried). While Cady is grateful for her new friends, it doesn't take long for her to realize how manipulative they can be, and she soon discovers she's violated an unwritten law when she goes out on a date with Aaron (Jonathan Bennett), who is charming, good looking...and Regina's former boyfriend. It isn't long before Regina and her pals are on the warpath, and Cady must face a level of vengeful behavior for which years in the jungle never prepared her. Joining Tina Fey in the supporting cast are fellow SNL players Amy Poehler, Ana Gasteyer, and Tim Meadows. The screenplay for Mean Girls was based in part on Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends and Other Realities of Adolescence, a book by professional youth counselor Rosalind Wiseman. ~ Mark Deming, Rovi

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PG-13, 1 hr. 36 min.

Directed by: Mark Waters (VIII)

Release Date: April 30, 2004

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DVD Release Date: September 21, 2004

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  • fb1378820053
    April 16, 2013
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  • blkbomb
    October 5, 2012
    blkbomb
    Cady: I know it may look like I was being like a bitch, but that's only because I was acting like a bitch. 

    "Watch Your Back"

    I was extremely surprised by how funny, smart, and overall great Mean Girls really was. I've heard from people that it was a good movie and that I shoul... read mored watch it, but it never was really anything that appealed to me. In retrospect, that was an extremely stupid position to take on my part. This film is actually like a splice between Easy A and Heathers, and is just as smart and good as those two films are. 

    A 16 year old girl name Cady moves to America from Africa where she spent her whole life being home schooled by her researcher parents. When she enters school for the first time, she is an innocent and sweet young lady. Then the plastics get ahold of her. The plastics are a clique made up of three "mean girls" and are lead by the meanest Regina. Cady splits time for a while, being both a bitch and herself. Soon, everything else takes over and she's just a bitch.

    There's nothing here that I could really complain about. The performances are there. The high school satire aspect of it is there in perfect amounts and at the exact right time. The characters and the writing is strong as well. High school movies like this can sometimes be extremely surprising in how well they exaggerate the true facts about high school and make it into an almost believable story.

    If you haven't seen this film yet, give it a look. I know it looks like a dumb chick flick, but it is truly much more. No guy should have to be ashamed to say they have seen and liked Mean Girls. It's truly a movie that transcends the chick flick barrier. Girls and guys alike should be able to get a massive amount of enjoyment from watching these characters and listening to their dialogue. It's a really enjoyable film.
  • fb1442511448
    July 27, 2012
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    Up-and-coming stars Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, as well as familiar talent in Lohan does more than splendid in the film. A well-thought-and-assembled plot/story to highlight the typical lifestyle of a new-generation of high-school adolescence. 4.5/5
  • spielberg00
    June 29, 2012
    spielberg00
    If films were thunderstorms, MEAN GIRLS struck me like a bolt too large and blinding to see. If films were telephones, it was one loud, demanding wake up call. If films were rainbows, it was the mythical pot of gold I had always been told about but never even flinched to believe.... read more You get the picture. What I was expecting was a sassy, girly comedy. Yes, it did tend to be both those. But when someone like former SNL star Tina Fey writes the film, it takes off as a side-splittingly funny, slightly offbeat show of color, cat fights, and crazy characters.

    Unless every film by both Mel Brooks and Monty Python are factored in heavily, this is certainly one of the weirdest comedies Iā(TM)ve seen in quite a while. Not one of the filmā(TM)s characters shows up without becoming a distinct caricature. Most of these portrayals work well. When the script and acting in one make the Plastics seem true idiots and Cady seem a āMartianā? (as they refer to her in one scene), the story is quite relatable to any modern high school, if not the stereotypes we always hear about them. I lost count of how many times one of the friends I watched this with shouted, āThis is so true!ā? throughout the length of the film. Unfortunately, some characters are taken a little over the top. Tina Fey herself seems terribly unbelievable as a teacher, as does Amy Poehler in her role as the mother of one of the Plastics.

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  • superclerk25
    March 19, 2012
    superclerk25
    plain
  • Chiefilms
    February 13, 2012
    Chiefilms
    Solid comedy, cast gives a good performance.
  • jamers2011
    December 27, 2011
    jamers2011
    I see this film being popular for many years. A good comedy!
  • Raajay
    December 20, 2011
    Raajay
    Okay movie.
  • TheDudeLebowski65
    October 2, 2011
    TheDudeLebowski65
    I never thought I would enjoy this film, I was pleasantly surprised. The film stars Lindsay Lohan (before her massive troubles) Rachel McAdams and Tina Fey. Mean Girls is a pretty good teen comedy and it does have plenty of good laughs. The acting wasn't bad, but not great either... read more. I enjoyed this film, and I really didn't think I would like it. But the film was interesting enough to keep me involved in the film, and I liked the idea behind the plot. Sure, there are things that could have been done better, but for what it is, the film succeeds at being an effective teen comedy. Mean Girls is definitely no Breakfast Club or Ferris Bueller's Day Off, but this film still is fairly memorable. The cast are well chosen, and they are all funny in their respective roles. Mean Girls a good teen comedy, but it's still average in my book. The film won't be timeless as so many other teen comedies such as Ferris Bueller's Day Off or The Breakfast Club. The assorted cast makes this film work, and they make it much better than it is. Rachel McAdams delivers a good performance, one of the best of the film. A good film, but it's never anything memorable. I frankly thought it was one of those films that you can only watch once. However, for what it is, Mean Girls is a funny, but flawed film. There's plenty of fun to be had watching, in the end though it's not as memorable as other teen comedies.
  • fb701560354
    August 14, 2011
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    Mean Girls is not your average comedy. It's better than an average teenaged comedy. It's script (although it can be cheesy at times) and story make it funnier than expected. Rachel McAdams, Lindsay Lohan and Amanda Seyfried turn in surprisingly good performances as well. They'... read morere mean girls.

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Critic Reviews

J. R. Jones
July 19, 2007
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader

Lacks the genuine bile that made Heathers so bracing. Full Review

Jessica Winter
June 24, 2006
Jessica Winter, Time Out

Happily, Fey and Waters gently tweak the studios' usual high-gloss caricature of adolescence and aim for acutely hilarious and surprisingly empathic sociology. Full Review

Peter Rainer
August 7, 2004
Peter Rainer, New York Magazine

A smart little teen picture that, for a change, actually features recognizable teens. Full Review

Anthony Lane
August 1, 2004
Anthony Lane, New Yorker

I would be more amused if the topic of rich material girls had not been worn to a thread elsewhere.

Andrew Sarris
May 20, 2004
Andrew Sarris, New York Observer

A teen movie I enjoyed enormously, much to my surprise. Full Review

Stephanie Zacharek
May 1, 2004
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

Mean Girls isn't a particularly deep picture, but it does have some weight and ballast. Full Review

Michael O'Sullivan
April 30, 2004
Michael O'Sullivan, Washington Post

Mean Girls has a sharp, grown-up sensibility that belies its marketing as airhead comedy.

Ann Hornaday
April 30, 2004
Ann Hornaday, Washington Post

Boasts a one-two-three punch in star Lindsay Lohan, screenwriter Tina Fey and director Mark Waters, and, indeed, it delivers a knockout. Full Review

Mike Clark
April 30, 2004
Mike Clark, USA Today

Girls, which gets funnier as it goes, is [Lorne Michaels'] best since 1992's Wayne's World. Full Review

Peter Howell
April 30, 2004
Peter Howell, Toronto Star

It all seems, finally, as if Fey is pulling her punches, an unusually defensive posture for her. Full Review

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    • Damian: Watch out please! Fresh meat coming through!
    • Cady Heron: I hated Regina George! I hated her!
    • Ms. Norbury: Oh, hi. Did you wanna buy some drugs?
    • Damian: I want my pink shirt back! I want my pink shirt back!
    • Coach Carr: Every one grab some rubbers.
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