Mean Girls: Critic Reviews

80%

MovieWeb: 4 reviews

83%

RottenTomatoes: 175 reviews

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Lisa Schwarzbaum Entertainment Weekly (Top Critic)

67

A harbinger of hope not only for future feminist comedies of any grit but also for SNL-staffed feature films that don't disproportionately suck.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Elvis Mitchell New York Times (Top Critic)

70

This tart and often charming new comedy is a version of the heart-of-darkness teen social comedy Heathers for the tweener audience.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Mike Clark USA Today (Top Critic)

75

Girls, which gets funnier as it goes, is [Lorne Michaels'] best since 1992's Wayne's World.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Ann Hornaday Washington Post (Top Critic)

Boasts a one-two-three punch in star Lindsay Lohan, screenwriter Tina Fey and director Mark Waters, and, indeed, it delivers a knockout.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Michael O'Sullivan Washington Post (Top Critic)

Mean Girls has a sharp, grown-up sensibility that belies its marketing as airhead comedy.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Wesley Morris Boston Globe (Top Critic)

75

The movie is always entertaining and frequently smart about the new ground one girl will break to humiliate another.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Jessica Winter Village Voice (Top Critic)

Director Waters and screenwriter Tina Fey ... aim less for the usual high-gloss caricature than acutely hilarious sociology.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Elizabeth Weitzman New York Daily News (Top Critic)

75

[Fey's] snappy script and the deft direction of Mark Waters, who did Freaky Friday, keep the laughs coming.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Bruce Westbrook Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

92

With colorful characters and snappy performances, Mean Girls is a rare laugh-out-loud film.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Philip Wuntch Dallas Morning News (Top Critic)

67

Often clever and insightful.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Michael Booth Denver Post (Top Critic)

50

Fey may be going for wickedly funny, but alas, she stops at wicked.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Peter Rainer New York Magazine (Top Critic)

A smart little teen picture that, for a change, actually features recognizable teens.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Anthony Lane New Yorker (Top Critic)

I would be more amused if the topic of rich material girls had not been worn to a thread elsewhere.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times (Top Critic)

75

In a wasteland of dumb movies about teenagers, Mean Girls is a smart and funny one.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Robert K. Elder Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

75

Though not a perfect comedy, it manages to be quite often laugh-out-loud funny.
Full Review » 8 years ago
J. R. Jones Chicago Reader (Top Critic)

Lacks the genuine bile that made Heathers so bracing.
Full Review » 5 years ago
Karen Heller Philadelphia Inquirer (Top Critic)

38

This is a witty little movie, but a kind coda can't erase its withering bite.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Jeff Strickler Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top Critic)

38

It's hard to find something nice to say about Mean Girls.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Tom Long Detroit News (Top Critic)

59

It's good for some laughs. And that's all it intends to be.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Bill Muller Arizona Republic (Top Critic)

80

Displaying a rare mix of humor and heart, Mean Girls deserves mention along with such coming-of-age favorites as Girls Just Want to Have Fun and Sixteen Candles.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Andrew Sarris New York Observer (Top Critic)

A teen movie I enjoyed enormously, much to my surprise.
Full Review » 8 years ago
David Rooney Variety (Top Critic)

As she did in Freaky Friday, Lohan displays plenty of charm, verve and deft comic timing as she switches between innocence and craftiness.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Lou Lumenick New York Post (Top Critic)

50

It's an improvement over the dire Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen, but Mean Girls is nowhere near as satisfying as Freaky Friday.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Jay Boyar Orlando Sentinel (Top Critic)

80

It's that rare teen comedy that both teens and former teens can enjoy.
Full Review » 8 years ago
Peter Howell Toronto Star (Top Critic)

40

It all seems, finally, as if Fey is pulling her punches, an unusually defensive posture for her.
Full Review » 8 years ago