4/23/2024 0 Comments Scarface movie poster framedTo get revenge, Regina writes a nasty note of herself in the Burn Book to frame Cady, Karen, and Gretchen. When Cady accuses Janis of being obsessed with her, Janis declares she is a "mean girl," like Regina, so Janis renounces their friendship. Janis and Damian confront Cady for lying to them about the party and becoming Regina. He rebukes her for becoming as manipulative and image-obsessed as Regina and storms off just as Regina walks in on them. Drunk, she admits to Aaron that she has been deliberately failing math class so he can tutor her. When Janis invites Cady to her art show, she pretends she will be out of town with her parents but instead throws a house party that night. After violating the Plastics' dress code rules by wearing sweatpants, the only thing that fit her, Regina is banished and Cady becomes the new "queen bee". Cady informs Aaron that Regina is cheating on him, prompting them to break up, and tricks her into eating Kalteen nutrition bars to lose weight, but which actually do the opposite. Regina later humiliates her after the Plastics' dance performance at the Winter Talent Show, so Gretchen tells Cady all of Regina's embarrassing secrets. They make her feel excluded by Regina, by sending candy cane-grams to Cady and Karen but not Gretchen. Regina reveals she and Janis were once friends until she accused Janis of being a lesbian and ostracized her.Īttempts to sabotage Regina's skin and wardrobe backfire, so Cady, Janis, and Damian work to turn Gretchen against her. Feeling betrayed, Cady fully commits to Janis' plan to ruin Regina's life, targeting her boyfriend, body, and fellow Plastics. At a Halloween house party, instead of talking to Aaron on Cady's behalf, Regina kisses him in front of her and resumes their relationship. Cady is invited to sit with them at lunch, so Janis persuades her to infiltrate them.Ĭady becomes attracted to senior Aaron Samuels from her calculus class, Regina's ex, and sees the Burn Book, a scrapbook the Plastics fill with cruel rumors about students and faculty. They explain the school's various cliques, warning her about the Plastics: wealthy but insecure Gretchen Wieners, sweet but dimwitted Karen Smith, and queen bee Regina George. After an intimidating first day at North Shore High School, outsiders Janis Ian and Damian Leigh befriend Cady. Sixteen-year-old homeschooled Cady Heron and her research scientist parents return to the United States after 12 years in Africa, settling in Evanston, Illinois. Mean Girls also spawned various adaptations, including a stage musical, which premiered on Broadway in March 2018, with a film adaptation that was released on January 2024. The film grossed over $130 million worldwide and received generally positive reviews from critics, who praised Waters's direction, Fey's screenplay, its humor, and the performances especially lauded was Lohan's acting, which earned several accolades, including three Teen Choice Awards and two MTV Movie Awards, and in 2021, was listed as the eleventh-best performance of the 21st century by The New Yorker.Ī made-for-television sequel, Mean Girls 2, premiered on ABC Family in January 2011. Mean Girls premiered at the Cinerama Dome in Los Angeles, California on April 19, 2004, and was released in the United States on April 30, by Paramount Pictures. Although set in the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, the film was mostly shot in Toronto, Canada. Principal photography took place from September to November 2003. Fey was a long-term cast member and writer for Saturday Night Live. Saturday Night Live creator Lorne Michaels produced the film. 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. The book describes female high school social cliques, school bullying, and the damaging effect they can have on teenagers. Heron quickly befriends two outcasts, with the trio forming a plan to exact revenge on Regina George (McAdams), the leader of an envied clique known as the Plastics.įey conceived the idea for Mean Girls after reading the self-help book Queen Bees and Wannabes. The film follows Cady Heron (Lohan), a naïve teenager who transfers to an American high school after years of homeschooling in Africa. It stars Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, and Amanda Seyfried. Mean Girls is a 2004 American teen comedy film directed by Mark Waters and written by Tina Fey.
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