Mean Girls is a 2004 American teen comedy film directed by Mark Waters and the screenplay written by actress Tina Fey who is also part of the movie cast. The movie is based in part on Rosalind Wiseman's non-fiction book Queen Bees and Wannabes, which describes female high school social cliques and the damaging effects they can have on girls.
Synopsis:
Teenage Cady Heron (Lindsay Lohan) was educated in Africa by her scientist parents. When her family moves to the suburbs of Illinois, Cady finally gets to experience public school and gets a quick primer on the cruel, tacit laws of popularity that divide her fellow students into tightly knit cliques. She unwittingly finds herself in the good graces of an elite group of cool students dubbed "the Plastics," but Cady soon realizes how her shallow group of new friends earned this nickname.
When Rosalind Wiseman first published Queen Bees & Wannabes, she fundamentally changed the way adults look at girls’ friendships and conflicts–from how they choose their best friends, how they express their anger, their boundaries with boys, and their relationships with parents. Wiseman showed how girls of every background are profoundly influenced by their interactions with one another. (Goodreads)
This was Lindsay Lohan in her "It" days and opposite her is the character of Regina George - the "queen bee" of the Plastics, one of the earlier roles portrayed by Rachel McAdams. The film was funny but not too funny when you realize how kids in real-time are being bullied at school and how these kids loose their individuality while trying so so hard to fit in.
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