Plot
After years of being home schooled, Cady Heron goes to high school for the first time and quickly becomes a part of the most powerful clique in her year, The Plastics - led by prize bitch Regina. However, matters are complicated when Cady falls for Regina's ex.
Review
Cementing her reputation as one of the busiest young actresses around, uber-teen Lindsay Lohan returned to the screen just weeks after starring in Confessions Of A Teenage Drama Queen, with this better-than-average high school romp.
Pitched somewhere between Heathers and Clueless, it may contain all the usual cliches of the teen movie - overwrought party scenes, awkward adolescent romance and the pressures of fitting in at school - but the sharp script (from Saturday Night Live alumni Tina Fey – who also takes the role of maths teacher here) renders it far funnier and edgier than many of its peers.
Lohan is appealing and likeable and there’s equal fun to be had watching rising star McAdams as the splendidly evil Regina, Tim Meadows as the perpetually bemused school principal and Amanda Seyfried as a pathologically dim Plastic.
Verdict
This teen comedy proves there's still mileage to be had out of a familiar formula - thanks to a sharp script and winning performances.
Reviewed by Caroline Westbrook
| Better than Clueless, Up There with 10 Things... |
| Saw this in 2004 and being 12 at the time, everyone at school was talking about it and quoting lines. Since then, I've pretty much listed it amongst the classic high-school movies in my recollection such as 10 Things I Hate About You and Election; it has that kooky Alexander Payne thing going on and that Tina Fey smart-ass wit, which makes the humour only more so relevant today. This has to be LiLo's greatest outing in her entire cinematic career, even if she isn't the funniest, she's actually a... More |
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Posted by twinpeaks4eva at 15:55, 06 April 2012 | Report This Post |
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| Classic teen comedy flick |
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Posted by ARmy2510 at 01:53, 20 June 2010 | Report This Post |
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| A fine and funny teen movie. |
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| Can Mean girls be classified as a "Chich-flick"? If it is then it's probably the only one i REALLY like. A lot of good fun and hilarious moments. Well done! ... More |
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Posted by mozzy_gal at 17:06, 22 February 2008 | Report This Post |
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| An all time classic :oD Lol. ... More |
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Posted by FortWilliamLoyal at 23:50, 21 August 2007 | Report This Post |
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| As much for the Dads (Lohan and pals in skimpy outfits galore) as for the teenage girls and gays, this is hip, funny, at times touching, and quite often, entirely hilarious. Chabert and McAdams are the real stars here however, and the film at times suffers from some over earnest acting from its young cast. However, its autumnal pallette, its kinetic, stylish direction and most importantly its gloriously bitchy script makes it a cut above most teen movies. ... More |
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Posted by killervideotape at 22:29, 16 May 2007 | Report This Post |
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| cant mess with this film. my cousin made me watch it. i loved it :D ... More |
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e film, one of those guilty pleasure films.ote]
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Posted by FilmfreakMarcelHendr at 13:58, 02 January 2006 | Report This Post |
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| hmm wasnt much of a fan though the girls in the skimpy santa outfits... hmm the ending was too unrealsitcic for me.
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| The successor to Clueless or just another teen movie? Clueless being one of my favourite films I recently sought Mean Girls out after reading favourable reviews and I thought it was excellent. I was a bit unmoved by the tokenism of the 'camp male best friend', almost a carbon copy of a character in She's All That, but apart from that I couldn't fault it.
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