Starring: Angourie Rice, Auli’i Cravalho, Reneé Rapp, Jaquel Spivey, Avantika Vandanapu, Bebe Wood, Christopher Briney, Jenna Fischer, Busy Philipps, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows
OUR RATING: ★★☆☆☆
Story:
Musical comedy, based on the original 2004 movie of the same name and the stage musical, directed by Arturo Perez Jr. and Samantha Jayne and written by Tina Fey. Mean Girls (2024) centers on new student Cady Heron (Angourie Rice) as she climbs the social ladder at school with the popular group, The Plastics, led by Regina George (Reneé Rapp) and her minions Gretchen (Bebe Wood) and Karen (Avantika Vandanapu). When Cady falls for Regina’s ex-boyfriend, Aaron Samuels (Christopher Briney), she becomes Regina’s target. With the help of her outcast friends Janis (Auli’i Cravalho) and Damian (Jaquel Spivey), Cady must navigate high school while staying true to herself.
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Best Quotes
Janis ‘Imi’ike: It’s not easy making a movie.
Damian Hubbard: Oh, Lord. We’re Cloverfielding.
Mr. Duvall: Cady. Like the Canadian songstress KD Lang. And Heron, like the illegal street drug.
Cady Heron: I was homeschooled.
Ms. Norbury: Homeschooled? Oh, that’s a fun way to take jobs from my union.
Mr. Rapp: My name is Mister Rapp. And I take no…?
Student: “Care of myself”?
Mr. Rapp: “Crap.” Correct answer was “crap”.
Coach Carr: Welcome to “Health and Human Sexuality”. Now, this fall we’ll be getting into the state-mandated unit on Abstinence. Of course then followed by, in the spring, Condoms and Choking.
Damian Hubbard: Are you okay in there?
Cady Heron: Yes.
Damian Hubbard: Because you’ve been in there a very long time. We’re concerned you’re either doing drugs or having a toilet baby.
Janis ‘Imi’ike: This is Damian. He is almost too gay to function.
Damian Hubbard: But I push through. I manage.
Damian Hubbard: We’ve been watching you all day. You’re a mess. So, we volunteer to amplify your lunch experience.
Janis ‘Imi’ike: Yeah, what Damian is saying is we will help you, Caddy.
Damian Hubbard: You just need to find your clique and commit to it. You have your Jocks. Your Corny Horny Band Freaks. Your Classic Burnouts.
Damian Hubbard: [referring to Cady] You know what might be cute for her?
Janis ‘Imi’ike: What, Grade Grubbers?
Damian Hubbard: No. I was going to say Theater Mess.
Damian Hubbard: We call them the Plastics because they’re shiny, fake and hard.
Janis ‘Imi’ike: Yeah. That’s Gretchen Wieners. She knows everything about everybody.
Damian Hubbard: That’s why her hair’s so big. It’s full of secrets.
Janis ‘Imi’ike: And that’s Karen Shetty. She’s the dumbest person you’ll ever meet.
Damian Hubbard: I once saw her put a D in the word “orange”.
Damian Hubbard: [as Regina enters] Oh, Lord. It’s the Queen Bee. Don’t look her in the eye!
Gretchen Wieners: That is so fetch.
Regina George: What is “fetch”?
Gretchen Wieners: It’s like slang from an old movie. Juno, I think.
Cady Heron: Regina seems kind of cool.
Janis ‘Imi’ike: No. No. Regina George is not cool. She’s a scum-sucking life ruiner.
'One thing I know for sure. Calling someone “ugly” is not going to make you better looking. Calling somebody else “stupid” does not make you any smarter.' - Ms. Norbury (Mean Girls) Share on X
Janis ‘Imi’ike: Caddy, you should have lunch with them, and then report back, and tell us every stupid, moronic thing they said.
Aaron Samuels: Are you trying to make the rest of us feel dumb?
Cady Heron: No. I’m not trying to. It’s just happening.
Aaron Samuels: Oh, okay. It’s like that. Alright. Well, challenge accepted.
Gretchen Wieners: [to Cady] You can’t like Aaron Samuels! That is Regina’s ex-boyfriend!
Karen Shetty: No. No. Bad. Bad. Danger. Wait. I thought she dumped him for Shane Oman.
Gretchen Wieners: Irregardless! Ex-boyfriends are off-limits for friends. That’s just like the rules of feminism!
Gretchen Wieners: Don’t worry. I will never tell Regina what you said. I am very trustworthy. Karen’s had sex with eleven people and I’ve never told anyone.
Gretchen Wieners: [to Cady] You cannot join Mathletes. That is like socially ruinous!
Regina George: Ew, no. Why is he by our table?
Kevin Ganatra: I can hear you, by the way.
Regina George: Can you hear me now?
Regina George: [whispers] Bye.
Cady Heron: Maybe we can have a commensal relationship.
Damian Hubbard: What is that? I want one.
Mrs. George: We haven’t had any new meat in our little lady taco in so long.
Mrs. George: Just slay, queens. Slay like no one’s watching. But everybody’s watching. Because you’re gorgeous!
Regina George: Karen, come here. I want to fix your eyebrows.
Karen Shetty: Can I still have two?
Mrs. George: You know, I always say that this school district has the highest taxes, but the hottest boys.
Mrs. George: Girls, I’m going to be right downstairs if you need to talk to me about anything. I mean it. Deep stuff, or boy troubles, or blackheads, or alcohol poisoning. You know, I have been through it all. Honey, I am not a regular mom. I’m @coolmom with six O’s. Hashtag AgingHotly. Hashtag…
Regina George: Get out.
Mrs. George: Girls, just have so much fun. Remember, these are the best days of your life. It does not get better.
'You could be really hot if you change like everything.' - Regina George (Mean Girls) Share on X
Cady Heron: They have this book, this “Burn Book”, where they write mean things about girls in our grade.
Janis ‘Imi’ike: Ooh. Ooh! What does it say about me?
Cady Heron: You’re not in it.
Janis ‘Imi’ike: Those b**ches!
Ms. Norbury: [to the students] Let’s get back into where we were Thursday. Who was awake Thursday? Who was still awake?
Aaron Samuels: I like your shirt.
Cady Heron: Thanks. Smells like sausage from the last time I wore it.
Damian Hubbard: [to Cady] Dear God, woman.
Janis ‘Imi’ike: Have you successfully been a functioning human being even once?
Janis ‘Imi’ike: You pretended to be dumb so you could keep talking to a guy?
Cady Heron: Yeah. It worked.
Janis ‘Imi’ike: Because that s**t always works, Caddy. It doesn’t mean that it’s not evil.
Cady Heron: Grool. I meant to say “great”, and then I started to say “cool”.
Gretchen Wieners: Why are you dressed so scary?
Cady Heron: It’s Halloween.
Gretchen Wieners: Cady, if you don’t dress slutty, that is slut shaming us.
Damian Hubbard: The truth will be told. Stay with me, Cady. Like all history, this is emotionally layered and culturally dense.
Janis ‘Imi’ike: [to Cady] Now you know Regina George is not your friend. We are your friends. And we’re going to make her pay.
Damian Hubbard: Six weeks and all we’ve done is make Regina hotter and revive the wet look.
Cady Heron: We’re doing a dance in the talent show.
Ms. Norbury: “Rocking Around the Pole”?
Cady Heron: Yeah. How did you know?
Ms. Norbury: They do it every year. It’s like a…
Cady Heron: Tradition?
Ms. Norbury: Recurring nightmare.
Regina George: [referring to the pimple on her face] Ugh! Look at this thing!
Gretchen Wieners: I can’t even see it.
Karen Shetty: It’s sexy, like a face breast.
Regina George: Karen, I can see your bra.
Karen Shetty: It’s on purpose. I’m going for a look.
Regina George: Is it “girl who slept with eleven people”? Because you’re nailing it.
Janis ‘Imi’ike: We did it. Regina lost her hot boyfriend. She lost her status over everyone.
Damian Hubbard: She popped her blemish against the stage floor. That’s rock bottom.
Mrs. George: [to Regina] I know you’re not feeling your best about your body right now, but remember that real beauty comes from the face.
Cady Heron: Janis, I can’t spend every minute with you. It’s not my fault you’re like obsessed with me or something!
Janis ‘Imi’ike: What?
Damian Hubbard: Oh, no. She didn’t.
Mr. Duvall: [reading from Regina’s book] “Rachel Hamilton fills her inhaler with vodka?” I mean, does that work?
Mr. Duvall: [reading from Regina’s book] “Haley Fralenger has…” What’s this?
Regina George: Hairy nips.
Mr. Duvall: Good Lord.
Janis ‘Imi’ike: It turns out, Cady’s actually just as selfish and phony as Regina George. So this apology is to myself. Because I should’ve known better.
Janis ‘Imi’ike: [after Regina gets hit by the school bus] And that’s how Regina George died.
Damian Hubbard: Again, no one died! I mean, technically, Regina did die for like fifteen seconds. But then she was revived.
Coach Carr: Girls are made deranged by what’s called hormones. Hormones. W-H-O…
Mr. Duvall: Ms. Norbury is on a temporary leave of absence.
Student: Jail.
Ms. Heron: [to Cady] You’re learning things now that I don’t know how to teach.
Ms. Norbury: You know, when the police tore apart my house looking for imaginary heroin, I found this old calculator that I thought I lost, so totally worth it.
Kevin Ganatra: Jacob, get off my d**k.
Ms. Norbury: Hey! PG-13, please.
Cady Heron: Why did you waste time insulting me? Why did I waste time judging your hair? This is not a competition.
Mathletes Moderator: It kind of is though.
Cady Heron: Right. A math one.
Gretchen Wieners: Have you seen Jason?
Karen Shetty: Like right now or like ever in life?
Gretchen Wieners: [to Jason] We are done! Because you know what? I have a one-forty IQ, very toned legs, and my parents love me! And you will regret this when you’re old because I am fricking fetch!
Karen Shetty: That’s how you use it.
Cady Heron: It’s weird when people treat you like you’re famous or something.
Regina George: It’s amazing. Until it’s not.
Regina George: Look, I know I have to change. And I was harsh. And people say that I’m a b**ch. You know what they would call me if I was a boy?
Cady Heron: Strong.
Regina George: “Reginald”. That’s what my mom was going to name me if I was a boy, so. Honestly, I would rather be “b**ch”.
Regina George: [to Cady] I like you. But this medicine makes me like everyone, so.
Cady Heron: Are you still mad at me?
Janis ‘Imi’ike: I don’t know. Are you still an a**hole?
Cady Heron: I don’t think so?
Damian Hubbard: So the moral of our story is thus. Calling someone stupid won’t make you any smarter.
Janis ‘Imi’ike: And even the people you really don’t like are still people who just want to coexist.
Damian, Janis: So get off their d**ks!