As a person that'll be a tween next year, I can easily say that this movie genuinely SUCKS. The actress who acted Cady, didn't have any emotion at all while she was singing.
The acting was so terrible. I literally only discovered the original one a few months ago, then I watched this one after, and the original is so much more better than this one.
The acting is as if it's a Dhar Mann video, no, worse than a Dhar Mann video. At least some of the actors on there got emotion. Regina wasn't nice in this. In the original, Regina actually seemed genuine of things, even though it was probably fake... But now in this, she's just really rude.
Aaron looked so...ehhh in this one. Aaron already looked...ehh anyways, but they just made him look more...ehh! They're trying to connect with 6th and 7th graders that say "skibidi gyatt alpha rizzler" and more. As a person that was luckily born a year before Gen Alpha, I can easily say that these next ten years or more will be the peak of brain rot.
The only good songs are the ones sung by the one who acts Janis and Damien. Regina sang good in "World Burn," but really, the acting was those POV actors you see on TikTok and Youtube Shorts. Fake. As if their script wasn't read. Or even had any emotion.
This movie was wayyyy more sexualized than it should have been, like Karen with her song. They made Karen more of something she shouldn't have been. In the OG one, she was dumb, but she actually cared about stuff, comparing it to this one, Karen is just so sexualized in this and completely made her as I quote from the OG MEAN GIRLS, "fugly slut."
And the worst part is, she is. OG Karen was so much more better than this.
Now let's move onto Gretchen. OG Gretchen, a minion, yet actually nice, and understanding of certain stuff. This Gretchen is actually way more insecure than she should be. She lets Regina control her too much in this movie.
Now, Janis's situation. She's Lesbian instead of her being Lebanese, when she isn't Lebanese. I know that LGBTQ+ is more of an active community, and I'm part of it, but Jesus Christ, Tina Fey, your script was so mediocre! In the OG mean girls, Janis ends up with Kevin G. But she ends up with some girl that we haven't even seen once in the movie.
Now, Damien. Damien seems way too stereotyped. I know the OG Damien was stereotyped as well, but at least they didn't bring up his sexuality multiple times in the OG Mean Girls. In this one, he is so stereotyped, that I want to scream.
They removed the part where Regina literally gets run over by a bus, and to be honest, I sorta laughed when she got ran over by the bus in the OG, but they just cover all of that up by having them looked shocked and didn't even show the footage.
The songs. They are terrible. No emotion. Except for whenever Janis and Damien sang.
This movie was so terrible. I really wish Chrome didn't have to force us to give stars. Trying to get them the pity price, hm? Well, anyways, this movie is terrible. It's trying to connect with the generation of today, and the quality is bad enough already. Wanna see a better movie? Watch OG, Mean Girls Clueless, The Office, Coraline, or anything that isn't this. At least they have better acting
If you like this better than the original Mean Girls, I'm positive you aren't a real fan. The exaggerated acting, and literally almost every other song except for Regina's, Janis's and Damien's songs.