I absolutely love the original Mean Girls movie, so when I saw the preview for the new one when I was watching Wonka, I knew I had to see it. The new one was pretty much the same, but it was a musical and they removed most of the culturally less sensitive jokes. 

The movie was amazing, yet I wish they had chosen a different actor to play Cady. Although Angourie Rice was a good actor, her voice was soft and emotionless. Also, I was expecting her to have a bigger glow-up like in the original movie but overall she stayed the same.

I love how the song sequences were like a real musical- they made the whole movie come alive. My favorite song “Someone gets hurt” looked cool because the actors posed like they were frozen except Renee Rapp and Christopher Briney. 

The movie captured Renee Rapp’s vocal skill while she played Regina George. I really loved the new song, Not My Fault, she made for the movie. The way she was different from Rachel Mcadams is the she upfront about being mean whereas when Rachel Mcadams played Regina as a sweet, popular girl that is actually really mean.

One of my favorite things they added is the scene where Cady talks to her mom about what she did. She connects with her mom and shows how much she still needs her.

All in all the movie was really good and funny (it definitely couldn’t beat the original, but I still really enjoyed it). I give the movie a 9.5/10. I recommend seeing it with your friends at some point even if it’s not in the theaters.

The original Mean Girls movie is available to check out from the Mission Viejo Library.