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Mean Girls (2004)

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All Time

of 190,116

1,548

2000's

of 33,985

438

2004

of 10,037

61
Comedy
- Comedy All Time
  
  of 36,542
  
  314
  
  Comedy of 2004
  
  of 1,204
  
  7
  
  Comedy of the 2000's
  
  of 7,297
  
  72
Drama
- Drama All Time
  
  of 37,985
  
  866
  
  Drama of 2004
  
  of 1,565
  
  40
  
  Drama of the 2000's
  
  of 9,635
  
  253
Teen
- Teen All Time
  
  of 332
  
  28
  
  Teen of 2004
  
  of 22
  
  2
  
  Teen of the 2000's
  
  of 164
  
  9

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Mean Girls (2004) is ranked overall as out of 4 stars

Overall Rating:2.9347

Avg Critic Score:2.8886

Mean Girls (2004) Movie Reviews

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Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

In a wasteland of dumb movies about teenagers, "Mean Girls" is a smart and funny one. It even contains some wisdom, although I hesitate to mention that lest I scare off its target audience. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Mean Girls dissects high school society with a lot of observant detail, which seems surprisingly well-informed. The screenplay by "Saturday Night Live's" Tina Fey is both a comic and a sociological achievement. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Roger Ebert)

Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

Alessandra Stanley noted recently in the New York Times that teen-targeted TV shows often bear little resemblance to reality. They portray teenagers not as they are, but as they would like to be; teens in these shows are licentious and conniving. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Film Threat, Hollywood's Indie Voice

Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Tina Fey, the first female head writer in the history of Saturday Night Live, is a live wire: a sexy "Weekend Update" funny girl who rarely sends out a joke without a sting in its tail. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

The plot is flimsy, but director Mark Waters (Freaky Friday) trusts Fey's tart dialogue to carry the day. Wise man. Fey subverts formula to find comic gold. She's a brash new voice in movie comedy. Boy, do we need her now. ...read the complete Mean Girls movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)

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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 (2004) review at The Cinema Source (Lena Aburdene)

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Portland Oregonian (Karen Karbo)

Sassy and sharp....read the complete Mean Girls (2004) review at Portland Oregonian (Karen Karbo)

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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 (2004) review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)

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Decent Films - faith on film (Suzanne E. Greydanus)

When 16-year-old Cady (Lindsay Lohan) first arrives at her new school after ten years of homeschooling, she is a kind, sweet girl. But don’t think that there’s any positive statement here about homeschooling. Cady herself goes out of her way to tell...read the complete Mean Girls (2004) review at Decent Films - faith on film (Suzanne E. Greydanus)

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