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Mean Girls - My first exposure to the Lindsay Lohan phenomenon was not an unpleasant experience. The first hour of the film is an often funny, to my mind fairly accurate depiction of human relationships through the exaggerating comedy lense. I could have done without the attempts at surrealism by having humans literally become slavering animals, but otherwise, this section of the film was enjoyable. Most of the characters have more dimension than is usually seen in today's teen films.
However the last half hour devolves into an eye-rollingly weak "message" picture that wrecks the bite and cynicism that had been developed. Happy endings all around so that our teen audience can feel good and forget about the ickiness of self-examination. B-
Yes, Captain Hammer's here, hair blowing in the breeze. The day needs my saving expertise! - Captain Hammer, Corporate Tool
2002 Sight & Sound Challenge: 314 Last Watched: An Autumn Afternoon
Last 10 Films Watched:
The Happening - D- / Standard Operating Procedure - B+
Wanted - B- / Mongol - B+
Flicka - C+ / Bicycle Thieves - A
Le Deuxième Souffle - A- / Transsiberian - B
Fanfan la Tulipe - B+ / Hancock - B-
DVD BEAVER My Collection
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