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Movie critics combined give Mean Girls (2004) a score of 2.8886 out of 4
based on (315) reviews
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Excellent
4
Excellent
(41)
Very Good
3
Very Good
(222)
Good
2
Good
(49)
Fair
1
Fair
(3)
Poor
0
Poor
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Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.49 out of 4 stars for Pittsburgh Post-GazettePittsburgh Post-Gazette
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Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.49 out of 4 stars for Political Film Society Political Film Society
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Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.48 out of 4 stars for CineClick movie reviewCineClick movie review
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Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.48 out of 4 stars for CineScene.com (Ed Owens)CineScene.com (Ed Owens)
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Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.44 out of 4 stars for Cutting Edge Cutting Edge
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Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.42 out of 4 stars for stylusmagazine.com (Josh Timmermann)stylusmagazine.com (Josh Timmermann)
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Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.42 out of 4 stars for Plugged InPlugged In
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Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)
Generally smart and often very funny. And there is a pearl of wisdom or two in there among the laughs. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Jam! Movies (Liz Braun)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Netflix (James Rocchi)Netflix (James Rocchi)
High school's cruel combats make for a funny, smart-stupid comedy from the poison pen of Saturday Night Live genius Tina Fey. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Netflix (James Rocchi)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
Mean Girls is the kind of film that teens actually should see, one which treats them with respect while being wickedly entertaining. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (David Thomas)filmcritic.com (David Thomas)
falls into the category of teen fare that’s better than you’d expect ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at filmcritic.com (David Thomas)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Des Moines Register (Jeffrey Bruner)Des Moines Register (Jeffrey Bruner)
Mean Girls dips itself into the acidity of the 1989 cult favorite Heathers just long enough to give this smart teen comedy a delicious bite. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Des Moines Register (Jeffrey Bruner)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Angel Cohn)TV Guide's Movie Guide (Angel Cohn)
Director Mark Waters (whose brother, Daniel, wrote Heathers ) strikes a carefully calibrated balance between the film's darkly malicious sense of humor and its pastel sets and costumes. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Angel Cohn)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Manohla Dargis)Los Angeles Times (Manohla Dargis)
Originality is never the point of an entertainment like this; the point is that director Mark Waters, who capably guided Lohan through last year's Freaky Friday , has specific marks to hit in Mean Girls , and he hits them with confidence. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Los Angeles Times (Manohla Dargis)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for IGN Movies (Jeff Otto)IGN Movies (Jeff Otto)
A very original, funny and highly accurate dissection of the teen girl world. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at IGN Movies (Jeff Otto)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL) (Lance Goldenberg)Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL) (Lance Goldenberg)
...a lean, mean entertainment that manages to be both playful and subversive while exhibiting plenty of mainstream appeal. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Weekly Planet (Tampa, FL) (Lance Goldenberg)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
This tart and often charming new comedy is a version of the heart-of-darkness teen social comedy Heathers for the tweener audience. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at New York Times (Elvis Mitchell)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for MovieContests.com (Mark McLeod)MovieContests.com (Mark McLeod)
Lindsay Lohan reteams with Mark Waters for their second hit in the past 12 months. Sexy, Sassy and biting these are truly Mean Girls. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at MovieContests.com (Mark McLeod)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Chicago Reader (J.R. Jones)Chicago Reader (J.R. Jones)
Pleasantly acted and moderately funny, but it lacks the genuine bile that made "Heathers" (1987) so bracing. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Chicago Reader (J.R. Jones)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)
Though dramatically inconsistent, the movie clearly grasps the subtle nuances of the pubescent pecking order. Plus, it's funny -- more often than not, anyway. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Orlando Weekly (Steve Schneider)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Empire (Caroline Westbrook)Empire (Caroline Westbrook)
Despite its shortcomings -- it’s still one of the better teen movies to come along in a while. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Empire (Caroline Westbrook)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for MovieEye.com (Frank Ochieng)MovieEye.com (Frank Ochieng)
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Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
The ultimate irony of a satire about a good girl who pretends to convert to a bad girl in order to undermine the loathsome "in-crowd" but becoming one of them in the process -- like her, the creators should also not have fallen in love with the ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine (Caroline Westbrook)Empire Magazine (Caroline Westbrook)
There's nothing here you won’t have seen a million times before, but -- despite its shortcomings -- it's still one of the better teen movies to come along in a while. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Empire Magazine (Caroline Westbrook)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for LA Weekly (Ella Taylor)LA Weekly (Ella Taylor)
Lohan is a warm and engaging presence, but she's completely outshone by the bad girls, and when they're offscreen, Mean Girls is an oddly restrained, barely plotted movie. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at LA Weekly (Ella Taylor)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for TV Guide (Angel Cohn)TV Guide (Angel Cohn)
Strikes a carefully calibrated balance between the film's darkly malicious sense of humor and its pastel sets and costumes. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at TV Guide (Angel Cohn)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Film Threat (Christopher Zinsli)Film Threat (Christopher Zinsli)
It is Fey’s refusal to talk down to her audience that elevates Mean Girls above most other teen movies out there. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Film Threat (Christopher Zinsli)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.37 out of 4 stars for Not Coming to a Theater Near You (Chiranjit Goswami)Not Coming to a Theater Near You (Chiranjit Goswami)
...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Not Coming to a Theater Near You (Chiranjit Goswami)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.37 out of 4 stars for Xi-online (Irene de Kruif)Xi-online (Irene de Kruif)
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Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.30 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Robert K. Elder)Chicago Tribune (Robert K. Elder)
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Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.25 out of 4 stars for Moving Pictures @ Cin3maMoving Pictures @ Cin3ma
Gullible Cady is lured by the school's most popular trio headed by the queen bee, Regina George (Rachel McAdams), into a different and incredible world of self-centricity. She becomes indulged in popularity, beauty and boys more than anything else, even ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Moving Pictures @ Cin3ma
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.20 out of 4 stars for cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at cinEncanto (Pablo del Moral)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Sue Pierman)Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Sue Pierman)
This is definitely a cut above the rest of the growing teen-girl subgenre. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Sue Pierman)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Baltimore Sun (--)Baltimore Sun (--)
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Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Beyond the philosophizing, Mean Girls is a standard collection of low comic jokes ... and a vindication / revenge fantasy directed at moviegoers who are still sad the popular kids didn't like them back in the day. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Kvikmyndir.com (--)Kvikmyndir.com (--)
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Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
Lohan ... is a good reactive young actress, and London, Ont., native Rachel McAdams is excellently evil. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Toronto StarToronto Star
If only we could have a look at the first draft of the script Tina Fey turned in for Mean Girls, the teen-jungle comedy that is being trumpeted as the screen-writing debut for the Saturday Night Live comic. I refuse to believe that someone of ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Toronto Star
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-IntelligencerSeattle Post-Intelligencer
The film can't decide between black comedy and bubblegum comedy, so it shoots aimlessly in between. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Parent PreviewsParent Previews
Money, good looks and power of popularity shouldn?t prevent these Mean Girls from paying for their actions. However they do seem to contribute to a well-padded and short-lived fall from grace. Tackling the topic of teenage trauma is a ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Parent Previews
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Lou Lumenick)New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Beyond the philosophizing, Mean Girls is a standard collection of low comic jokes. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
All Fey does is apply a smattering of wit to the story. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Herald (Tenley Woodman)Boston Herald (Tenley Woodman)
...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Boston Herald (Tenley Woodman)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Denver Post (Michael Booth)Denver Post (Michael Booth)
Fey may be going for wickedly funny, but alas, she stops at wicked. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Denver Post (Michael Booth)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
Once you get past a few killer jokes, it's a rather uninspired affair that rarely engages the emotions while recycling most of the clichés we've come to expect from the high school genre. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Kansas City Star (Robert W. Butler)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
Parts of it are quite funny. So, go fetch. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at San Diego Union-Tribune (David Elliott)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Christianity Today (Todd Hertz)Christianity Today (Todd Hertz)
Mean Girls lacks sincerity, and instead acts like any teenage queen bee -- being cruel and picking on the weak -- only to then break its own rules and be hypocritical. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Christianity Today (Todd Hertz)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice Magazine (Christine James)Boxoffice Magazine (Christine James)
Waters' pacing is off and the revenge never builds a satisfying momentum. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Christine James)
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Mean Girls (2004) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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Mean Girls (2004) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars
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