Like Heathers with the edges filed down a bit...the kind of smooth, clever (and rare) entertainment that critics and audiences can all enjoy, guilt-free. [Blu-ray]
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Mean Girls (2004)
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Reviews Counted:168
Fresh:141
Rotten:27
Average Rating:6.9/10
Consensus: Funnier and more smartly written than the average teen comedy.
Theatrical Release:Apr 30, 2004 Wide
Box Office: $85,974,306
Synopsis: In this survival-of-the-fittest teen comedy, high school is a dangerous jungle seething with teenagers who prey on each other like wild animals. The nonstop jokes are hilariously rewarding as they... [More]
Starring: Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey, Amanda Seyfried
Director: Mark Waters
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04/29/09
The film boasts a solidly female cast, and its' a well cast film at that.
04/18/09
Like the wannabes at North Shore, Mean Girls longs to take a step beyond the ordinary, but it takes the easier, more traditional route instead.
04/09/09
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10/29/08
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10/18/08
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12/27/07
It announces the arrival of Tina Fey into the ranks of smart screenwriters.
09/27/07
Lacks the genuine bile that made Heathers so bracing.
07/19/07
Top CriticProps to Tina Fey for being the first cast member since Mike Myers in Wayne's World to survive her movie being produced by Saturday Night Live boss Lorne Michaels -- and not also have her movie completely suck.
09/29/06
Mean Girls lacks sincerity, and instead acts like any teenage queen bee -- being cruel and picking on the weak -- only to then break its own rules and be hypocritical.
09/27/06
Happily, Fey and Waters gently tweak the studios’ usual high-gloss caricature of adolescence and aim for acutely hilarious and surprisingly empathic sociology.
06/24/06
Top CriticThe stinging wit of first-time screenwriter Tina Fey gives Mean Girls a zest and zing few high school comedies ever muster.
05/26/06
It is precisely intelligence, and Fey’s refusal to talk down to her audience, that elevates Mean Girls above most other teen movies out there.
12/06/05
Nails the “survival of the fittest” mentality that permeates high school social life.
05/04/05
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04/02/05
Has the truth-exposing agenda of Election and almost as much bite.
10/01/04
Fey’s script is brilliant. Waters’ direction is inspired. This film has pace,...This is a funny, enjoyable film.
09/26/04
Tina Fey turns gag-me cliches into something fresh, edgy and laugh-out-loud funny.
09/23/04
This movie should be required viewing for all adolescent girls and their parents.
09/21/04
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