Cady 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.
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Film Cast:
- Cady Heron: Lindsay Lohan
- Regina George: Rachel McAdams
- Sharon Norbury: Tina Fey
- Gretchen Wieners: Lacey Chabert
- Karen Smith: Amanda Seyfried
- Janis Ian: Lizzy Caplan
- Damian Leigh: Daniel Franzese
- Aaron Samuels: Jonathan Bennett
- Principal Duvall: Tim Meadows
- June George: Amy Poehler
- Betsy Heron: Ana Gasteyer
- Chip Heron: Neil Flynn
- Kevin Gnapoor: Rajiv Surendra
- Spelling Girl: Elana Shilling
- Homeschooled Boy: Graham Kartna
- Homeschooled Boy: Ely Henry
- Homeschooled Boy: David Aherne
- African Warrior: Ayo Agbonkpolo
- Kristen Hadley: Molly Shanahan
- Kristen Hadley’s Boyfriend: Jonathan Malen
- Farting Guy: Jeff Moser
- Michigan Girl: Miranda Edwards
- Chemistry Teacher: Les Porter
- English Teacher: Eve Crawford
- History Teacher: Jack Newman
- Music Teacher: Michelyn Emelle
- German Teacher: Bathsheba Garnett
- Trang Pak: Ky Pham
- Sun Jin Dinh: Danielle Nguyen
- Jason: Daniel DeSanto
- Lea Edwards: Alisha Morrison
- Huge Guy: Chris Anton
- Coach Carr: Dwayne Hill
- Shane Oman: Diego Klattenhoff
- Emma Gerber: Jan Caruana
- Tim Pak: Wai Choy
- Amber D’Alessio: Julia Chantrey
- Giselle Sgro: Jacky Chamberlain
- Jessica Lopez: Olympia Lukis
- Bethany Byrd: Stefanie Drummond
- Short Girl: Kristen Bone
- Five-Year-Old Cady: Jessie Wright
- Nfume: Tyson Fennell
- Animal Dancer: Stephan Dickson
- Animal Dancer: Andreja Punkris
- Animal Dancer: Noelle Boggio
- Animal Dancer: Jordan Dawe
- Taylor Wedell: Alexandra Stapley
- Mrs. Wedell: Laura de Carteret
- Kylie George: Nicole Crimi
- Dawn Schweitzer: Erin Norah Thompson
- Mr. George: Dan Willmott
- Kissing Girl: Michelle Hoffman
- Kissing Girl: Valerie Casault
- Joan: Sharron Matthews
- Salesperson: Jo Chim
- Skater Girl: Randi Lee Butcher
- Skater Girl: Erin Jarvis
- Jock Girl: Kaylen Christensen
- Crying Girl: Jill Morrison
- Marymount Captain: David Sazant
- Caroline Krafft: Clare Preuss
- Mathlete Moderator: Bruce Hunter
- Junior Plastic: Megan Millington
- Junior Plastic: Tara Shelley
- Junior Plastic: Shannon Todd
- Glenn Coco (uncredited): David Reale
- Wannabe (uncredited): Krysta Carter
Film Crew:
- Casting: Marci Liroff
- Stunts: Kym Kristalie
- Editor: Wendy Greene Bricmont
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Marc Fishman
- Stunt Coordinator: John Stoneham Jr.
- Art Direction: Brandt Gordon
- Original Music Composer: Rolfe Kent
- Costume Design: Mary Jane Fort
- Additional Editing: Dana E. Glauberman
- Director: Mark Waters
- Music Supervisor: Buck Damon
- Producer: Lorne Michaels
- Assistant Costume Designer: Luis Sequeira
- Screenplay: Tina Fey
- Director of Photography: Daryn Okada
- Executive Producer: Jill Sobel Messick
- Co-Producer: Louise Rosner-Meyer
- Supervising Sound Editor: Chuck Michael
- Novel: Rosalind Wiseman
- Production Manager: Jim Powers
- Stunts: Danny Lima
- Sound Re-Recording Mixer: Patrick Cyccone Jr.
- Set Decoration: Patricia Cuccia
- Production Design: Cary White
- Stunts: Sandra Feldman
- Costume Supervisor: Lindsay Jacobs
- Set Decoration Buyer: Odetta Stoddard
- Costume Supervisor: Dana Kay Hart
- Supervising Sound Editor: Beth Sterner
- Makeup Artist: Jo-Ann MacNeil
- Music Editor: Nick South
- Dialogue Editor: Susan Kurtz
- Supervising Dialogue Editor: Mike Szakmeister
- Steadicam Operator: Angelo Colavecchia
- Dialogue Editor: Frank Smathers
- Still Photographer: Michael Gibson
- Visual Effects Producer: Kim Boyle
- Studio Teacher: Andrea Eisen
- ADR Editor: Vic Radulich
- Visual Effects Supervisor: Bryan Hirota
- Stunts: Alison Reid
- First Assistant Editor: Saul Saladow
- Script Supervisor: Joanne T. Harwood
- Assistant Editor: Kris Cole
- Art Department Coordinator: Collingwood Brown
- Music Supervisor: Amanda Scheer-Demme
- Makeup Artist: Mario Cacioppo
- Assistant Costume Designer: Jordanna Fineberg
- Sound Mixer: Bruce Carwardine
- Music Editor: Jim Harrison
- Associate Producer: Jennifer Guinier
- Production Coordinator: Marie-Claude Harnois
- Makeup Artist: Patricia Keighran
- Stunts: Taryn Ash
- Stunts: Billy Oliver
- First Assistant Director: Andrew Shea
- Set Dresser: Danielle Fleury
- Sound Recordist: Christopher Sidor
- Choreographer: Donna Feore
- Stunts: Nada Abdel-Shahid
- Stunts: Laurene Boutet
- Stunts: Randi Lee Butcher
- Stunts: Erin Carter
- Stunts: Natalie Cultraro
- Stunts: Chauntelle Page
- Stunts: Colleen Park
- Stunts: Vlasta Racki
- Stunt Double: Shayna Segal
- Stunts: Rebecca Stoneham
Movie Reviews:
- talisencrw: I hardly ever watch contemporary American comedies in which most of the top cast are women (I still haven’t seen either ‘Clueless’, ‘Bridesmaids’ or ‘Heathers’, for example), but recently I enjoyed ‘The Devil Wears Prada’, I have liked both Lindsay Lohan (especially in ‘Bobby’ and ‘The Prairie Home Companion’) and Rachel McAdams (most significantly in ‘Redeye’ and ‘Passion’), so knowing that one of my favourite SNL comediennes, Tina Fey, both wrote and co-starred in this, made me give it a shot. It being critically lauded by some male cinephiles I trust didn’t hurt matters, either.
It was full of laughs and subtly got across its points about 21st-century American society and of the growing pains for young women in its high school shenanigans. ‘Mean Girls’ is definitely worth the trouble to find and to give a try yourself. It left me enthusiastically wishing Ms. Lohan can sort out her personal troubles and get back to acting, where she belongs.
- Gimly: _Mean Girls_ has absolutely no business being as phenomenal as it is. None at all. If you’ve read many enough my reviews to get any sort of indication as to the sort of cinema I am in to, then you could be forgiven for assuming I wouldn’t be a fan. After all, _Mean Girls_ is about as far away from my wheelhouse as a movie could conceivably be. But I fucking **love** it. And I honestly can’t tell you why. Every single piece of _Mean Girls_ examined in isolation, is something I despise. Every trope, formula, format, cliche, device and style choice is something I have ragged on a hundred times before in different reviews, but for whatever reason, I cannot put _Mean Girls_ down. I don’t think a single year has gone by since I first saw it in the late ’00s that I haven’t rewatched it. Usually, multiple times a year. Inexplicable, but there it is.
_Final rating:★★★★½ – Ridiculously strong appeal. I can’t stop thinking about it._