Mean Girls (Special Collector's Edition)
by Mark Waters
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Actor: Jonathan Bennett, Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tim Meadows, Tina FeyDirector: Mark Waters
Brand: Paramount
Writer: Tina Fey
Producer: Jennifer Guinier
Producer: Jill Sobel Messick
Producer: Lorne Michaels
Producer: Louise Rosner
Producer: Tony Shimkin
Writer: Rosalind Wiseman
DVD: Region Code 1
Audio: English (Original Language), Dolby Digital 2.0 Surround; Spanish (Original Language); English (Subtitled); Spanish (Subtitled)
Format: Anamorphic, Collector's Edition, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen
Picture Format: 1.85:1
Running Time: 97 minutes
DVD Release Date: 2004-09-21
Audience Rating: PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Studio: Paramount Pictures
DVD Reviews of Mean Girls (Special Collector's Edition)
DVD Review: This movie is not just for teens/girls
Summary: 5 Stars
Amazing flick. Great writing, great script, great acting, etc. and it includes Tina Fey, so little more needs to be said. However, this movie is for everyone, not just teens or girls. I'm an adult male (and yes, hetero), and I love this flick. It includes a lot of adult humor mixed in with the juvenile as well. There are some obvious egregious lapses in comic judgment (in the same way that saturday night live has become unwatchable), but overall, its a gem. DVD Review: One of the best teen films of the last decade
Summary: 3 Stars
Mean Girls remains the breath of fresh air we knew it to be when it first debuted back in 2004. Unlike some films who manage to break genre but go stale, Mean Girls lives in a zip-loc bag of relevance. Whether or not we should attribute Mean Girls' value to its analysis of the unchanging nature of high school politics or to the film's well-crafted plot, acting or direction is open to debate. Even when Mean Girls falters it still carries itself well - better than most teenage-aimed fare that's come before or since.
Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) spent her childhood in the African wilderness with her parents (Ana Gasteyer and Neil Flynn). With their work complete, the Herons return to America and Cady finds herself thrust from one savage land to another. It turns out that playing with fierce plains predators has odd parallels to the high school landscape. Finding near immediate camaraderie in outcasts Janis (Lizzy Caplan) and Damian (Daniel Franzese), Cady establishes herself as an easy-going, modest math wiz. Like any teenager in social status limbo, Cady struggles to define herself within the high school community. Given the opportunity to abandon her outcast status and throw in with "The Plastics", the high school royalty, Cady accepts under the guise of a prank - but it doesn't last. Her sufficiently worried parents watch her social development with appropriate amounts of consternation as Cady's personality shifts from maladjusted to malice as Cady soars high in the social stratosphere with Regina (Rachel McAdams), Gretchen (Lacey Chabert) and Karen (Amanda Seyfried).
As expected, Cady comes in for a crash landing when it becomes clear that her life on the inside isn't better than where she started. Cady sets about repairing her shattered social life and proving herself once more to her friends, family and teachers.
There are few performances from Lindsay Lohan that any of us can claim to be decent. I Know Who Killed Me? Georgia Rule? Herbie Fully Loaded? Mean Girls is the shining achievement in everything Lohan has accomplished - and deservedly so, she performs admirably. What's more impressive and notable than the younger cast (Lohan, McAdams, Chabert, etc.) is the effort given to this teen flick from the packed adult cast. SNL stars turned out in droves to be in Tina Fey's first and only screenplay credit. Tina Fey, Amy Poehler, Tim Meadows, Ana Gasteyer and Neil Flynn all offer hilarious performances. Tim Meadows especially shines as the oddly vulnerable principal.
You can't do much better than Mean Girls when it comes to teenage-aimed fare. Even the classic Jon Hughes films seem "too nice" when the social brutality of Mean Girls is taken into consideration.
Blu-ray Extra Features:
The Blu-ray's standard audio commentary gets a needed infusion of comedy thanks to Tina Fey's presence and, shockingly, Lorne Michaels's. While director Mark Waters also contributed to the gab track, it's the former two which make it all worthwhile. After that we have two more standard items in the deleted scenes and blooper reels: while the first is interesting only for the true fans, the bloopers benefit from a talented younger cast and the collection of comedic stars on the adult supporting cast. Finally we come to our features which give us a taste of costume design, character analysis and the obvious tribute to the book that inspired the film. There are also three interstitials, which are brief informational segments, attempting to give us a taste of comedy via the characters we've come to know and love after watching the movie. They're decent, but hearing a few girls talk about frenemies isn't all that interesting.
Mean Girls should be seen at least once by even the most condescending film snob. All too often the Jon Hughes films are heralded as untouchable pieces of teen pop culture and usually there are no other films to challenge their position - but Mean Girls can and does. So give it a shot.
DVD Review: Mean Girls - Blu-ray Info
Summary: 2 Stars
Version: U.S.A / Paramount / Region Free
MPEG-4 AVC BD-50 / High Profile 4.1 / AACS
Aspect ratio: 1.85:1
Running time: 1:36:53
Movie size: 30,99 GB
Disc size: 36,30 GB
Total bit rate: 42.65 Mbps
Average video bit rate: 33.47 Mbps
Dolby TrueHD Audio English 3613 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 3613 kbps / 24-bit (AC3 Core: 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps)
Dolby Digital Audio French 640 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio Spanish 640 kbps 5.1 / 48 kHz / 640 kbps
Dolby Digital Audio English 224 kbps 2.0 / 48 kHz / 224 kbps / Dolby Surround
Number of chapters: 19
Subtitles: English SDH, English, French, Portuguese, Spanish
#Audio Commentary
#9 Deleted Scenes (SD - 7 minutes)
#Featurettes
--Only the Strong Survive (SD - 25 minutes)
--The Politics of Girl World (SD - 12 minutes)
--Plastic Fashion (SD - 10 minutes)
--Gag Reel (SD - 6 minutes)
#Theatrical Trailer (HD)
DVD Review: An Awesome Film!!!
Summary: 5 Stars
I recorded this on TV about a week ago, and I finally finished it! It's awesome and very funny. Everybody did an awesome job. Sexy beautiful Lindsay Lohan plays Cady Heron, a teenager who has been home-schooled in Africa since she was a kid. On her first day at high school, Cady becomes friends with Janis and Damien who tell her the rules when it comes to popularity. Soon, Cady is accepted by Regina and her spoiled friends. I love the scene at the HALLOWEEN party, because I'm all about HALLOWEEN! Cady becomes the main girl, and start dissing her 'real' friends. Will she learn the true meaning of friendship? I highly recommend MEAN GIRLS!!!DVD Review: Blu-ray: Better picture and audio quality but extras remain the same. If you don't own the DVD, this BD version is worth owning
Summary: 4 Stars
"MEAN GIRLS" is a 2004 film that help launch the careers of Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Amanda Seyfried, Lacey Chabert but also a film that showcased the brilliance and humor of a screenplay by Tina Fey. The film was an ultimate success debuting at #1 in the box office and having grossed over $129 million worldwide, making it into the top 25 highest grossing films of 2004.
Directed by Mark Waters ("Head Over Heels", "Freaky Friday", "The Spiderwick Chronicles") and produced by Saturday Night Live's Lorne Michaels, the film is based on the non-fiction book "Queen Bees and Wannabes" by Rosalind Wiseman, a book with a message about high school cliques and what teenage girls have to face in this modern age but to have solutions and not re-enforcing stereotypes of what may considered to be as cool and not cool.
VIDEO & AUDIO:
"MEAN GIRLS" gets its High Definition 1080p treatment with an aspect ratio of 1:78:1. This is probably the best this film is ever going to look as it looks very colorful and vibrant. Overall, the picture quality is quite solid. Lohan's red hair, Chabert's tan and overall everything is just colorful and Costume Designer Mary Jane Fort did a great job in selecting clothing that would pop. Overall, a very good transfer.
As for the audio, audio is presented in Dolby TrueHD 5.1 and is primarily a dialogue and music-based film, so audio is quite clear and music is quite punchy and vibrant. "MEAN GIRLS" is not exactly a film to expect full on surround sound but overall, the audio is very good and clear but one thing I've noticed from the Blu-ray and the original DVD version is how alive the music comes through on High Definition. All in all, for teen drama film, audio is benefited from its High Definition presentation. Audio is also presented in French and Spanish 5.1 Dolby Digital.
Subtitles include English, English SDH, French, Spanish and Portuguese.
SPECIAL FEATURES:
Special features included on the "MEAN GIRLS" Blu-ray disc are:
* Commentary: Commentary by director Mark Waters, Screenplay Writer & Actress Tina Fey and Producer Lorne Michaels - This is actually a very fun commentary as Waters and Fey have fun discussing certain areas of the film. Lorne Michaels tends to be quiet for the most part but Waters asks Fey how she came up with several of the ideas and overall, both have fun exchanges and interesting tidbits especially when it comes to bringing starts from "Saturday Night Live" to the film.
* Only the Strong Survive - (24:50) A featurette with interviews with the cast, Director Mark Waters and Screenwriter Tina Fey. Overall, the main featurette with each talent talking about their characters and working with each other.
* The Politics of Girl World - (10:30) An interview with Rosalind Wiseman, the author of "Queen Bees and Wannabes" which the film is based on. Rosalind explains about how and whys he wrote the book and how it became a film and what scenes she enjoyed from the film.
* Plastic Fashion - (10:25) An important part of the film is its fashion and this featurette is an interview with Costume Designer Mary Jane Fort as she talks about swatches, designs and what she wanted to accomplish for each main character in their wardrobe. Also, includes video test footage with the talent sporting the various wardrobe.
* Word Vomit - (5:42) This segment is the gag reel featuring the main talent flubbing their lines or just having fun and having pranks on the set.
* So Fetch - (7:01) Deleted Scenes with Commentary by Director Mark Waters and Screenplay Writer Tina Fey
* Additional Scenes: 1) Damiam Rigs Table - deleted
* Additional Scenes: 2) 112, Excellent! - deleted
* Additional Scenes: 3) Mom's Underwear - deleted
* Additional Scenes: 4) Shoe Shopping - extended
* Additional Scenes: 5) Tonight I'll Like It - deleted
* Additional Scenes: 6) Eaten by Cannibals - alternate
* Additional Scenes: 7) Regina In Bed - deleted
* Additional Scenes: 8) Norbury's Car Explodes - extended
* Additional Scenes: 9) Cady and Regina in the Bathroom - deleted
* Interstitials - (1:37) Commercials featuring Cady and also the Plastics showing off their way of living.
* Frenemies
* New Girl
* PSA
* Theatrical Trailer HD - The High Definition trailer of the film (2:33)
Overall, the special features were entertaining but there is really nothing new added from the original DVD version. Also, only the theatrical trailer gets upgraded to High Definition and everything else is standard definition (480p).
JUDGMENT CALL:
"MEAN GIRLS" is the ultimate girl power movie. The film elevated many of the stars of the film to a higher level and also a film that showcased Tina Fey's screenwriting ability which was known in "Saturday Night Live" but definitely a pre-cursor to bigger things for her ala "30 Rock".
The film has a very "Heathers" type of vibe (coincidentally, "Heathers" was directed by Director Mark Waters brother Daniel) and Tina Fey's screenplay takes Rosalind Wiseman's original book but giving it humor but also in the end an important message.
At the time of the release of the film, having appearances by some of the "Saturday Night Live" stars was cool but there was also an American interest in Lindsay Lohan who was at the time, becoming America's darling teen actress especially after the success of the film "Freaky Friday". Also, for fans of the 90's television series "Party of Five" and watching Lacey Chabert as a child actress, "MEAN GIRLS" was the first film to see her now all grown up and looking fabulous.
The performances were well done. Rachel McAdams as Regina "the Queen Bee" was well-done and snobby while Amanda Seyfried definitely played the stereotypical dumb blonde but in this film, her character is actually quite dimwitted. But nevertheless, "MEAN GIRLS" definitely propelled these two actresses for more future roles.
But what made this film work was it's good balance of humor but mostly the message. Why do the teenage girls segregate themselves to certain groups, why do the popular girls do popular things when some can actually achieve more. Just pretty much putting the typical high school things on the table, exposing the life of teenage girls and having people learn from it and identifying what is cool and what's not cool.
For parents wondering why the PG-13 rating, its mainly because of the language and underage high school teenage partying and teens making out. So, suffice to say, depending on that type of material will determine if you want your teens (or children) to watch it.
It has been announced that "MEAN GIRLS 2 is now currently being planned and one can hope that the level of humor and fun will crossover to the sequel. But for this first film, the film deals with constant backstabbing and manipulation but really showing how things can easily get out of hand.
Overall, "MEAN GIRLS" is an enjoyable teen comedy that looks and sounds great on Blu-ray! Fans of the film will not be disappointed.
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Raised in the african bush country by her zoologist parents cady thinks she knows all about survival of the fittest. But the law of the jungle takes on a whole new meaning when the home-schooled 15-year-old enters high school & falls for the ex-boyfriend of the schools most popular girl. Studio: Paramount Home Video Release Date: 08/23/2005 Starring: Lindsay Lohan Rachel Mcadams Run time: 96 minutes Rating: Pg13General DVDs
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