Teen Movies: Mean Girls

Image via WikipediaOne of my favorite teen movies is Mean Girls. I love this movie because it works on so many levels at once.

If you're a teenager, you'll relate to the characters and the all-too-prevalent dysfunctional behavior some of them display. You'll probably also love the clothes and the spot-on teenage lingo.

If you're a parent, you'll appreciate that the movie was based on the book Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence, which delves into how teenage girls worship celebrity beauty and use pecking order as an excuse to beat each other up. If you're also any sort of discriminating film viewer, you'll appreciate that even though the movie has a good message it never feels preachy.

If you're a Lindsay Lohan fan, you should love Mean Girls too. Not only does Lindsay look beautiful, but she proves that she's a great actress. She brings a subtlety to the part a lot of other actresses her age couldn't.

And, last but not least, if you're someone who just likes to laugh, you'll love Mean Girls. It was written by Tina Fey of Saturday Night Live, who knows a thing or two about comedy. So you never have to go too long without a chuckle.

Here's the Mean Girls trailer: