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Mean Girls

Mean Girls

Drama · Comedy · 2004

Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.

Movie details

Mean Girls

“Watch your back.”

2004 Drama · Comedy 1h 37m

Critical arithmetic

One number, for now.

TMDB

7.2 / 10

Community rating

Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.

CriticWise case file

What this film says about your taste.

Not a recommendation score. A measure of how closely the film’s taste signals resemble yours.

The archetype split

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Names above the title

The people responsible.

Directed by

Mark Waters

Written by

Tina Fey

Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Lohan

Cady Heron

Rachel McAdams

Rachel McAdams

Regina George

Lizzy Caplan

Lizzy Caplan

Janis Ian

Lacey Chabert

Lacey Chabert

Gretchen Wieners

Amanda Seyfried

Amanda Seyfried

Karen Smith

Daniel Franzese

Daniel Franzese

Damian

Jonathan Bennett

Jonathan Bennett

Aaron Samuels

Court is in session

Put Mean Girls on trial.

Two incompatible taste archetypes. One film. Read the arguments, then issue a completely binding cultural ruling.

The defence The Sentimental Softie

“Sincerity is not manipulation.”

The film risks embarrassment to make emotion communal, and that openness is harder than fashionable detachment.

The prosecution The Cool Ironist

“The strings are showing.”

Every cue tells you exactly what to feel and when, leaving sentiment to do the work character should have done.