Mean Girls

PG-13

Released Apr 30, 2004

1h 37m

Comedy

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Teenage Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) was educated in Africa by her scientist parents. When her family moves to the suburbs of Illinois, Cady finally gets to experience public school and gets a quick primer on the cruel, tacit laws of popularity that divide her fellow students into tightly knit cliques. She unwittingly finds herself in the good graces of an elite group of cool students dubbed "the Plastics," but Cady soon realizes how her shallow group of new friends earned this nickname.

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Critics Consensus

Elevated by a brilliant screenplay and outstanding ensemble cast, Mean Girls finds fresh, female-fronted humor in the high school experience.

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Joe Clay

Times (UK)

Fey does not take the book too seriously, finding plenty of cruel humour in the bitchy battles between Cady and Regina.

Jan 25, 2024

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Kirk Honeycutt

Hollywood Reporter

One of the movie's achievements is persuading the audience to stay firmly in Cady's camp during her odyssey of self-discovery.

Jan 8, 2024

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Anthony Quinn

Independent (UK)

This teen comedy is terrific. Superbly scripted by Saturday Night Live head writer Tina Fey, it explores the viciously divisive cliques that render the American high school a virtual battleground.

Rated: 4/5

Jan 8, 2024

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Brennan Klein

Screen Rant

Mean Girls features certain elements that do not stand the test of time, but the parts of it that sparkled most in 2004 still shine just as bright.

Rated: 4.5/5

Oct 3, 2024

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Nicholas Barber

Independent on Sunday

Tina Fey, who also plays Cady's maths teacher, has packed the screenplay with enough barbed one-liners to ensure that, as high-school comedies go, Mean Girls is near the top of the class.

Jan 10, 2024

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Michael D. Reid

Victoria Times Colonist (B.C., Canada)

This wickedly funny, dead-on portrait of teen cruelty is leavened by an amusingly executed plea for human kindness and non-conformity.

Rated: 3/5

Jan 10, 2024

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Nevaeh M

Everyone was a Mean Girl.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/11/24

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Leo M

Mean Girls (2004) by Paramount Pictures is an all-time classic. 20 years later, this film is still one today. Starting off with the characters. Lindsay Lohan as "Cady Heron." She is a well-written character. Cady Heron is funny, energetic and all time fun. Next is Rachel McAdams as one of the greatest popular teen high school movie mean girl characters of all time "Regina George." Rachel knows how to play a mean girl. Regina is manipulative and very cool too. The other characters are great like Tina Fey's "Ms Norbury" and more. The action sequences are FIRE! Everything else is great! Great teen high school movie. Good comedy. Happy 20th Anniversary to Mean Girls (2004).

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/06/24

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Audience Member

A classic for anyone born in the 90’s. Every actor in this film commits to their role and is able to carry the humor for the film’s entire runtime, which not all comedies do.

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

10/05/24

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Aleh A

CLASSIC. INSTANT CLASSIC, PERIOD.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/04/24

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Brook B

This movie is iconic and timeless! Every generation can enjoy watching it. Happy twentieth anniversary to Mean Girls.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/04/24

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Eric W

This is a comedy masterpiece. It’s easily one of the best comedies, and definitely the top for movies about high school years. The cast is great. Watch it if you haven’t. I was shocked to see the User reviews only at 66%.

Rated 5 out of 5 stars

10/03/24

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Mark Waters

Director

Lindsay Lohan

Cady Heron

Rachel McAdams

Regina George

Tina Fey

Mrs. Norbury

Tim Meadows

Mr. Duvall

Amy Poehler

Mrs. George

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Synopsis

Teenage Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) was educated in Africa by her scientist parents. When her family moves to the suburbs of Illinois, Cady finally gets to experience public school and gets a quick primer on the cruel, tacit laws of popularity that divide her fellow students into tightly knit cliques. She unwittingly finds herself in the good graces of an elite group of cool students dubbed "the Plastics," but Cady soon realizes how her shallow group of new friends earned this nickname.

Director: Mark Waters
Producer: Lorne Michaels
Screenwriter: Tina Fey
Distributor: Paramount Pictures
Production Co: Paramount Pictures, M.G.Films
Rating: PG-13 (Sexual Content|Language)
Genre: Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 30, 2004, Wide
Rerelease Date (Theaters): Oct 3, 2024
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 1, 2013
Box Office (Gross USA): $86.1M
Runtime: 1h 37m
Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, Surround
Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)

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