Mean Girls

Mean Girls is a film that girls in my high school seem to love. I always kind of wanted to see it but at the same time I did have my doubts about it. Now that I have seen it, I liked it quite a bit and found it to be a hip, enjoyable film that I will probably watch a few more times.

Mean Girls is the story about a girl named Cady (Lindsay Lohan) who comes to America from South Africa because of her parent's work. Cady knows that she is not the most popular girl and she starts to hangout with the outcasts at the school but also surprisingly she also starts to hang out with a popular group called the Plastics. The film revolves around her feelings and emotions dealing with the different groups.

I have found that most teen flicks do not seem to have a heart, a style and usually nothing to embrace. With this film, it is the exact opposite. It has a heart due to the love interests of the characters. It also has a cool and different style that you don't see very often. The film is rounded out with fine acting from Lindsay Lohan to Tina Fey, and without these quality performances, the heart and the style would not shine through like it does.

Even though the plot is pretty silly and dumb, it is no doubt original and kind of fun. The characters are original all the way around with surprisingly nice humor to them and because of this, the film turns into a one of a kind type of film.

My main complain about the film is the characters. Like I said before, they have their highlights and I know teenage girls are all different in their own way but for me these characters seem a little too clueless. They just don't seem believable and it is hard to figure out where they are coming from at times.

Mean Girls along with many typical teen films struggles with the little things and also has some unrealistic parts. It is quite different than most teen flicks film and as a 15-year old boy, even I liked a lot of it even though though in the plot I didn't find much that I could relate to. While it is not my type of film, I had a lot fun watching it so in that respect, I liked it.

4/5