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Mean Girls | Year: 2004 Classification: Comedy Directed: - Mark S.Waters Actors/Actresses: - Lindsay Lohan - Rachel McAdams - Lacey Chabert - Lizzy Caplan - Tina Fey - Jonathan Bennett - Tim Meadows - Amy Poehler - Ana Gasteyer - Amanda Seyfried - Elana Shilling Teen Comedy with a Brain in it's Head 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 Another Good Job Lindsay!! 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!! The DVD hasn't been released yet, but I'm sure it will include awesome features! Buy Mean Girls at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Mean Girls Search with the Priority Search Engine on Mean Girls This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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