Mean Girls (2004)

Mean Girls rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.1/10· 485K votes

Rotten Tomatoes84%

Metacritic66%

TMDb7.224/10· 9K votes

With 84% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.1/10 on IMDb and 66/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been positive.

About Mean Girls

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.

Cast of Mean Girls

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  Lindsay Lohan

  as Cady Heron

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  Rachel McAdams

  as Regina George

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  Lizzy Caplan

  as Janis Ian

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  Lacey Chabert

  as Gretchen Wieners

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  Amanda Seyfried

  as Karen Smith

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  Daniel Franzese

  as Damian

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  Jonathan Bennett

  as Aaron Samuels

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  Rajiv Surendra

  as Kevin Gnapoor

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  Tina Fey

  as Ms. Norbury

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  Tim Meadows

  as Mr. Duvall

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  Ana Gasteyer

  as Cady's Mom

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  Neil Flynn

  as Cady's Dad

Mean Girls facts

Budget

$17M

Box office

$130.2M

Collection

Mean Girls Collection

Our take on Mean Girls

Mark Waters's 2004 comedy-drama follows Cady Heron, a newcomer who wins the favour of The Plastics, her school's ruling clique, until she falls for Aaron Samuels, the ex-boyfriend of their alpha, Regina George. From there it becomes a sharp, quotable dissection of teenage social hierarchies, popularity and the cost of fitting in. The comedy is smart and cutting, but a genuine coming-of-age heart runs beneath the barbs, giving the satire real stakes. It suits viewers who want a witty high-school story that both mocks and understands its world, and anyone curious about a film that shaped a generation's slang and reference points.