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- 96 Minutes
- Paramount Pictures
- Language English
- Country USA
- Rated: PG-13
- Format: Widescreen
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- Directed by Mark Waters
- Written by Rosalind Wiseman, Tina Fey
- Starring Amanda Seyfried, Amy Poehler, Ana Gasteyer, Daniel Franzese, Jonathan Bennett, Lacey Chabert, Lindsay Lohan, Lizzy Caplan, Neil Flynn, Rachel McAdams, Tim Meadows, Tina Fey
Raised in the African bush country by her zoologist parents, Cady (Lohan) thinks she knows all about the "survival of the fittest." But the law of the jungle takes on a whole new meaning when the home-schooled 15-year-old enters public high school for the first time. Trying to find her place among jocks, athletes and other subcultures, Cady crosses paths with the meanest species of all - the Queen Bee, aka the cool and calculating Regina (McAdams), leader of the school's most fashionable clique, The Plastics. When Cady falls fro Regina's ex-boyfriend, though, the Queen Bee is stung - and she schemes to ruin Cady's social future. Cady's own claws soon come out as she leaps into a hilarious "Girl World" war that has the whole school running for cover. Co-starring and written by Saturday Night Live's Tina Fey, MEAN GIRLS is "Viciously Funny!"
"Fey subverts formula to find comic gold. She's a brash new voice in movie comedy. Boy, do we need her now." -- Peter Travers, ROLLING STONE
(Read more)- More on Mean Girls:
- Official film Web site
- Interview with the director
Comments
Tina Fey based the script for this movie on the book "Queen Bees and Wannabes" by psychologist/sociologist Rosalind Wiseman. While the film is laced with hilarious "Clueless" comedy, what really elevates the movie above other teen comedies featuring mean Queen Bees ("Never Been Kissed" and "She's All That") is the fact that the script was informed by Wiseman's thorough nonfiction book. This film seems to know EXACTLY how female high school social cliques operate, as if it was written by the girls themselves. And it helps that Tina Fey is so smart.
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