Mean Girls (2004) Movie Overview

Mean Girls is a 2004 American teen comedy film, directed by Mark Waters and starring Lindsay Lohan. Written by (and co-starring) Tina Fey, the film features a supporting cast of Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, Lacey Chabert, and Lizzy Caplan. The film also features several Saturday Night Live cast members, including Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Ana Gasteyer, and Amy Poehler. Mean Girls has been praised as Lohan’s break-out film role. Director Waters described the film as “Clueless meets Heathers”, the latter of which was written by his brother, Daniel Waters. Mean Girls is based on the non-fiction book Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman, which describes how female high school social cliques operate, and the effect they can have on girls. The movie is also based on Fey’s experiences at Upper Darby High School . Though set on the North Shore of Chicago, the film was partly shot in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Instead of using real-life North Shore High School: New Trier High School, North Shore High School was actually shot at Etobicoke Collegiate Institute. Notable landmarks include the University of Toronto’s Convocation Hall and Sherway Gardens. Regina George’s house is a home in… Source

• Mean Girls Movie Details
• Director: Mark Waters
• Official Sites: Paramount Pictures
• Tagline: Welcome to Girl World.
• Country: USA , Canada
• Run Time: 97 min
• Genre: Comedy , Drama

• Cast Overview
• Lindsay Lohan as Cady Heron
• Rachel McAdams as Regina George
• Tina Fey as Ms. Norbury
• Tim Meadows as Mr. Duvall
• Amy Poehler as Mrs. George
• Ana Gasteyer as Cady's Mom

Mean Girls Movie Review from New York Times

This tart and often charming new comedy is a version of the heart-of-darkness teen social comedy “Heathers” for the tweener audience; it has the ambitious and cartoony dark side of a Disney Channel sitcom, with a lively and talented young cast headed by the cherubic Lindsay Lohan. The “Saturday Night Live” writer and performer Tina Fey wrote the sc… Source

Mean Girls Movie Details from Imdb

Raised in African bush country by her zoologist parents, Cady Heron thinks she knows about survival of the fittest. But the law of the jungle takes on a whole new meaning when the home-schooled 15-year-old enters public high school for the first time and encounters psychological warfare and unwritten social rules that teenage girls face today. Writ… Source

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