Mean Girls

Lindsay Lohan

Someone was talking about this one recently...my memory of it was vague so I watched it to see if it held up. It did...but with caveats.

Firstly, it's very silly, dumbed down pretty close to moron level. Secondly, the scenario is moralism for dummies. There are a couple of laughs sprinkled throughout but are largely buried by the mean-spirited style of humor. LL is very charming, winsome even but as the calm center around whom the crazies hover she too gets buried in the mix.

I can see why kids would respond to it...it does point out the hatefulness of high school behavior in this country...there's nothing really bad in it...it's just pleasant fluff, with a dash of hate.

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