Thursday, February 20, 2014

Movie Review: Mean Girls

Title:  Mean Girls
Rating:  PG-13
Director:  Mark Waters
Main Cast:  Lindsay Lohan, Jonathan Bennett, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey
Seen:  At home
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 16-year-old enters public high school for the first time and encounters psychological warfare and unwritten social rules that teenage girls face today.
 Summary found here.



My Review:  Yes, this was my first time seeing this movie.  And yes, I am extremely ashamed about that fact.  I really have no idea what took me so long to watch it!  Wait, actually I do.  I started watching it when I was like, ten and my mom heard the first slip of a bad word and banned me from watching it.  But I finally was able to see it!  And I really enjoyed this movie, even if I was outrageously angry at our main character, Cady, for the majority of it.  

The way this film was edited and put together was so awesome.  I loved that there was side commentary and scenes that weren't happening but were shown.  That element added a unique twist and made this movie more enjoyable to watch.  It also added a lot of humor!  I found myself laughing so much during this movie!  And also fuming.  

Cady was such a frustrating character for me.  I could see her slowly slipping down the mean girl slide and I just wanted someone to shake some sense into her!  Though I know this was definitely intentional and basically the whole point of the story, I was still super angry with it.  But I guess that is what's supposed to happen; we're supposed to feel the feels, even if they're bad feels.  

The lesson that this movie taught was perfect and I loved the way it was executed.  All of the hard stuff we had to go through to get to the end was totally worth it.  I was 100% satisfied when the screen went to black and I'm glad to finally have this movie under my belt.  Mean Girls was a fun, hilarious, and heart warming movie with an awesome lesson that was wonderfully executed.  

Four Cards


 

1 comment:

  1. I love this movie :) it's one of my favorites.
    It has the craziest scenes and you laugh about things you shouldn't be laughing (like the bus scene at the end).
    I'm glad you liked it.
    Ruty@Reading...Dreaming

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