A surprisingly sweet love letter to teenage gals.
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05/03/04
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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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Reviews for Mean Girls
Sports a wicked script with scathing insight and humor rarely seen in teen comedies.
05/03/04
This film was a blast.
05/02/04
An inoffensive chick flick with an intelligent sense of humor.
05/02/04
Mean Girls is the smartest, funniest, most observant comedy about teenagers in a long time.
05/02/04
You might expect this clique comedy to have some bite. It does, in moments -- but not enough to elevate Mean Girls above the pack of teen fare.
05/02/04
Could be a new classic of the teen genre.
05/01/04
Yet, while humorously exaggerated, the movie strives to make a point: That for young girls to expect respect from their male peers, they first have to respect each other.
05/01/04
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05/01/04
Mean Girls isn't a particularly deep picture, but it does have some weight and ballast.
05/01/04
Top CriticThe most brutally funny teen movie since Heathers.
05/01/04
...a wicked and wily commentary on feminine teenage torture...armed with savage wit and a snappy attitude to match...a smart and sassy gem
05/01/04
A surprisingly witty and edgy teen comedy.
04/30/04
Mean Girls has a sharp, grown-up sensibility that belies its marketing as airhead comedy.
04/30/04
Top CriticBoasts a one-two-three punch in star Lindsay Lohan, screenwriter Tina Fey and director Mark Waters, and, indeed, it delivers a knockout.
04/30/04
Girls, which gets funnier as it goes, is [Lorne Michaels'] best since 1992's Wayne's World.
04/30/04
Top CriticDirector Mark Waters (whose brother, Daniel, wrote Heathers) strikes a carefully calibrated balance between the film's darkly malicious sense of humor and its pastel sets and costumes.
04/30/04
It all seems, finally, as if Fey is pulling her punches, an unusually defensive posture for her.
04/30/04
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04/30/04
Waters tries for a tone that mixes dark humor and emotional realism, and he often finds it.
04/30/04
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