MEAN GIRLS

 

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.”