The Plastics take an interest in Cady, inviting her to sit with them at lunch and go shopping with them after school. She is warned to avoid the school's most exclusive clique, the Plastics, the reigning trio of girls led by the queen bee Regina George. With the help of Janis Ian and Damian Leigh, Cady learns about the various cliques. They have returned to the US, in Evanston, IL, after residing in Africa for 12 years.Ĭady is unprepared for her first day of public school, at North Shore High School. Mean Girls has been praised as one of Lohan's break-out film roles.Ĭady is the 16-year-old homeschooled daughter of zoologist parents Chip and Betsy Heron. The film received generally positive reviews from critics and was a box office success, grossing $129,042,871 worldwide. The film also features appearances from SNL cast members Tim Meadows, Ana Gasteyer and Amy Poehler. Screenwriter and co-star of the film, Tina Fey, was a longtime cast member and writer for SNL. The film is produced by Saturday Night Live ( SNL) creator Lorne Michaels. The film stars Lindsay Lohan and features a supporting cast of Rachel McAdams, Lacey Chabert, Amanda Seyfried (in her film debut), and Lizzy Caplan. The screenplay was written by Tina Fey and is based in part on the non-fiction book Queen Bees and Wannabes by Rosalind Wiseman, which describes how female high school social cliques operate and the effect they can have on girls.

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