As many friends of mine are well aware, my love for Mean Girls knows no bounds. I think the humor in that screenplay is brilliant (Tina Fey is a rockstar-- she agreed to write a script based off of the book "Queen Bees and Wannabes" by Rosalind Wiseman and later found out that it was a non-fiction, self-help books for parents with teenage daughters...meaning it had no plot at all. And she came up with this completely ridiculous movie.). The jokes about semi-sensitive issues like race, religion, and the high school gay scene are tasteful enough that they're not offensive, but just a tiny bit off-color and also extremely funny. I definitely appreciate when people are comfortable enough with homosexuality to make fun of it a little (I'm sure one can argue that people make fun of things like that because they're uncomfortable, but I just don't think Tina Fey fits that description). Whatever kind of comedy this is, it's definitely my favorite.
Lindsay Lohan (who plays Cady, the main character) was talented and beautiful when the movie was made...I had a lot of respect for her before she adopted her super-skinny-and-drugged-out look. Other great actors in that movie: Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey, Lizzy Caplan. Amy Poehler and Amanda Seyfried are also hilarious.
In conclusion: I know that Mean Girls isn't the most profound movie out there by any means, but it definitely makes me the happiest! There's very little meaning to it at all and I'm pretty sure it hasn't really taught me anything (except to be nice to everyone), but laughing out loud that much in one sitting--every time--is the best feeling.
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