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Movie critics combined give Mean Girls (2004) a score of 2.8886 out of 4
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Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Tail Slate (Darisa Diaz)Tail Slate (Darisa Diaz)
...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Tail Slate (Darisa Diaz)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Kushmeer Farakhan)Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Kushmeer Farakhan)
If someone had told me a year ago that Mean Girls was gonna be a must see (and eventually must own) I'd have called them crazy. I'm glad no one did because I would've been eating my words. Mean Girls is one of the most entertaining comedies I’ve seen ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Kushmeer Farakhan)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Cinema Source (Lena Aburdene)The Cinema Source (Lena Aburdene)
...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at The Cinema Source (Lena Aburdene)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Ronald O. ChristianRonald O. Christian
Usually, a "good" film in this category is described in terms like "I didn't gouge my eyes out". Positive features include: only halfhearted attempts at clawing off the armrest covering, nausea that wasn't actually vomitinducing, and a total lack of ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Ronald O. Christian
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Cinema Source (Lena Aburdene)The Cinema Source (Lena Aburdene)
Mean Girls is a brilliant gem of a movie in a world filled with predictable and eye-roll worthy teen films out there today. Not only is this the film that solidified Lindsay Lohan as Hollywood's "it girl" but it also showcased fantastic performances ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at The Cinema Source (Lena Aburdene)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Tony MedleyTony Medley
...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Tony Medley
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Tail Slate (Darisa Diaz)Tail Slate (Darisa Diaz)
...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Tail Slate (Darisa Diaz)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
...dissects contemporary adolescence with a withering precision. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Sun Publications (Chicago, IL) (Josh Larsen)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
The most brutally funny teen movie since Heathers . ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
I'm impressed not just with the film's comedy, which is as funny as anything I've seen this year, but with its underlying realism. Many of the specific events, while exaggerated for comic effect, exemplify principles that ring true. I mentioned the ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at The Land of Eric (Eric D. Snider)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Fey's screenplay pulses with authenticity and satirical juice. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Arizona Daily Star (Phil Villarreal)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
Mean Girls is hilarious, brilliant and amazing. See it this weekend. Twice. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
When Cady (Lindsay Lohan) attends her first day of high school, she's shaken to see just how strictly the other kids adhere to their habits. This leads to one of Mean Girls' repeated metaphors: as she's spent her childhood being home-schooled by her ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for The Cinema Source (Elaine Cedrone)The Cinema Source (Elaine Cedrone)
...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at The Cinema Source (Elaine Cedrone)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for The Massachusetts Daily Collegian (Johnny Donaldson)The Massachusetts Daily Collegian (Johnny Donaldson)
It gets all saccharine and righteous on us, but that's okay, seeing as how the bitter medicine helps the spoonful of sugar go down. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at The Massachusetts Daily Collegian (Johnny Donaldson)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Cinema Source (Elaine Cedrone)Cinema Source (Elaine Cedrone)
...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Cinema Source (Elaine Cedrone)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for FilmStew.com (Larry Carroll)FilmStew.com (Larry Carroll)
Fey has crafted what would seem to be an impossibility: a bawdy, uproarious, entertaining teen comedy that successfully delivers a worthwhile message. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at FilmStew.com (Larry Carroll)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Reno Gazette-Journal (Mark Robison)Reno Gazette-Journal (Mark Robison)
Tina Fey turns gag-me cliches into something fresh, edgy and laugh-out-loud funny. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Reno Gazette-Journal (Mark Robison)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for Harvey S. KartenHarvey S. Karten
Since I was unfortunate enough to go to an allmale prepschool, I'm unfamiliar with life among the young women in coedinstitutions, which is why Mark Waters's "Mean Girls" providednot only an education but a richly rewarded 96 minutes of ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Harvey S. Karten
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for MovieJustice (Samuel Tolliver)MovieJustice (Samuel Tolliver)
The film in the end is as I said at the beginning, surprisingly nice. It is something I could go back and see and laugh at again. It is well written, acted and presented and even in its weaker elements it does not bring it down to a stupid humor High ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at MovieJustice (Samuel Tolliver)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
Author Judith Viorst once wrote about a little girl who looked over at another child and reported on her assessment. "Her dress is very pretty," she said, "but mine is very ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at The Movie Mom (Nell Minow)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.75 out of 4 stars for The Cinema Source (Elaine Cedrone)The Cinema Source (Elaine Cedrone)
Dear Lindsay, I just wanted to let you know that after careful consideration, I've decided that you are my favorite of the tween queens. Out of what I'd like to call "The Big Three" - Hilary Duff, Amanda Bynes, and the Olsen twins (okay, they are ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at The Cinema Source (Elaine Cedrone)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Homer YenHomer Yen
comedy that revolves around the environment ofhigh school. You can usually see the overusedcliches, the contrived romances, and thefarreaching cliques coming from a mile away.And your expectations for "Mean Girls" continueto diminish even before the ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Homer Yen
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
"Mean Girls," in all its episodic parts, has the air of a memoir, and it likely will feel sufficiently familiar to some of those who watch. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Movie Habit (Matt Anderson)Movie Habit (Matt Anderson)
Thanks to Fey’s astute and observant screenplay, Mean Girls ’ high school beasts of burden make those lessons, and others, easy to learn. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Movie Habit (Matt Anderson)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for DVD Talk (Robert Spuhler)DVD Talk (Robert Spuhler)
Ignore the labels and the poor advertising campaign – Mean Girls is pitch perfect and very, very funny. Highly recommended. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at DVD Talk (Robert Spuhler)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Dallas Morning News (Philip Wuntch)Dallas Morning News (Philip Wuntch)
Often clever and insightful. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Dallas Morning News (Philip Wuntch)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)
...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)
Armed with the knowledge “Mean Girls” was scripted by Tina Fey, “Saturday Night Live’s” head writer and one half of the team that brought “SNL’s” Weekend Update skits back to life, I was really looking forward to ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Frequently hilarious teen comedy with a witty script and likeable characters – this is further proof that Lindsay Lohan is fast becoming THE teen star of the noughties.Director Mark Waters scored a massive hit last year with the hugely enjoyable remake ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for ShowBIZ DataShowBIZ Data
Saturday Night Live 's Tina Fey might well have a hit on her hands, judging by the critical reaction to Mean Girls, which she wrote. "In a wasteland of dumb movies about teenagers, Mean Girls is a smart and funny one," Roger Ebert writes in the Chicago ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at ShowBIZ Data
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Waters tries for a tone that mixes dark humor and emotional realism, and he often finds it. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Denver Rocky Mountain News (Robert Denerstein)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Window to the Movies (Jeffrey Chen)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Cinema em Cena (Pablo Villaça)Cinema em Cena (Pablo Villaça)
...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Cinema em Cena (Pablo Villaça)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)
The Movie: Mean Girls was a sleeper hit of '04 and destined to be a cult classic in the coming years. As far as the film goes in the opinion of someone who is almost six years removed from high school, it still is a good teen comedy that gets beyond ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Movieman's Guide to the Movies (Brian Oliver)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Vice Central (Austin Hambrick)Vice Central (Austin Hambrick)
...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Vice Central (Austin Hambrick)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Moda Magazine (Susan Granger)Moda Magazine (Susan Granger)
For naive Cady, suburban West Shore High School is an exotic, terrifying place, particularly if you've never faced bitchy teenage beasts before. Which is why, at first, she is flattered when a trio of most awesome girls, known as the Plastics, invite ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Moda Magazine (Susan Granger)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)
Girls can be mean, and Lindsay Lohan's new flick Mean Girls takes that mean and makes it fun. For some reason I keep going into Lohan's movies thinking I am going to be bored stiff considering that I am a 27-year-old male and these movies are aimed at ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>
Something of aHeathersfor a new generation,Mean Girlsrepresents a big step forward for three of its major participants, and for the teen movie genre in general, which hasn't had this good a shot of adrenaline sinceBring It Onfour years ago. The most ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Steve Rhodes <Steve.Rhodes@internetreviews.com>
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Mean Girls (2004) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for MovieFreak.com (Charly Quach)MovieFreak.com (Charly Quach)
Based on Rosalind Wiseman's book Queen Bees and Wannabes, Mean Girls was written by Tina Fey (who also co-stars). She and Tim Meadows bring some Saturday Night Live style humor to this film. Lindsay Lohan turns out a decent performance as Cady, the ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at MovieFreak.com (Charly Quach)
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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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