Mean Girls
2004 Directed by Mark Waters
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Welcome to girl world.
Raised in African bush country by her zoologist parents, Cady Heron 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 encounters psychological warfare and unwritten social rules that teenage girls face today.
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Let me tell you something about Mean Girls. I thought it would be crap. I know, right? It's so embarrassing. I don't even... Whatever. So then about about eight months ago, I saw the ratings for it and so I started the movie with the assumption that it would be totally awful but then I started howling with laughter, and my other movies were like, weirdly jealous of it. Like, if I would skip past them to watch Mean Girls, they'd be like, "Why didn't you watch me?" And I'd be like, "Why are you so obsessed with me?" So then, for my birthday party, which was a marathon of my favourite comedies, I was like, "other movies, I can't…
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This movie is all about Tina Fey and that pretty much makes it the funniest American high school comedy ever. Seriously, if Lindsay Lohan had gotten hit by a bus after making this movie, we'd be celebrating her like James Dean.
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Hey, this movie was pretty funny.
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This movie was actually pretty good the first time you watch it. It's definitely something you watch with friends even if you're not a girl. But after 2-3 watches it gets a little stale. It was definitely original for it's time it was a little different from most teen comedies coming out at the time but now it seems like a rehashed and redone plot just like all of the others. Wait a few years and it'll have that same potency it did the first time.
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Much better than expected. Heard it was one of those teen comedies on par with something like Clueless or Legally Blonde but was skeptical because of the cast. Not a Lohan fan. But Rachel McAdams nailed it. She needs to just play the bitch all the time because she is so damn good at it. You can see her maturity with the role in something like Midnight in Paris<ii>, but she really shows her original strike in this.
Tim Meadows is great and all of the side characters are funny too. It's a blast from start to finish.
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Mean Girls is the epitome of teen comedies. I think what makes it so great is that, even eight years later, the movie does not feel shrouded in its text lingo. Instead the humor and the underlying message of self respect are front and center. A Tina Fey masterpiece and a reminder of what a talented actress Lindsay Lohan really was. Mean Girls is just so FETCH.
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Not as good as I remember but still funny. A little different watching with the family though.
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Good message behind a somewhat formulaic movie that happened to have some really funny SNL people in it.
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A very pop-oriented film with noticeably great direction and sensibilities. It's a simple story, but because of the great execution and direction, it's elevated to something of a contemporary smash hit.
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This movie was actually pretty good the first time you watch it. It's definitely something you watch with friends even if you're not a girl. But after 2-3 watches it gets a little stale. It was definitely original for it's time it was a little different from most teen comedies coming out at the time but now it seems like a rehashed and redone plot just like all of the others. Wait a few years and it'll have that same potency it did the first time.
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I really never got the love that this one receives. There are funny moments here and there (primarily coming from Tim Meadows), but overall the whole thing just felt forced and obvious. We get it, high school is a jungle, move on already.
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Mean Girls saved the day by being vaguely watchable. Possibly because it wasn’t a rom com really. It sneaked in. #romcommoviemarathon
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So much more than a "chick flick". An excellent comedy no matter how many times you see it. Very, very fetch.
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I never went to a huge public high-school. Both schools I ended up going to, and graduating from, were very small and medium sized private schools. Our family was never rich, don't get me wrong, I just never went to a big public school like the one featured in Mean Girls. I never had the interest of seeing this growing up. I probably always wrote it of as a "girly movie" or something I'm sure. But now I'm a completely normal and well adjusted 22-year old male, and after the urges of a couple friends, I finally got around to this. I love Tina Fey, and this was well before Lindsay Lohan when on her first coke binge, so I…
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really solid except for the bus incident. doesn't jive with the rest of the movie.
everyone is on point in this one though.