Mean Girls (2004)

Mean Girls, starring Lindsay Lohan, is about a 15 year old who enters a public high school in Chicago where she must learn to survive “Girl World” after being home-schooled and raised in Africa.

The movie is based on the non-fiction book, Queen Bees and Wannabees, which talks about girl cliques and other stuff about girls in high school. It is directed by Mark Waters and stars Lindsay Lohan.

When Cady Heron joins a high school in Chicago, she makes friends with Janis and her friend Damian, who are both ‘left out’.
Then she meets The Plastics, the three mean and popular girls of the school, who let her into their group.Cady wants to join the group, but is doubtful because she still wants to keep her other friends.Janis is enemies with the “Queen Bee” of The Plastics, Regina.
She and Damian convince Cady to act as a member of The Plastics and then report to them everything that happens inside the clique.
When Regina seeks revenge on Cady by getting her ex-boyfriend, Aaron Carter back from her, Janis gets her chance to take vengeance on Regina and encourages Cady to retaliate against her.The three friends make a plan to destroy Regina and her status.
As Cady lives her double life and spends more time with The Plastics and less time with her friends, she eventually becomes a Plastic herself.It is up to Cady to make things right.

An interesting character is Gretchen Wieners, the Plastic who is a little left out and not treated very well by Regina but tries her best to fit in because she knows it’s better not to be treated very well in the clique than not to be in the clique at all.
SPOILER: At the end she joins The Cool Asians clique, where he fits in.I liked the idea behind the movie because it gives you insights on cliques and “Girl World” and it shows the struggle of fitting in.It also shows how easy it is to become mean and lose your friends.Some parts were really funny and others were supposed to be funny but they may be offensive to some people.

CONTAINS SPOILER: I didn’t like some parts of the way the movie ended because it was like a fairy tale and everyone lived ‘happily ever after’. I didn’t think the Spring Fling speech was really meaningful or necessary because it wasn’t realistic; and she didn’t have to break the crown into pieces and share it or praise the way some people dressed.

The movie had some really funny parts.

I think this movie is useful for older kids (from 11 and up) and teens.In my opinion the rating is good: PG-13, which means you should only watch it with a parent if you’re under 13.

Mean Girls does have a moral ending. One good lesson was that revenge is not good and it won’t get you get what you want. Overall, I liked the movie and it teaches you many valuable lessons.