Mean Girls
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66 out of 100

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7.9 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 179 Ratings

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  • Starring: Jonathan Bennett, Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams
  • Summary: Raised in the African bush country by her zoologist parents, Cady Heron (Lohan) thinks she knows about "survival of the fittest." But the law of the jungle takes on a whole new meaning when the home-schooled 15-year-old enters public high school for the first time and falls prey to the psychological warfare and unwritten social rules that teenage girls face today. (Paramount Pictures)… Expand

Critic Reviews

Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 27 out of 39
  2. Mixed: 12 out of 39
  3. Negative: 0 out of 39
  1. Portland Oregonian
    Reviewed by: Karen Karbo
    83
    Sassy and sharp.
  2. Slate
    Reviewed by: David Edelstein
    80
    Fey's comic gifts mesh with Wiseman's first-hand research, and the wit becomes dazzling.
  3. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Stephanie Zacharek
    80
    There's a sly intelligence at work here -- in the writing, the filmmaking and the acting -- that makes it deeply pleasurable to watch.
  4. TV Guide
    Reviewed by: Angel Cohn
    60
    Strikes a carefully calibrated balance between the film's darkly malicious sense of humor and its pastel sets and costumes.

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Score distribution:
  1. Positive: 80 out of 92
  2. Mixed: 6 out of 92
  3. Negative: 6 out of 92
  1. AnnaW
    10
    This is a great amkerican movie... Rachel McAdams do a fantastic job... Lindsay LOhan is good. Mean Girls is a fantastic movie!
  2. potatoes351
    8
    OK, so chick flicks are normally the lowest form of entertainment next to reality TV, so why is Mean Girls an 8/10? Allow me to explain, Cady Heron has been home schooled her entire life, now she has moved to America and is put into an actual school. Completely out of her depth she seeks for friends where she can find them and ends up becoming a 'plastic', one of the best looking, and most highly feared women in school. However as she begins to truly become a plastic to impress a guy she soon realises how wrong she was.
    Mean Girls on pen and paper sounds like every other chick flick but its much more than that, for anyone who went to school in the 21st century, its like being back in school. Every social class is portrayed wonderfully by a fantastic cast, not to mention that it is actually funny for both men and women. Mean Girls is one of the gems hidden in an overcrowded, poorly done genre and worth a try for anyone looking for a funny, feel good film.    … Expand
  3. SEROJ
    7
    This movie is really funny and represents American teen generation. Good acting and story deserves my positive score 7/10, and if you haven't watch it, then trust SEROJ, it's fun.… Expand
  4. AllenK.
    2
    Awful. Boring. Dumb. Poorly constructed. Poehler is the only saving's grace.

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