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Summary: Teen Comedy with a Brain in it's Head
Review: after sitting through so many cliched, formulaic, and dumb teen movies, "Mean Girls" is like a breath of fresh air. The hilarious new comedy (written by Tina Fey, head writer and cast member of "Saturday Night Live")is about teenager, Cady Heron (played by an enchanting Lindsay Lohan), who lived in Africa with her parents and was homeschooled all her life until she moves to Illinois and enrolls in a high school. Cady quickly becomes one of the smartest girl in school , but is completely clueless when it comes to the rules of high school. Cady is clued in by two mis-fits: Janis, a very friendly semi-goth chick and Damian, who is described as "too gay to function". They tell her all about the different cliques (the cool asians, the black hotties, the jocks, etc.)and who sits with who at lunch. They also tell Cady about the most popular clique, 'The Plastics', who are the three most beautiful girls in school headed by the supreme queen bee Regina George (played very convincingly by newcomer Rachel McAdams). When Cady is invited to sit with them at lunch, she is urged by Janis to accept the invitation so Cady can act like kind of a spy, and get inside information on the girls (we are informed later why Janis is so bent on destroying Regina).The Plastics tell Cady their rules (they were pink on Wednesdays, and only wear their hair in a ponytail one day of the week)and she quickly becomes a certified plastic. But things take an interesting turn when Regina finds out that Cady has a crush on her ex-boyfriend Aaron and instantly gets back with him just to make Cady jealous. After Cady sees them kissing each other at a party, she makes a plan to ruin Regina, but she gets carried away and goes a little to far.
One of the most refreshing things about the movie is its characters. I liked how the teachers were funny not because they were over-the-top unrealistic caricatures, but because they were just funny people, including a math teacher played by the script writer Tina Fey, who is one of the most realistic and human teachers I've ever seen in a teen movie. And i liked how the two misfits know that they are different from the peers, and genuinley don't care (Damian sings "Beautiful" at the talent show, which he does as sort of a tribute to his reputation); I liked how the plastics were made into real people who were mean because they felt like it would keep them popular, and they weren't portrayed just as the cliched evil beauty queens who are just mean for the heck of it. I especially liked Lacey Chabert as Gretchen, who has a nervous breakdown when she finds out that Regina might be mad at her, and through her situation Fey gives very wise insight into popularity ('I guess Gretchen felt it was better to miserable and apart of the plastics, then be banished from them'). There are also many memorable and hilarious scenes, and the movie gets lots of laughs from Regina's way to hip mother (brilliantly played by SNL cast member Amy Pohler),who offers to get Regina some condoms when she finds her making out with her boyfriend, and offers Cady some alcohol because she'd 'rather have her do it in the house'. The movie also has a great message about cliques and gossip, which makes for a sort of sugary ending, but the movie does earn it by then, and did put a little smile on my face. Also, this is probably one of the only teen movies I would encourage parents and even childless adults to see, because it has such witty and smart comedy that anyone could enjoy.
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Summary: Excellent Teen Film!
Review: As a student in high school, I was very eager to see this movie. And I was not disappointed. Although some of the situations Cady (Lindsay Lohan's character) were put into were far fetched and un-realistic, they had a reasonable portrayel of what high school is really like nowadays, with cliques and all. Tina Fey was a great addition to the cast and I think that Lindsay Lohan has made a smart move in getting a more teen audience rather than a fan base of 8 year old girls, which is a problem that fellow teen star Hilary Duff is having a struggle to change. Lindsay is much more appealing and has a more "cool" vibe to her. Overall, this movie is definately one to add to your collections, especially teens. Great movie to watch with your girlfriends!The DVD hasn't been released yet, but I'm sure it will include awesome features!
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Summary: Hilarious Film!
Review: Don't be surprised if some of these comments aren't 100% (ages, years etc.), its a while since I saw this movie. I love this movie! I saw it when it came out,when I was 17. It's definitely my favorite teenage movie. The characters are true to life; they're not all the typical gorgeous Hollywood actors, and the story line is really believable. Obviously, it could've been better, but it was good enough. Mean Girls involves a number of girls, Cady Heron as the main character who just moved to a public school from Africa and when she falls for Aaron, Regina, the meanest girl in school's ex-boyfriend, Regina and her clique who has just invited her into her 'clique', the 'plastics' harass her in every single way girls can, including nasty gossip, hateful email messages, banishment from the lunch table, etc. but managed to follow and enjoy the movie anyway. The movie has quite a few memorable moments in it which I can recall. All in all, a good movie which I feel I could watch again., but probably not enough to buy it.. Anyway, an extremely funny movie that pre-teen's will enjoy most likely, but not sensational. Very average. My Girl is better, dare I say. This is a great movie, following Cady through her years of mean girls. Lindsay Lohan is perfect. There could not have been a better Cady. Cady reminds me of my sister at the age of 16, having a tough shell and a soft inside. For me it's a kind of reference for that often told story of the summer of first love: all of the well-known cliche-characters - the four girls and their special patterns of behavior in relation to each other, the guys, the high school Christmas dance... - are portrayed and played in a nicely detailed way. The story development works pretty fine, too, and all in all builds up an at least "comprehensible" atmosphere, being far away from letting you forget you're watching a film or even being realistic, but as that's not what I'd expect from such a film, that doesn't really bother me. BUT... the parts of the story playing in the present REALLY annoy me. In addition to the unmotivated kind-of-story with it's incredibly boring and unmoving ending, all actresses deliver such a bad work, that Lacey Chabert actually makes the best impression to me - and she's not better at all than in her other movies. In order to rate this film in an honest way an AS IT IS, I can give it only 7 out of 10 - I highly recommend it, nevertheless.This is one of my favorite movies. Its a coming of age about 4 friends being nasty and mean to each other. By the end of the movie, they come to see a more mature view of the world. The chemistry of the actresses is wonderful.My 3 best friends and I watched this *one of which is a guy* and we were all almost in tears by the end. It was such a good movie, and it really portrays how us teenage girls really are :-) Thanks for making such an awesome movie! Yo this movie rocks... I love it so much.. it sums up all girls insecurities and probably reminds you of yourself at that age. And definitely reminds you of the friends you had way back when. its the kind of movie that every teenage girl needs to see and the kind of movie that stays in you forever. Its damn hot, funny and just all around great. Brilliant girly film exploring the friendships and hardships of 4 young ladies. Warning - this film is not suitable for guys! CHICK FLICK.... But a totally brilliant one none the less. This movie is about four young girls who are really catty and mean to one another. Many of the plots are true to life, even now in these times as I am growing up. It caught me from the very beginning and I was hooked. I didn't really expect it to be very good. I was very surprised as to how much I really did like it. If you have not yet seen it, I recommend that do so. I completely adore Lindsay Lohan and her first PG-13 movie. Cutie Lacey Chabert gives a pretty good performance, and the beautiful Rachel McAdams who I enjoyed in The Hot Chick was great as well. Tina Fey and Tim Meadows are just priceless as Mr. Duvall and Ms. Norbury. If U love SNL or teenager movies you'll love this! 7/10.
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Summary: Another Good Job Lindsay!!
Review: I am new at this so please just bare with me, okay?? Here goes: Lindsay Lohan (Freaky Friday) stars as Cady Heron, a 16 year old girl that comes to a school after being homeschooled for 16 years, in Africa! Now, Cady knows nothing about social life (because she has none whatsoever!) This movie was a good job by Lindsay Lohan. This movie also shows girls (and guys for that matter) how the pressures of High School can be! Here is a step by step review of each of the characters. Regina George - Regina is the leader of the plastics (a group of girls who are popular) and she is the smartest of the 3 girls. She see's Cady and she starts talking to her. Regina is such a bore but a good role. She brings deth into the film. Gretchen Wieners - The 2nd leader of the group. (Did I mention she is played by Lacey Chabert PARTY OF FIVE). She is the only brunette in ythe plactics groups. She was also Regina's favorite up until Cady got her butt involved. Karen Smith - The dumbest of the three. She gives blondes a really bad name. When Cady comes, Regina shuns Gretchen and Karen and pays all of her attention on Cady. Janis Ian - She is one of Cady's bestfriends. Her, Cady, and Damien (see his review below) scheme to pull Regina apart and to stop the plastics. Regina also spreads around the rumor that she was a lesbian. How low can you get? Damien - He is like too gay to function (as said by Janis). Nothing much on him. He wasn't shown a lot in the movie. He is also one of Cady's friends. By reading all the peoples reviews, you can see that Mean Girls brings life into the movie theather. The only problem is, it's PG-13 (and Lindsay does curse a few times) but other then that, this is one of the hottest movies of the year! Go Lindsay! PLEASE CHECK OUT MY OTHER MOVIE REVIEWS! THANKS!!
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Summary: Hilarious, witty, comedic gem of '04
Review: Judging by the trailer, I expected MEAN GIRLS to be a cheesy screwball comedy with not much heart and a few laughs tossed in along the way. But I was very wrong in my assumption. MEAN GIRLS instead chronicles the life of Cady Heron, a homeschooled student who spent her life in Africa. For the first time, she must walk through the doors of a public high school. She's nervous but feels she can get through her first day and come home in one piece. In a way, she's wrong. Her first day goes horribly. But after meeting Janis Ian and her best friend, totally out and proud Damien, Cady (pronounced like "Katie") is glad to be befriended by the two social misfits who, prior to her arrival, have enjoyed no one's company but their own. "I'm going to call you "Caddie"," Janis says. The three make an interesting trio. Written by Tina Fey of Saturday Night Live fame, MEAN GIRLS is wickedly funny, laced with satire-esque humor and lots of laughs. Lindsay proves that, unlike Hilary Duff, she can act. Parallels can be drawn between MEAN GIRLS and my favorite movie of all time, HEATHERS. What originally begins as an experiment goes horribly wrong. Janis, Damien, and Cady have decided that Cady must infiltrate the renown Plastics clique. Because Cady is a beautiful girl, she is welcomed to the Plastics lunch table. Leader Regina George and her friends, Gretchen and Karen, are three girls seriously blessed in the looks department. It at first seems as if everyone envies their social spotlight but in reality, while some do, others loathe them. Like Janis Ian, for example. Regina is wonderfully played by beautiful Rachel McAdams (The Hot Chick). Insecure Gretchen is played by Party of Five actress (and the voice of Eliza Thornberry!) Lacey Chabert. Karen is played by newcomer Amanda Seyfried, who is still actually a high-schooler. Despite this being her first film role, she looked familiar to me. OT but I found out it is her face that graces the covers of the Victoria Martin series by Francine Pascal. The plan against the Plastics first conjured up by Janis soon turns ugly. It had been Cady's goal to destory the Plastics. Instead, she takes Regina George's place as the leader of the gang and almost loses her two true friends. And Regina is not happy. The trouble between her and Cady begins when she falls for Regina's ex boyfriend, Aaron, played by Eric Bennett, I think - he's also a newcomer and so incredibly hottttt I cannot even describe it. I pray to God I see him in more roles soon. Cady grows into a mean, spoiled brat. Aaron is a genuinely nice guy and after he and Regina reconcile and break up again, he is drawn to Cady until he sees her true colors. Now she must deal with him disliking her - he sits in front of her in Advanced Calc. Cady must also deal with the fact Janis and Damien can't stand the sight of her and that Regina's wrath can seriously be damaging. Even her parents have noticed she's changed - and for the worse! Cady's plethora of problems sorted out isn't dealt with in an easy-breezy fashion, which I really thought was to the movie's advantage. Hilarious moments include a schoolwide brawl due to the Slam Book, a game of Trust that takes place in order for apologies to make rounds, comparisons to high school being similar to Africa's Survival of the Fittest, Cady's party in which Aaron comes up to her bedroom (OOH!), and certain lines I won't reiterate. It's better you hear them for yourself and be surprised. MEAN GIRLS is a coming-of-age comedy, basically. Both children and adults will enjoy it - me and my mom loved it! Critics overall have had positive things to say about this witty film. Hopefully, Tina Fey will write another screenplay soon.
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Summary: 'Mean Girls' an edgy look at cliques
Review: Teen star Lindsay Lohan is back! She has had success in the past before with big screen flicks 'Freaky Friday' and 'Confessions of Teenage Drama Queen', but in my opinion 'Mean Girls' is her best flick yet. Not only that but it is the best teen comedy I have seen for the longest time. Mean Girls was the #1 movie in America now since movies 'Troy' and 'Van Helsing' has hit theaters it is now #3. 'Mean' defiantly had success on its opening weekend with $24 million. The stars in this film are fantastic: Lindsay Lohan, SNL's Tina Fey, The Hot Chick's Rachel McAdams, Lizzy Caplan, TV's Once and Again's Jonathan Bennet, and newcomers Lacey Chabert and Amanda Seyfried. The film takes place in Chicago where Cady Heron (Lohan) has just moved with her parents from Africa, her zoologist's parents home
Schooled her from age 6-16. Now Cady goes to new school and that is conveniently right across the street and tries to fit in. As she tries to make friends and no one will even listen to her she sits on the toilet to eat her lunch! Call me emotional but I started crying! After a couple days of that finally Goth Janis Ian (Lizzy Caplan) and gay Damien (Daniel Franzese) take her under their wing and they eventually become good friends. So one day as she is walking in the lunchroom a teen gut quotes "Is your muffin buttered, would you like someone to butter your muffin" and that would be Gretchen's boyfriend. That is where she is befriended by the meanest most popular girls in school: THE PLASTICS, Mean Karen Smith (Amanda Seyfried), Meaner Gretchen Weiners (Lacey Chabert), and the meanest girl in school Regina George (Rachel McAdams). Then Janis and Damien have an idea to gather enough info to take down Regina George. So as every day goes by and Cady tells Janis and Damien all the rude and nasty things they say. But as Cady falls for ex-boyfriend of Regina Aaron Samuels (Jonathan Bennett) Regina pretends that she still likes him at the same time cheating on him. So they eventually gather all the info they need and have a plan to take down Regina George. So they decide that with out Aaron Samuels, Her beautiful body, and her army of skanks Regina would be nothing. So first they try to get Aaron to see Regina cheating on him. That eventually works and then they make her friends turn against her. And finally her sexy body goes poof and she turns into a slob. But while this is all going on Cady turns into a Mean Girl herself. After Regina falls Cady takes her place and becomes the new Queen Bee. But as she accepts to win Aaron over he rejects her because she is just like Regina! Cady looses Aaron, Janis and Damien as friends and eventually becomes the most hated girl on campus! But everything turns out the way it should be in the end!!! I look forward to seeing Lindsay Lohan in her upcoming flicks 2004's Dramarama (WB) and next years flicks Gossip Girl (WB) and Disney's sequel to the Herbie movies which will be entitled Herbie: Fully Loaded, it will appear early 2005. The Herbie movie has said that Lindsay will need Nascar driving lessons. If Lindsay keeps up the fantastic work she is going to be the biggest star in HOLLYWOOD!!!!
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Summary: The funniest thing ever!!
Review: This movie rocks of the scale in every category!!!!(AND its cheap) Lindsay Lohan's performance in this film is incredible. And as being a watcher of SNL of course I liked Tina Fey. This movie keeps you laughing all throughout!!! Now me being a guy may take away from what ya'll girls think but still i really enjoyed this movie!!!! It rocks!!!! And plus Lindsay Lohan is like realllllly hot;-)!!!!!!
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Summary: It's a pretty good movie; while not the best, it's worth it.
Review: You're thinking, "Oh no, not another teeny-bopper movie with Lindsay Lohan!" I know I did when I first saw the title. But when I watched the trailer, I found it to be slightly amusing (it wasn't hilarious, but you'll get a few laughs). Lohan stars as Cady Heron, a girl who recently moves to America from South Africa. Cady has always been homeschooled and assures her parents that she's okay with their decision to send her to her first real school. Cady realises that high school is like her experiences in Africa (i.e. the students are predators fighting for their prey). But Cady doesn't enjoy her first day of school, even though she has befriended Janis and Damian. On her second day of school, Cady is saved by Regina George, leader of The Plastics, who tells off a boy who is bothering Cady. Regina sees more to Cady and invites her to their 'special' lunch table. The Plastics are the most popular and most powerful clique in school, they are three wealthy and self-centered girls. The Plastics decide that Cady is worthy enough to join their group and allow her in. What Cady doesn't notice is that she is slowly turning away from herself into a true Plastic, even more like Regina. When Cady falls for Aaron Samuel, who is Regina's ex-boyfriend, things go downhill. Regina promises Cady to help her hook up with Aaron, but instead hooks up with Aaron (again) herself. Cady is furious and seeks revenge, with the help of Janis and Damian. But as far as revenge go, Cady didn't plan it to be all this way. I must admit though, I loved the clothes they wore. How very plastic of them.
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