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List Price: $14.98 | | Label: Paramount Pictures
Salesrank: 2062
Released: September 21, 2004 |
| Our Price: $7.87 |
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MPAA Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Media: DVD |
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Editorial Review:
RAISED IN THE AFRICAN BUSH COUNTRY BY HER ZOOLOGIST PARENTS,CADY THINKS SHE KNOWS ALL ABOUT 'SURVIVAL OF THE FITTEST'. BUTTHE LAW OF THE JUNGLE TAKES ON A WHOLE NEW MEANING WHEN THE HOME-SCHOOLED 15-YEAR-OLD ENTERS HIGH SCHOOL & FALLS FORTHE EX-BOYFRIEND OF THE SCHOOL'S MOST POPULAR GIRL.
Mean Girls (Special Collector's Edition) Reviews:
Mean Girls - Blu Ray review 
2009-12-05 - Most of the other reviews have already focused on the film, so this will mostly be details on the blu-ray release. Very good movie and a more than decent 'catalog' release on Blu-Ray.
VIDEO: I found the transfer to be a bit "mixed" - some scenes really popped with color while others seemed a bit dull, even changing from cut-to-cut. With lots of bright colors in the film, I might have just been asking for too much. Very good detail in scenes, especially over the DVD release. I never found the grain to be distracting (and it's actually quite light on the grain). For a comedy, you can't expect too much though.
AUDIO: I found the audio to be fine (no issues), but really very little use of surrounds (I only noticed it during scenes with music) - the majority of the track comes out the front/center speakers. But again, it's a comedy and you can't expect too much surround sound out of it.
EXTRAS: Carried over from the DVD release, unfortunately these are all standard-definition with the exception of the trailer. Nothing new as far as bonus features go.
Overall, it's a very funny movie worth picking up if you can find it cheap (which isn't much of a problem since it's already a lower-priced catalog title). Even though it won't amaze you with it's quality (compared to other blu-rays), I found the improvement over the DVD to be enough to justify the upgrade. Overall 4/5 stars.
4,725 reviews? Well, LiLo was cute ...
2009-11-22 - This is just a tad more intelligent than the average teen high school comedy, but the writers were smarter than the audience as the main review notes, so that's not surprising. LiLo does a good job here, evidently before she descended into drug abuse. Funny, she spreads a rumor that her teacher is a drug dealer. But her co-stars equal her performance, especially the meanest blond 'Plastics" member, whoever she is. The cast is outstanding overall. Good soundtrack, as expected.
Not my favorite Lindsay movie 
2009-11-01 - I did not enjoy this movie. Why would I like this movie about mean girls when I could just go to a local school? Exactly. I'm always usually a Lindsay Lohan fan but this was not her best. I'm more of an Ali Lohan fan. I love Ali's movie "Mostly Ghostly." Better luck next time Lindsay!
Everybody in Africa speaks Swedish
2009-10-19 - The word is plastic. What colour is plastic? I think I have always associated
the colour of plastic with the colour of Barbie Dolls, by Mattel Corporation.
But the truth is, plastic comes in all kinds of colours. And so, this movie
cannot be about the imperialistic, genocidal policies of European and
American expansion in Africa, for this movie is set in an American High
School with an African American principal who comes from the "South Side".
And even if this movie was about skin colour, you don't notice skin colour
but behaviour, when you watch this movie.
No, plastic, is about molding, in order to fit in. She hated the world, as did the
other plastics, but they needed to fit in, so that they might not get hit by a
giant bus.
I thought the way the movie ended was amazing. There was this primordial scream,
which immediately, for some odd reason, made me think of the movie, Terminator 3.
And then Regina goes on the warpath, culminating in her getting hit by a bus. And
finally, Cady matures and realizes that the plastics were trying to warn her, protect her,
from the world, being a child. Her realization comes too late, however, yet Regina is
still forgiving. She breaks her crown into little pieces, and hands them out to the crowd.
If you be plastic, they (the world) will attempt to break you. You have to blend in, so
that you might not get spotted in that jungle, called, the World. The plastics, were "the
nuns", pretending not to be. Life is easier, when you can convince others, that you are
one of them, while staying aloof, because you are better than they are, and as long as
you believe that, maybe they will too.
When Regina wrote what she wrote, about herself, I thought she was making one of those
self-affirmation posters, as in, "This is what to shoot for", because if they fear you, they
will respect you. It is the philosophy, that I think, was expressed by Niccolo Machievelli,
in his work, The Prince(ss). Network, it's who you know, and then, make them afraid of
you. After the school bus incident, everything changes. They go, deep deep undercover,
and are now indistinguishable from the world, from the others. She sees the young plastics
walk by, and her heart goes out for them. How to warn them, without getting noticed, by
the animals, the predators, in that jungle. Did they not catch her, They will break you as I
break this crown, sermon? Here cheetah, have a piece of plastic. Being the head predator,
I will divide the spoils. Brilliant. She is the head predator, but she is really yet, a plastic.
Reminds me of Darth Vader, Luke's father. Or do you really think a single X-Wing fighter
could take out the Death Star? The Death Star blows up, while Darth Vader is conveniently
off the base, in a Tie Fighter, chasing his son? How convenient. How plastic.
The message I got from this movie was, being honest does not mean "tell the truth",
it just means that when you speak, say what you believe to be true, otherwise, it might be
wise to "speak in code" or don't speak at all. For "the world" might crucify you, for being
you. And soldiers need to choose their battles carefully. Because to day might not be the
optimal day to get crucified...Dynamic Optimization, is a strategy...Sort of like Poker. Can
you learn to bluff, without bluffing?
Sorry, Couldn't Get Into It 
2009-07-14 - Maybe it's just because I couldn't believe the Lindsay Lohan would be a genius at senior calculus. The girls are boring and I couldn't make myself care about their teacher or principle.
So Lohan has too groups of friends she's torn between. One is a bunch of girls who are beautiful but immoral. The other is a gay guy and ugly girl with a heart of gold. How many times have we seen this exact same story in American movies and TV shows? And then comes the predictable scene where a person in the loser group makes the friend something nice but has their heart broken before presenting it.
Boring, predictable and barely ever funny.
