Mean Girls fingerprintFunny, immersive world.
Calm and low-key
Nostalgic and hopeful
Much of it is about growing up.
Plenty of situational comedy and sharp wit
Growing up, everyday modern life, and pop culture
Holds up on a rewatch.
Standout dialogue and performances
Functional look and sound
Calm and low-key
Mean Girls is calm and low-intensity.
Nostalgic and hopeful
Much of it is about growing up.
Emotionally, it's nostalgic, hopeful, and cathartic. Much of it is about growing up.
Plenty of situational comedy and sharp wit
Expect plenty of situational comedy and sharp wit.
Growing up, everyday modern life, and pop culture
Holds up on a rewatch.
Its world is built around growing up, everyday modern life, and pop culture. It holds up on a rewatch.
Standout dialogue and performances
The dialogue and performances stand out.
Functional look and sound
The look and sound stay functional.
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Mean Girls is included with a subscription to fuboTV and Paramount+ in the United States. You can watch it free with ads on Kanopy, Hoopla, and YouTube Free. You can also rent or buy it from Apple TV, Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, and Google Play Movies. All links in Where to Watch go to these licensed services.
Mostly. It's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 74/100 (IMDb 7.1, Rotten Tomatoes 84%, and Metacritic 66). The GoodWatch score combines critic and audience ratings.
It's rated PG-13 in the United States. Content advisories: strong language and sexual content.
1 h 37 min
Mean Girls runs 1 h 37 min.
No. It's adapted from a novel.
Yes. Critics average 75 and audiences 72 out of 100, so both groups see Mean Girls much the same way.
Yes, a big one. It cost about $17 million to make and earned $130 million worldwide, 7.7 times its budget.
It was made in English, with some Swahili, German, Vietnamese. Produced in United States.
+118GoodWatch finds legal streaming, rental, or purchase options for Mean Girls in 132 countries. Pick any of them in Where to Watch to see the local services.
TV Tropes lists 271 storytelling tropes for Mean Girls, including Foreshadowing, Department of Redundancy Department, Hidden Depths.
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