Mean Girls stars Lindsay Lohan as Cady Heron, a student from Africa who has been home schooled by her research zoologist parents all her life. For the first time, she is going to experience a real school, and the experience changes her life.
At first Cady makes faux paux’s as she tries to navigate high school in America. She dresses differently, wears no makeup and tries to fit in. Then she makes friends with Janis and Damien, who talk her through the intricacies of the school and the different social groups. Cady catches the eyes of Regina George, the Queen Bee of the school who along with her co-horts, Gretchen and Karen make Cady one of the Plastics, Teen Royalty.
At first, Cady tries to sabotage the Plastics to expose Regina for what she really is, a lying mean girl. But then she slowly morphs into one of the Plastics, complete with dress sense, vocabulary and attitude, and loses her identity completely.
Its based on a real book, but the movie is a very good social lesson on how we socialise girls to think that dressing and acting a certain way is socially acceptable. And being mean to each other is also acceptable, when its clearly not. Its a good character study on the intricacies of teenagers and the fickle alliances of girls.
A fun teen movie, with a social message behind it.
5 out of 5 stars.
Random fact: This movie is based upon the book “Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence” by Rosalind Wiseman, even though it is a non-fiction parental self-help guide with no narrative at all.
March 26, 2009 at 4:20 pm |
I love that movie! And that’s exactly how high school is! hahah! Tina Fey did a great job, and I had no idea that it was based on a self-help guide. Great random fact to know:)
June 26, 2009 at 4:37 pm |
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