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- 2004
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 37 m
- 2004
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 37 m
Summary Raised in the African bush country by her zoologist parents, Cady Heron (Lindsay 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 ...
Directed By: Mark Waters
Written By: Rosalind Wiseman, Tina Fey
- 2004
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 37 m
- 2004
- PG-13
- Paramount Pictures
- 1 h 37 m
Mean Girls
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8.1
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Summary Raised in the African bush country by her zoologist parents, Cady Heron (Lindsay 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 ...
Directed By: Mark Waters
Written By: Rosalind Wiseman, Tina Fey
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Generally favorable
Based on 39 Critic Reviews
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69% Positive
27 Reviews
27 Reviews
31% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Generally favorable
Based on 39 Critic Reviews
66
69% Positive
27 Reviews
27 Reviews
31% Mixed
12 Reviews
12 Reviews
0% Negative
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Sassy and sharp.
Mean Girls depicts the kind of traumatic high school experience that might await spoiled rich girls who grow up in two-parent households with designer clothes and Escalades.
User Score
Universal acclaim
Based on 349 User Ratings
8.1
85% Positive
296 Ratings
296 Ratings
12% Mixed
41 Ratings
41 Ratings
3% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
User Score
Universal acclaim
Based on 349 User Ratings
8.1
85% Positive
296 Ratings
296 Ratings
12% Mixed
41 Ratings
41 Ratings
3% Negative
12 Ratings
12 Ratings
The screenplay by Tina Fey -- head writer for "Saturday Night Live" -- is marvelously smart, though, and the ensemble cast is uncannily in sync with it.
The film lacks the discipline to stay on point all the time, but Fey and director Mark S. Waters (Freaky Friday) have fun with offbeat throwaway touches.
Isn't exactly original: This is basically "Heathers" for a new generation, its satirical edges dulled, if still sharp enough to sting.
Strikes a carefully calibrated balance between the film's darkly malicious sense of humor and its pastel sets and costumes.
Beyond the philosophizing, Mean Girls is a standard collection of low comic jokes.
It might seems one more teen movie at a school, but the idea of the movie goes furthermore. Mean Girls can portrays very well what really happens in the girlâ
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I haven't seen this movie when it came out because it's clearly a girls' movie and didn't seem funny to me. A few days ago I read that the movie became a cult movie, but wasn't successful in the beginning due to a lack of marketing. So I thought: I might have been wrong; Let's watch.
I read that Lindsay practically carried the movie. Well, I don't know about that. She definitely was a special kind of a cutie, but otherwise her acting was not structurally better than that of others.
Now on to the funny part. Well... oof. If you like run-off-the-mill jokes then you're set, but otherwise the "funny' entirely depended on the wacky stick figures.
Was there a plot? Yes. Two plots; Lindsay trying to get a boyfriend which was being sabotaged and secondly the preparation of the revenge by a ugly or alternative girl (or something) who was wronged by the three beauties. Lindsay is stuck in the middle of all of this. The plot elements jump from branch to branch like a blind monkey stung by a bee (maybe a queen bee). But we can't have anything intelligent can we? Just like the girls, the plot evolves in random directions from second to second.
An odd thing sticks out: many actors looked like they were imported straight out of Jewish communities; All of the relevant roles are occupied by **** and Khazarians. I was tempted to check whether this was co-produced with Israel.
The perpetuation of culture is blatant, something the very industry and their media buddies attack whites for. "Smart" Asians, "Girls with feelings" (fat girls), outsiders (uglies), nerds, the stereotyping never ends.
The shallowness of the movie - bunch of girls acting out like 12 year old spoiled brats - should have been its appeal and I had some expectations, but the execution wasn't done well at all, other than the technicalities such as the camerawork and editing.
Don't fall for the user score (unusually much higher than paid off professional reviewers). Having read a bunch of perfect 10 reviews, it's clear to me that bots and "affiliate" reviews are at play here. This is 100% exclusively a chick flick, and for most of them it may be a tad too dumb.
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So far in my life, my past illnesses include a stomach virus, a case of pink-eye, a case of the flu, and two sinus infections. All of those combined were more enjoyable than watching this movie.
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Production Company
Paramount Pictures,
M.G. Films,
Broadway Video
Release Date Apr 30, 2004
Duration 1 h 37 m
Rating PG-13
Genres
Tagline Welcome to Girl World.
Awards
Teen Choice Awards
• 3 Wins & 13 Nominations
MTV Movie + TV Awards
• 3 Wins & 4 Nominations
Gold Derby Awards
• 3 Nominations
