IMDb plot summary: Cady Heron is a hit with the Plastics, an A-list girl clique at her new school. But everything changes when she makes the mistake of falling for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of alpha Plastic Regina George.
Directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr. Starring Angourie Rice, Reneé Rapp, and Auli'i Cravalho.
Mean Girls is the 2024 musical movie adaptation of the now 20-year-old comedy originally starring Lindsay Lohan. The story follows Cady, a high schooler who grew up being homeschooled in rural Africa, and struggles to find her footing when thrust into modern teen high school life. Let me start by saying I went into this with no nostalgic affinity for either the original or the Broadway adaptation, although both are fine, so I was going into this pretty fresh. The script is decent, there are definitely some good songs, but the movie really lives and dies on the musical performances, and Angourie Rice as Cady is a serious disappointment. She underplays both her acting and her singing so much that it loses all energy and makes her a very uninteresting character. Fortunately, the supporting cast rocks it -- Renee Rapp, Auliʻi Cravalho, and Avantika Vandanapu all completely slay all their songs and bring so much fun and joy to the story that it saves it from our mediocre lead. I'm still not a huge fan of the story or the jokes, but I'd definitely rewatch a few of those musical numbers again, which is what I was hoping to get out of this.
How entered my Flickchart:
Mean Girls > Sarah, Plain and Tall
Mean Girls < Dark Passage
Mean Girls > The Man Who Knew Too Much (1934)
Mean Girls < Waking Ned Devine
Mean Girls > Air
Mean Girls < A Little Night Music
Mean Girls < Ikiru
Mean Girls > The Sound of Music
Mean Girls > The Boys of Paul Street
Mean Girls < 49 Up
Mean Girls > A Star Is Born (1937)
Final spot: #1313 out of 3898, or 66%.
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