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Reviewed by Joshua Tyler

Mean Girls is a movie viciously poking fun at teen cliché’s in the most obvious ways possible. The popular kids are always the prettiest and because they are pretty they are all of course bitches. But somewhere in there Mean Girls is still brilliant, showcasing outlandish and insanely sarcastic humor, the type that might slip out the corner of your mouth when no one else is looking. The jokes are random and unpredictable; the story itself, while wrapped in cliché seems to be more interested in making fun of itself than fully exploring those.

This is a movie so packed with offhand jokes and quick hits that it’s impossible not to miss at least some of them. While I’m not sure Fey’s script ever totally transcends the Clueless-like genre into which it dips, it gives great belly laughs on the sly. Fey really is one of the most original comedy writers working today. Her humor is biting and sharp, enough to make Mean Girls stand tall in an already comedically strong movie year. Yet I can’t totally shake the feeling that had it not been at least marginally targeted towards teenage girls the cruelty could have been taken further.