Janis and Damian encourage Cady to join the Plastics so they can infiltrate the group. The writers made the right choice with selecting Cady, it gives the audience an outsider perspective on public school.
At the start of the movie, Cady was very naive due to her growing up in an environment where she was mainly surrounded by the animals her parents studied. So, all she had to compare the real world to was the animal world.
This made it very easy to mold into the person she became in the film due to her contact with the real world. Jo wants nothing more than to attend Carnegie Mellon University for college, but she is not sure she can afford the tuition. The thing about Jo is that she is the complete opposite of Cady. Jo is more street smart than Cady because unlike Cady, who lived in the same place all her life, Jo moved around a lot and she said at the beginning of the film that she transferred schools twice a year for eight years straight.
Other than Abby, Jo hates being friends with girls. She is the only student with a Vespa and is the only girl in the entire school who is in the woodshop class. While one can use the argument that Cady was the only girl on Mathletes, remember that while she did wanna join in the beginning she was constantly talked out of it and was forced into the team at the end as her punishment for her actions.
In the first movie, the head of the Plastics was Regina George, portrayed by Rachel McAdams, a master manipulator who had the school wrapped around her finger. Regina had this tactic where she would make people feel included, but not to the point where they felt like an equal to her, so they would constantly crave her approval.
Instead of Regina, who relied on manipulation, Mandi was a cliche popular girl who relied on pranks to scare people. It has no redeeming qualities. Bela is the perspectives editor and this is her second year on staff.
Jo then turns down an offer of hanging out with Plastic leader Mandi Walsh , and is now on the chopping block. Mandi witnesses Jo hanging with Abby and is shocked. Mandi makes Jo's life a living hell. Whats her plan? Well, Jo must've read an old year book about Lindsay Lohan's encounter with The Plastics because she does just what Cady did in the original; she tries to bring The Plastics down. Things start out good, go bad, then end good and happy.
This shouldn't even be related to the original near-masterpiece Mean Girls was. It's just a poorly made television remake of a great film. It should've been called In the Race anyone who's seen it will get the joke. Oddly enough, in Camp Rock, Meaghan played the girl she is trying to avoid in this film. She sets such an image for herself in that movie, and it's awkward seeing her in the role of the protagonist.
Still, she could be replaced with Lindsay Lohan and it wouldn't change the lackluster script or inevitable low budget sequel feel this one currently possess. The wit is also lost too. In the original film Mean Girls almost revolved around the way the girls spoke to each other. Whether waving their hips or making some sort of uncalled for comment, the girls showed no mercy and were hysterical. Jo drops some fair lines, but pretty much the whole wit-filled one liners were missing.
I loved that stuff, where'd it go? What a shame Mean Girls 2 doesn't live up to it's name. Instead it curses the franchise by adding an unnecessary "2" in the title. All it is is a remake of a film that doesn't need a damn sequel.
It's clearly just a money hungry movie that doesn't care the reception it gets. Just as long as it makes a respectable profit. Directed by: Melanie Mayron. StevePulaski Jan 29, Details Edit. Release date January 23, United States.
United States. Atlanta, Georgia, USA. Paramount Famous Productions. Research shows a connection between kids' healthy self-esteem and positive portrayals in media. That's why we've added a new "Diverse Representations" section to our reviews that will be rolling out on an ongoing basis. You can help us help kids by suggesting a diversity update. Ultimately the movie's messages are positive, because it shows how popularity and jealousy lead to a self-centeredness that's ugly and cruel.
The story demonstrates that popularity isn't as important as finding true friends, whether they're deemed "cool" or not. The Plastics are awful role models, but so is Jo until she redeems herself. Her actions are even more questionable when she starts acting like the Mean Girls, but in the end, her ability to admit her mistakes and ask for forgiveness makes her a positive role model -- because even though she's flawed, she makes the right decision.
Several instances of passionate kissing, sometimes in the high school. A few references to virginity as if it were an affliction and "late" first kisses, one character's "raging libido," and three girls who regret "putting out. Two high-school relationships are followed in the story -- one of which is based on status and looks, and the other of which is a much more positive example of teen romance.
Frequent uses of the words "bitch" and "ass," as well as other insults like "dumb," "stupid," "lame," "moron," "creep. Many close-ups and mentions of vehicles, including Porsche, Vespa, Smartcar, and more. Designer brands like Prada their bags make an appearance in a pivotal scene and Versace are mentioned.
Parents need to know that this follow-up to the hit movie Mean Girls has all-new characters but still deals with always-relevant teen issues like popularity, sexuality, and status seeking. There's some relatively salty language -- especially "ass" and "bitch" -- and several references to high-school relationships, whether it's to a promiscuous girl who trades make-out sessions for homework or the "embarassment" of still being a virgin who's only kissed one boy.
Consumerism and materialism are referred to on an ongoing basis, especially cars and fashion designers. The upside is that families who watch can have thorough discussions about the mean girls they've encountered themselves.
Add your rating See all 16 parent reviews. Add your rating See all 86 kid reviews. Jo Mitchell Meaghan Martin is perpetually the new girl in school. Usually, Jo keeps to herself, but when she stands up to a trio of girls who rule the school -- queen bee Mandi Maiara Walsh , vapid sexpot Chastity Claire Holt , and well-dressed germaphobe Hope Nicole Gale Anderson -- she finds herself the target of their mean-girl viciousness. Confusing matters is the class' wealthy wallflower, Abby Jennifer Stone , whose rich father offers Jo college tuition in exchange for befriending Abby.
Jo accepts the deal and winds up becoming best friends with Abby, falling for Mandi's sweet stepbrother Tyler Diego Gonzalez Boneta and eventually rivaling the Plastics for social control of the school. Anyone who's seen the original Tina Fey -penned, Lindsay Lohan -starring comedy will know pretty much exactly what's happening from the opening credits.
But Jo, unlike Lohan's Cady, doesn't become one of the Plastics; she creates her own Anti-Plastics clique that takes on the alpha girls. But otherwise, the clique's name is the same, the girls fall into the same exact stereotypes one dim, promiscuou blond a la Amanda Seyfried and one high-strung, brunette fashionista like Lacey Chabert , and the story arc about the protagonist becoming a little too much like the Mean Girls is the same as well.
It would have been better if the writers had come up with a more original story that didn't ape the original as much. The actors are all small-screen alums who know the drill, and Tim Meadows reprises his role as a principal who kinda hates the students but can't really do anything to stop their appalling behavior.
Parts of the movie are a bit ridiculous what upper-middle-class school allows toy dogs or blatant bullying? Every school has its Mean Girls and Mean Guys , and it's worthwhile to see this with your teens and tweens and then gauge how they handle clique worship and exclusivity. And if you haven't seen the original, definitely give it a go; it looks like a master class compared to this TV-fied version. Families can talk about the "mean girls" phenomenon. How do your kids deal with them at their school?
In this movie, why do girls get called a "bitch" nastily if they have boyfriends or a "virgin" nastily if they haven't gone all the way?
Is it OK to make fun of people for their sexual experience or lack thereof? Teens: What kinds of expectations are there around sexuality in your school? The Plastics are materialistic and brand-obsessed.
How do high-schoolers handle consumerism when it comes to cars and clothes -- especially if they can't afford to buy what's designer and trendy? Common Sense Media's unbiased ratings are created by expert reviewers and aren't influenced by the product's creators or by any of our funders, affiliates, or partners.
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