Mean Girls Film Review

Tragedy and comedy are used in the film Mean Girls to allow viewers to learn a new meaning about the characters and the plot of the film.

Movies solve everything. If your are happy, sad, angry, scared, or annoyed then you watch a movie. They seem to alleviate your negative emotions by detracting you. I watch movies to solve every family dispute. For example, my sister and I would be sparing over a pair of jeans for hours. Since neither one of us would let go of the jeans, I turned on "Sisters" featuring Tina Fey. We winded up planning our weddings by the rolling of credits.

In the movie, Ordinary People, the Jarrett family have a problem dealing with the death of their son and brother buck in a boating accident. They try to understand what happened and to be able to communicate the same way to each other but find that that is a lot harder than they think. The main focus of the movie is to see the three family member’s reactions to everything. The proper conflict management could have helped the Jarrett family with their situation. Conrad, Beth, and Calvin all engage in silence or violence moments at some point in the movie.

     The book and the movie are great examples of how a man, or boy, tries to behave like a man that has no fear, no pain, no

2. Friends and family are supposed to helpful during a break up. In this movie Gary and Brooke’s friends and family were supportive and non-supportive. Brooke’s sister was her main support during the break up. Even though her brother did stop over to the condo with his singing friends, just to add fuel to the fire. Gary had his bar buddy to support him; yeah his ideas were not the greatest, when he mentioned they need to get someone neither of them knows to “handle” the problem.

“Cold, shiny, hard, plastic.”, one of the most popular quotes from the movie, Mean Girls. Mean Girls is a teen comedy film directed by Mark Waters and screenplay by Tina Fey. This film is loosely based on a book called “Queen Bees and Wannabees” by Rosalind Wiseman which is a self-help book that describes all of the cliques in high school and how they can have a huge effect on girls. But the movie itself is about the sociopolitical climate of the average American “high school”. The movie was made in 2004 and set in Evanston, Illinois, but the film was shot in Toronto, Canada. The film stars Lindsey Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and many more comedic actors and actresses. I chose to do an analysis on the movie, Mean Girls, because I wanted to see if people would agree with my perspective, which is that this movie does correctly show the real life mean girl situations and how girls can overcome the popularity contests.

During the Vietnam War in the 1970s, hard drugs, especially heroin and cocaine, became a major source of crime and, therefore, police and legal system involvement. Was this involvement always a good thing though? The 2007 movie, American Gangster, addresses this very question by looking at law enforcement agencies during the 1970s, along with the corruption involved with police departments at this point in history. The particular corrupted agency focused on in the film is the New York Police Department, of which dirty detective, Nick Trupo, is a part of. The short clip shown from this movie makes the argument that although not all cops during this time became involved in the very crime they were supposed to be stopping, a large percentage of them did, which hindered the true “good guys,” like detective Richie Roberts, from keeping cities clean.

Within satirical writing, it is common to amplify a deeper meaning with a more superficial or sarcastic one. This can be successfully done by making the obvious even more noticeable as it can attract and sustain the reader’s interest. Two works that effectively demonstrate this are the satirical essay “A Modest Proposal” by Jonathon Swift and the Paramount Pictures’ film Mean Girls starring Lindsay Lohan. “A Modest Proposal” is a man’s suggestion to solve the large population of beggars who are a hindrance to Irish society. Mean Girls is the story of Cady Heron, a formerly homeschooled teenage girl who moves to the states from Africa and beings life as a student in a modern high school. Although these both appear to have a rather plain and

Expression is everything. In the quote from Angel Haze she says that, “True artistic expression lies in conveying emotion.” This is taken literally in Unkei’s wooden statue Nio, which brings an extra sense of imagination along when viewing the statue. For example, one might believe features of the statue alone portray flamboyance and disgust through exaggerated posture, facial expression, and hand gesture.

The theme of this movie was not that you never give up, although that was shown, and not that “an underdog can win” even though that's what was happening. The theme was that you need to keep your honor and character throughout your wins and your losses. Manassas High School was not known for winning. Most of the kids there did not come from perfect families, and yet they carried for the most part, manners onto the field. There were three kids that were specifically put in the spotlight in this movie, Money, OC, and Chavis. Chavis was the example of a kid who was more tempermental and the stereotypical “bad” kid. He was in prison and on suspension for getting into fights multiple times. Although his coach constantly preached about it Chavis

In the movie “Mean Girls”, multiple characters display a psychological disorder. However, the most evident disorder is shown in Regina George’s character who has a narcissistic personality disorder. Individuals who have narcissistic personality disorder are normally self-focused individuals who consider themselves different from others. Individuals with this disorder find it difficult to accept criticism and can become envious or arrogant when they are confronted by the success from another person. These individuals who have this psychological disorder love to be the center of attention and are preoccupied with fantasies such as the ideal love, beauty, or success.

After, seeing many versions of media that display argumentative fighting and passionate love, the main couples that stand out the most to me are the notorious problematic couple Ross and Rachel from the TV show Friends. In the series they explain the secret love from Ross that he has for Rachel that began in High school. Ultimately, later in adulthood they become a couple and were known for long explosive fights due to infidelity, lack of relationship space and miscommunication. As a couple they were on again off again many times, although still having a deep love for one another. Finally at the end of the series the couple has an unplanned child and stay together as a couple, while being closer together

Thank you for sharing! As what you mentioned, there are many groups in the high school that have their own group rules which every members should follow. For example, in the movie “Mean Girls”, Regina (Rachel Adams) was excluded by the other two girls in their group because she didn't wear the outfit required in their rules. What’s more, gossip and talking behind people’s back have been another issue during high school years, which reminds the audience of their pain and hurt in the past. Consequently, the genre films reflect the reality and provide an outlet of people’s emotion and appeals, which are produced by their high school experiences. On the other hand, beside the mean girls, there are many other images which generate from

Both of the writers of these two articles have a common criticism that alludes to an unbelievably circumstantial situation where a man is faced with a “sure thing” sexual advance and simply says no. They both share this perspective due to the stereotype that all men would succumb to this type proposition, especially when plied with cleavage and alcohol and regardless of marital status or whether it constitutes sexual harassment. The writers also question his manhood due to his staunch refusal. These writers seem to miss the point that this movie appears to portray the fact that sexual harassment can happen to men as well and they have just as much right to fend it off as a woman does without being slighted for it by having preconceived notions

This quote is extremely disparaging towards women and portrays them as emotional rather than logical beings, and people that are mad and insane. It indicates that women are inferior to men, who are calm, logical and mature enough to make a political decision, which highlights the gender inequalities that occurred. Immediately viewers are confronted with the sexist ideals of a man in a patriarchal society. It is an extremely derogatory comment, so audiences will be led to not only dislike the men in the movie but also lean their empathy towards the women, without needing any visual representations of them. The speech goes on to say "women are well represented by their fathers, husbands and brothers."