Mean Girls (2024)
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New student Cady Heron is welcomed into the top of the social food chain by the elite group of popular girls called ‘The Plastics,’ ruled by the conniving queen bee Regina George and her minions Gretchen and Karen. However, when Cady makes the major misstep of falling for Regina’s ex-boyfriend Aaron Samuels, she finds herself prey in Regina’s crosshairs. As Cady sets to take down the group’s apex predator with the help of her outcast friends Janis and Damian, she must learn how to stay true to herself while navigating the most cutthroat jungle of all: high school.
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... Cady Heron
... Regina George
... Janis 'Imi'ike
... Damian Hubbard
... Karen Shetty
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There are flashes of wit here, and a decent sound-track but for the most part it's a complete non-story. "Cady" (Angourie Rice) arrives as the newbie at the North Shore High School where she is shunned by all but the gay/rebellious combo that is "Damian" (Jaquel Spivey) and "Janis" (Auli'i Caravalho). For a bit of mischief, they decide that "Cady" should infiltrate the trio known as the "Plastics" - dominated by "Regina" (Reneé Rapp) whose leather clad frame has the whole school under her spell. She manages to ingratiate herself with this group of pretty vacuous airheads and report back to her "real" friends each day as the story gets thinner and thinner until it's needs the mother of all toupés. It's about bitchiness, friendship, duplicity, shallowness and then there's the floppy-haired eye candy "Aaron" (Christopher Briney) whom she and "Regina" squabble over - whilst he has all the loyalty of a goldfish; but none of it is really very original or funny. Writer Tina Fey appears as the calculus teacher but fails to impact much as the thing just meanders along ticking every box and beating just about every stereotype to death before the anthesis of all things obnoxious - a spring "prom" - brings things to an inevitable conclusion. Rapp can sing, and she knows how to take this stage-suited concept and belt out a song or two, but the rest of this really does remind me of one of the latter editions of the tired "Glee" project. I get I'm not the demographic, but I struggled to see the point of this.
Writer:
Tina Fey (Screenplay)
Tina Fey (Musical)
Jeff Richmond (Musical)
Rosalind Wiseman (Book)
Nell Benjamin (Musical)
Nell Benjamin (Lyricist)
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Release Date:
2024-01-10
Run Time:
113 min
MMPA Rating:
PG-13
Reviews of
Mean Girls
There are flashes of wit here, and a decent sound-track but for the most part it's a complete non-story. "Cady" (Angourie Rice) arrives as the newbie at the North Shore High School where she is shunned by all but the gay/rebellious combo that is "Damian" (Jaquel Spivey) and "Janis" (Auli'i Caravalho). For a bit of mischief, they decide that "Cady" should infiltrate the trio known as the "Plastics" - dominated by "Regina" (Reneé Rapp) whose leather clad frame has the whole school under her spell. She manages to ingratiate herself with this group of pretty vacuous airheads and report back to her "real" friends each day as the story gets thinner and thinner until it's needs the mother of all toupés. It's about bitchiness, friendship, duplicity, shallowness and then there's the floppy-haired eye candy "Aaron" (Christopher Briney) whom she and "Regina" squabble over - whilst he has all the loyalty of a goldfish; but none of it is really very original or funny. Writer Tina Fey appears as the calculus teacher but fails to impact much as the thing just meanders along ticking every box and beating just about every stereotype to death before the anthesis of all things obnoxious - a spring "prom" - brings things to an inevitable conclusion. Rapp can sing, and she knows how to take this stage-suited concept and belt out a song or two, but the rest of this really does remind me of one of the latter editions of the tired "Glee" project. I get I'm not the demographic, but I struggled to see the point of this.
Too similar to the original, though the musical moments do help alleviate that.
I didn't necessarily like any of the songs performed in 2024's 'Mean Girls', but none of them grated on me - which is always a plus when it comes to musicals. I could've done with a slightly shorter run time, though the humour is decent - if a bit hit-and-miss.
Angourie Rice is a bit meh in the lead role, certainly a downgrade on Lindsay Lohan. I guess most of the cast are inferior comparatively, but I did enjoy the performances of Reneé Rapp and Jaquel Spivey... Auliʻi Cravalho too. Good to see Tina Fey and Tim Meadows back again, whilst there's a great cameo at one point.
All things considered, it's fine. Can't wait for the 2044 remake.
Cast & Crew of
Mean Girls
Cast
... Cady Heron
... Regina George
... Janis 'Imi'ike
... Damian Hubbard
... Karen Shetty
... Gretchen Wieners
... Aaron Samuels
... Mrs. Heron
... Mrs. George
... Ms. Norbury
... Mr. Duvall
... Mathletes Quizmaster
... Coach Carr
... Madame Park
... Mr. Rapp
... Kevin Ganatra
... Jason Weems
... Shane Oman
... Megan Thee Stallion
... Jacob Zheng
... Matthew Richmond
... Sonja Aquino
... Grace Porter
... Rachel Hamilton
... Taylor Wedell
... Caitlyn Caussin
... Christian Wiggins
... Lizzie Thurman
... Dawn Schweitzer
... Sophie Kawachi
... Caroline Krafft
... M. Obo
... V. Bowling
... S. Martin
... Teary Girl
... Tiny Boy
... Rude Girl
... Burnout Friend
... Theater Boy
... Band Freak
... Band Freak
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... Band Freak
... Choir Girl
... Choir Girl
... Choir Girl
... Choir Girl
... North Shore Student
... North Shore Student
... North Shore Student
... North Shore Student
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... Longboarder
... Longboarder
... Teacher
... Social Media Friend
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... Marching Band
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... Marching Band
... Marching Band
... North Shore Student (uncredited)
Crew
... Editor
... Casting
... Producer
... Screenplay
... Producer
... Musical
... Original Music Composer
... Executive Producer
... Musical
... Producer
... Executive Producer
... Book
... Supervising Sound Editor
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Stunt Double
... Production Design
... Casting
... Costume Design
... Producer
... Executive Producer
... Sound Re-Recording Mixer
... Executive Producer
... Musical
... Lyricist
... Director
... Director
... Makeup Department Head
... Gaffer
... Stunt Coordinator
... Second Unit Director
... Makeup Department Head
... Hair Department Head
... Sound Mixer
... Set Decoration
... Director of Photography
... Executive Producer
... Unit Production Manager
... Unit Production Manager
... First Assistant Director
... Foley Editor
... Foley Supervisor
... Camera Operator
... Music Producer
... Visual Effects Supervisor
... Visual Effects Producer
... Stunts
... Choreographer
... Second Unit Director
... Additional Photography
... Stunts
... Hair Designer
... Songs
... Makeup Artist
... Stunts
... Makeup Artist
... Makeup Artist
... Music Supervisor
... Second Assistant Director
... Visual Effects Supervisor
... Stunt Double
... Stunts
... Casting Associate
... Songs
... Makeup Artist
... Stunts
... Co-Producer
... Co-Producer
... Makeup Designer
... Casting
... Assistant Art Director
... Makeup Artist
... Art Direction
... Stunt Double
... Set Decoration Buyer
... Sound Effects Editor
... Makeup Artist
... Music Supervisor
... Visual Effects Producer
... Hairstylist
... Sound Designer
... VFX Artist
... VFX Artist
... CG Supervisor
... Visual Effects Producer
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