This is definitely a cut above the rest of the growing teen-girl subgenre.
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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
Originality is never the point of an entertainment like this; the point is that director Mark Waters, who capably guided Lohan through last year's Freaky Friday, has specific marks to hit in Mean Girls, and he hits them with confidence.
04/29/04
If it didn't cop out with a sappy ending, people might be talking about it as if it were Heathers or Election.
04/29/04
Sadly, much like an SNL sketch, Mean Girls starts off sharp and juicy, then runs out of gas halfway through.
04/29/04
This tart and often charming new comedy is a version of the heart-of-darkness teen social comedy Heathers for the tweener audience.
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Top CriticMean Girls is a spiffy morality play set in a Midwestern high school about the sharp edges of gossip and the cruelty of cliques.
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SNL alumnus Tina Fey adapts author Rosalind Wiseman’s popular guide...and hits one out of the park
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Ruthlessly on target.
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This deliciously twisted teen comedy crosses the cliques and makeovers of Clueless with the politics of Heathers.
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Lohan, who intrepidly filled Hayley Mills' sneakers in the remake of The Parent Trap and butted heads with Jamie Lee Curtis in Freaky Friday, has grown into an accomplished and beautiful actress.
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Top CriticMean Girls is the kind of film that teens actually should see, one which treats them with respect while being wickedly entertaining.
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Often clever and insightful.
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Top CriticDisplaying a rare mix of humor and heart, Mean Girls deserves mention along with such coming-of-age favorites as Girls Just Want to Have Fun and Sixteen Candles.
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Top CriticEven at its squarest, the movie's mixture of parody and therapy feels kind of... hip.
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A trenchantly observed, bitingly witty comedy about just how mean girls can be.
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Mean Girls does the ‘wicked teen girl movie’ subgenre justice.
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Not every barb hits the bull's-eye, but there's a higher ratio of gags to laughs than I've found in almost any comedy this year.
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While I’m not sure Fey’s script ever totally transcends the Clueless-like genre into which it dips, it gives great belly laughs on the sly.
04/29/04
While Mean Girls never loses its sarcastic edge, it does...beat into the ground (its) central themes of open communication and self-esteem.
04/29/04
A very original, funny and highly accurate dissection of the teen girl world.
04/29/04
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