Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, Amy
Poehler
Paramount Pictures; Directed by Mark Waters
Rated PG-13; 97 minutes; 2004
The
story centers on an adolescent girl who has been on safari with her zoologist
parents but must navigate new terrain when she moves to an Illinois public
school and falls in love with the ex-boyfriend of one of the most popular
girls. Things turn ugly when she’s reduced to using the same
mean-spirited methods as the other girls. Adapted from Rosalind Wiseman’s
book, “Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques,
Gossip, Boyfriends and Other Realities of Adolescence.”