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Mean Girls

2024

Samantha Jayne, Arturo Perez Jr.

Angourie Rice, Reneé Rapp, Bebe Wood, Avantika Vandanapu ...

5.4

991

Musical. Comedy New student Cady Heron (Angourie Rice) is welcomed to the top of the social chain by the elite group of popular girls called "The Plastics," ruled by scheming queen bee Regina George (Reneé Rapp) and her minions Gretchen (Bebe Wood) and Karen (Avantika). However, when Cady makes the grave mistake of falling in love with Regina's ex-boyfriend Aaron Samuels (Christopher Briney), she finds herself in Regina's crosshairs. With the help of ... [+]

	Author	Review
United States	Owen Gleiberman Variety	"[It] proves mean-girl culture is still worth skewering (...) The songs carry you through, and the story still crackles"	POS
United States	David Rooney The Hollywood Reporter	"All the effervescence and fun have been drained out of the material in this labored reincarnation, a movie musical made by people who appear to have zero understanding of movie-musical vernacular"	NEG
United States	Maureen Lee Lenker Entertainment Weekly	"Not since Rob Marshall and 'Chicago' has a feature film debut shown such a confident, innate understanding of the musical genre and how to make it cinematic for a modern audience"	POS
United States	Kristen Lopez The Wrap	"It’s a sanitized, Cliff’s Notes version of the original with a few songs thrown in. It’ll be great for audiences to see Renee Rapp, if they don’t know of her already, but she’s not in it enough to help save the rest of the film"	NEG
United States	Kate Erbland IndieWire	"Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr.'s zippy adaptation of an adaptation will delight old fans and definitely earn some new ones — and gift us some major new talents"	POS
United Kingdom	Tim Grierson Screendaily	"It lacks the panache of the original hit film (...) The new 'Mean Girls' feels akin to attending your high-school reunion; it is nice to see everyone again after all this time, but there is no reason to hang around too long"	NEU
United States	Lisa Laman Collider	"Just hit me with a bus instead (...) 'Mean Girls' eschews all the joys of the best musicals in favor of a hollow retread of the original movie"	NEG
United States	Tara Bennett IGN	"Featuring a collection of strong original songs and a successful updating of the story and messages, it's a musical reimagining worth watching"	POS
United States	Brian Truitt USA Today	"t’s not a bad thing, really, but mainly feels like an unnecessary one (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United States	BJ Colangelo SlashFilm	"If this version of 'Mean Girls' is an accurate reflection of the evolution of the cruel politics of high school, it's a sign that we're moving in the right direction"	POS
United States	Dan Rubins Slant	"While fundamentally entertaining, this new film often finds itself in distractingly constant conversation with its original source material (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 4)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"Some sugar-rush musical numbers... and the classic gags are effectively delivered (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Valerie Complex Deadline	"While 'Mean Girls' 2024 commendably attempts to modernize and expand upon its predecessor, it ultimately struggles to deliver a cohesive and engaging narrative. The film’s lack of focus, inconsistent musical integration, and unnecessary over-sexualization overshadow its few strengths"	NEG
United States	Coleman Spilde The Daily Beast	"A peppy soundtrack and killer cast make up for this remake’s frustratingly familiar script"	NEU
United Kingdom	Robbie Collin Telegraph	"While you don't have to be doused in 'Mean Girls' lore to enjoy it, it carries itself like a sing-a-long tribute, with every classic gag delivered like an applause line and every key scene overplayed with lip-smacking relish (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of 5)"	POS
United States	Arionne Nettles Chicago Reader	"This version has been able to accomplish what Hollywood has been hoping to do in this recent period of reboot obsession: achieve the rare balance of appealing to two audiences at once and making them both laugh"	POS
United Kingdom	Emma Simmonds Radio Times	"It can be a strange experience watching something so close to its beloved predecessor – but Tina Fey is still a class act (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Rosie Fletcher Den of Geek	"A slightly strange movie experience whereby familiar faces and new faces reprise old roles. But it's two hours of song, dance, and familiar laughs from an exciting young cast. And that's still pretty fetch (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Alice Saville Time Out	"It’s an enjoyable retread if you don’t mind seeing this cattiest of films getting declawed (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United Kingdom	Nick Levine NME	"High school musical reboot is no match for the original (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Leigh Monson AV Club	"The songs and the performances thereof have been packaged in such a way that they are now more accessible than ever. Yet the film that inspired them has been reduced to a hollow shell in which to carry them"	NEG
Canada	Barry Hertz The Globe and Mail	"Rapp... is a force-of-nature knockout, honouring but not imitating Rachel McAdams’s beautiful bullying from the first film with a sly kind of menace. The same goes for Rice, Wood and Avantika"	POS
Canada	Graeme Guttmann Screen Rant	"Besides the addition of dance numbers, this new version of 'Mean Girls' is the same as the old one — with a lot less bite (...) Rating: ★★½ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	John Serba Decider	"I’m left indifferent by this musical – its assets are almost exclusively familiarities. The performances are endearing, but younger-model facsimiles of the characters we already know"	NEG
United Kingdom	Wendy Ide The Guardian	"Avantika’s knockout comic timing lifts a lacklustre fusion of the 2004 high school comedy starring Lindsay Lohan and the 2018 Broadway show (...) Rating: ★★★ (out of 5)"	NEU
United States	Hillary Busis Vanity Fair	"We get fresh jokes that occasionally sing more than the 2004 versions did; in all cases, the best new punchlines generate bigger laughs than the old ones"	POS

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