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Mean Girls is a 2004 American comedy film directed by Mark Waters and written by Tina Fey. The cast includes Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lizzy Caplan, and Lacey Chabert. Lorne Michaels produced the film, which was distributed by Paramount Pictures and Netflix. The movie, which runs for 97 minutes, is based on a work by Rosalind Wiseman and features music composed by Rolfe Kent.
The film was released on April 30, 2004, and is rated PG-13. It has a runtime of 97 minutes and was filmed in Toronto, New Jersey, and at the University of Toronto, with the narrative set in Evanston. The production had a budget of 17,000,000 and generated revenue of 130,195,052.
Audience and critic reception includes an IMDb rating of 7.1 based on 486,493 votes, a Metascore of 66, and an Rotten Tomatoes rating of 84%. The film has received 7 wins and 25 nominations. It is followed by Mean Girls 2 and is part of the Museum of Modern Art collection.
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7.2Cady 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.
Cast
- Lindsay Lohan as Cady Heron
- Rachel McAdams as Regina George
- Lizzy Caplan as Janis Ian
- Lacey Chabert as Gretchen Wieners
- Amanda Seyfried as Karen Smith
- Daniel Franzese as Damian
Themes
- based on novel or book
- illinois
- female friendship
- bullying
- coming of age
- prom
- teenage girl
- fish out of water
- best friend
- math teacher
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Ratings
IMDb
7.1/10
485,269 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
84%
Metacritic
66/100
- Year
- 2004
- Runtime
- 97 min
- Genres
- Comedy
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- 7 wins & 25 nominations total
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Followed by
- Mean Girls 2
- Main subject
- revenge
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Director
- Mark Waters
- Screenwriter
- Tina Fey
- Composer
- Rolfe Kent
- Producer
- Lorne Michaels
- Cinematographer
- Daryn Okada
- Narrative location
- Evanston
- Filming location
- University of Toronto
- Duration
- 97
- FilmAffinity ID
- 368343
- Distribution format
- video on demand
- Official website
- www.meangirls.com/indexflash.html
- Image
- Mean Girls.jpg
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- title
- Mean Girls
- distributed by
- Netflix
- after a work by
- Rosalind Wiseman
- Commons category
- Mean Girls
- assessment
- Bechdel test
- set during recurring event
- Christmas and holiday season
- review score
- 84%
- derivative work
- Mean Girls
- publication date
- 2004-08-26
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Encyclopedic overview
Mean Girls is a 2004 American teen comedy film produced by Lorne Michaels and directed by Mark Waters from a screenplay by Tina Fey. The film stars Lindsay Lohan in the lead role, with Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, Tim Meadows, Ana Gasteyer, Amy Poehler, and Fey in supporting roles. The plot centers on Cady Heron (Lohan), a naïve teenager who transfers to an American high school after years of homeschooling in Africa, where she quickly befriends outcasts Janis and Damian (Lizzy Caplan and Daniel Franzese), with the trio forming a plan to exact revenge on Regina George (McAdams), the leader of an envied clique known as "The Plastics".
Fey conceived the idea for Mean Girls after reading Rosalind Wiseman's 2002 self-help book Queen Bees and Wannabes. The book describes female high school social cliques, school bullying, and the resulting damaging effect on teenagers. Fey also drew from her own experience at Upper Darby High School, in Upper Darby Township, Pennsylvania, as an inspiration for some of the film's concepts. Principal photography for Mean Girls took place from September to November 2003. Although the film is set in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, shooting took place primarily in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. During post-production, editing was completed by Wendy Greene Bricmont and the score was composed by Rolfe Kent.
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