Mean Girls is a movie directed by Mark Waters in 2004 and based on the book Queen Bees and Wannabes: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence by Rosalind Wiseman, first published in 2002. The movie features Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams, Tina Fey, Tim Meadows, Amy Poehler, Ana Gasteyer, and others.
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Storyline
Sixteen-year-old homeschooled Cady Heron and her zoologist parents, Betsy and Chip Heron, return to the United States after a twelve-year research trip in Africa, settling in Evanston, Illinois. Cady becomes attracted to Regina’s ex-boyfriend, Aaron Samuels, and purposely fails math, a subject she is gifted at, in order to have an excuse to talk to him.
Genres
Movie vs Book
Year
2004
Minutes
97
Movie Rate
7.00
Source: IMDb
Year
2002
Pages
336
Book Rate
7.58
S: Goodreads
Book
Queen Bees and Wannabes
Subtitle: Helping Your Daughter Survive Cliques, Gossip, Boyfriends, and Other Realities of Adolescence
Author: Rosalind Wiseman
Country: USA
First published in: 2002
Length: 336 pages
Genre: Non Fiction
Other screen adaptations of the book
Movie by Melanie Mayron
Movie by Samantha Jayne, Arturo Perez Jr.
User polls & recommendations
“I’ve adapted all three of my novels and it’s been difficult. You can’t objectively make the rational decisions that are needed.”
DAVID NICHOLLS (Writer and Screenwriter)
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