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Mean Girls (2004) | Ranked Top 19% · CriticCrunch

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Mean Girls

Movie2004·97 min

Mean Girls

Directed by Mark Waters

A drama comedy film directed by Mark Waters.

◈ CrunchScore

Top 19%

of all movies · weighted by audience size & source agreement

★ TMDB Audience Rating

7.2/10

10K ratings

About Mean Girls

Cady Heron is a hit with The Plastics, the A-list girl clique at her new school, until she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.

Pacing: Brisk (6 of 9)
Tone: Hopeful (7 of 9)
Intensity: Moderate (4 of 9)
Complexity: Approachable (4 of 9)
Humor: Funny (6 of 9)
Scale: Personal (4 of 9)
Spirit: Heartfelt (7 of 9)
Texture: Playful, Stylized
Story Tags: coming of age, betrayal, high school campus, suburban, close friendship, rivals, underdog, outsider misfit, fish out of water, con deception, young first love

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Details

Director: Mark Waters
Language: English

Cast

Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lizzy Caplan

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How Mean Girls Ranks

All movies

Top 19%

2000s movies

Top 16%

Drama movies

Top 19%

2000s Drama movies

Top 17%

★Mark Waters films#2 of 14

Top 17% 2000s Drama movies.

Second-best Mark Waters film, behind Just Like Heaven.

the vibe

Mean Girls Vibe

What it feels like

briskhopefulmoderateapproachablefunnypersonalheartfelt

playful

stylized

What it's about

fish out of watercon deceptioncoming of agebetrayalunderdogoutsider misfitclose friendshiprivalsyoung first lovehigh schoolsuburban

pacing

brisk 6/9brisk 6/9

tone

hopeful 7/9hopeful 7/9

intensity

moderate 4/9moderate 4/9

complexity

approachable 4/9clear 4/9

humor

funny 6/9funny 6/9

scale

personal 4/9personal 4/9

spirit

heartfelt 7/9heartfelt 7/9

texture

playfulplayful