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Mean Girls
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Not age appropriate for kids under 12, age appropriate for kids over 14; suggested age 14. -
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Common Sense says
Mature but often-hilarious teen comedy.
Themes in this movie include: friendship, growing up, peer pressure
updated 10.02.09
Why We Rated This 
for Ages 14 and Up
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What Parents Need to Know
About Mean Girls
Parents need to know this movie has some mature material for a PG-13, including crude humor, sexual references, underage drinking, and comic violence. There is a prank involving a pregnancy test. Cady allows her home to be taken over by partying teens, gets drunk, and throws up. A child watches "Girls Gone Wild" and imitates it. A girl refers to herself as "half a virgin" and there is a joke about girl-girl kissing. A strength of the movie is its positive portrayal of diverse characters, including disabled, gay, and minority students.
Read our full review by Nell Minow
Families Can Talk About
- Families can talk about how the elements that determine status for teenagers are different from those that determine status in the adult world, at work, and with friends and family.
- Use this movie to begin a discussion about the way that the girls they know treat each other, and what they can do to encourage them to be kinder and more supportive.
- Ask kids if they know any "mean girls." How do they deal with them?
Our Members Say
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Most Recent Reviews
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- My highlights are:
mean girls- okay?
- I rate this title iffy for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
Perfect for elder teens.
A good movie! A lot of dirty dancing and sexual references.
- I rate this title on for age 12 and give itMy concerns are:
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
- I rate this title iffy for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
hilarious
this movie is soo funny but definatley not appropriate for age 8 and under
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
- My highlights are:
- Good role models
hilarous
i love this movie but they say btch a lot but your kid probly hears it at school anyway
- I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
this movie is very funny with a little innopropriate parts.
- I rate this title on for age 15 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
Great Movie!
This was an awesome movie! Definitely one of my favorites! Although I was shocked at the references they had, I still thought it was a very good movie.
- I rate this title on for age 13 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Negative role models
HE HE
I LOVED THIS MOVIE! Perfect chick flick to watch with some girlfriends at a slumber PART-A! The worst thing about it is the language they use s***, B****, and more, you see people making out, some times only in their underwear, good message at the end, funny, but for most of the movie the messages and role models are bad. But it's a movie people, no one watches a movie for good role models and stuff, they watch it for entertainment, which this movie provides plenty of! HA HA. Loved it!
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give it
lovez it
OMG I LOVE THIS MOVIE ITS THE BEST EVERRR. something to get the girls toghter and watch or your mum. a few offensive refrences and a bit of kissing and sex.
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
great
it was good!
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give it
e.g. Perfect for older kids, but not for tweens
Love love love it!!!
- I rate this title on for age 9 and give it
- My highlights are:
awesome
this movie rox!! i dont think its okay for anyone who doesnt know what sex is but i loved it
- I rate this title iffy for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Negative role models
FUNNY! for adults..
This is a very funny movie if you're over 15. Younger kids won't get all of it and Most of the content just isn't appropriate.
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
Great for mature tweens
Loved it but some iffy stuff
- I rate this title off for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
e.g. Perfect for older kids, but not for tweens
This movie is a very funny comdedy for kids OVER 13. I watched it and i laughed the whole way through. But, some material is inapropriate. LOVED it!
- I rate this title on for age 15 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Inappropriate language
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
- Negative role models
bad...
I really did not like this movie. It had too much language. I'll bet that 10% of the script was all swears. there wasn't a very good message sent out, and there are really bad role models in there, too. the main character drinks underage, gets drunk, and ends up throwing up. the main character also sets a bad example by writing in something called the burn book, which is a book that they put nasty remarks in about people that they're mad at or hate. over all, its a bad movie and I don't approve of showing it to kids under age 14. I'm 10, and it was a HUGE mistake for me to watch it at this age.
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
Some sexual references, but nothing big.
I LOVE this movie! I first saw it when I was 10, and there's no problem with it. If you're in middle school, you hear each of the cuss words at least 10 times a day- that's no big deal. There are sexual references, but again, if you're a middle schooler, you deal with that already. And the tone is light and humourous, so it's not like serious sexual stuff or anything.
- I rate this title on for age 10 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
- Drinking, smoking, or drug use
mean girls review
well i think it should be appropriate for ages 10 because my dad said it would
- I rate this title iffy for age 14 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate sexual content
Hilarious
This is one of my favorite movies! They did a good job on exaggerating the issues of cliques and drama in high school resulting in an extremely funny film! I recommend for 14+ however, because there is some iffy content intended for mature viewers such as innuendos, sexuality, and underage drinking.
- I rate this title on for age 11 and give itMy concerns are:
- Inappropriate language
A Good Movie
This movie for me is funny, but in my opinion, it's that kind of movie you can only watch for a couple times, once every five months, or you'll be soo sick of it. I remember I watched this with my mother and father, and my little brother was in the room, but he was too young to really understand anything. Plus, he was also highly more interested in his Legos and I don't think he payed any attention at all, except when my mother burst out laughing a couple times. This is a great movie, but ABC has an edited version, so if you're seeing this with your child for the first time and they're sort of iffy on the PG-13 movies, that's a good place to watch it. 8-year-olds and younger will probably not understand some of the teen dirtiness is. Though, I don't recommend 8-year-olds to be watching this movie either.
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Ratings at a Glance
| 75% | of parents say the sexual behavior isn't age appropriate |
| 50% | of parents don't feel there are good role models |
| 50% | of parents say it has language their kids can't use |
| 50% | of parents say there's too much drinking, drugs, or smoking |
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