MEANGIRLS

2004 **1/2 97 mins.

This film is nothing but a teenage rip-off of Clueless and a crappier, less creative rip-off of Confessions of a Teenage Drama Queen. I can think of only one funny moment in this film: when Cady's (Lindsay Lohan) mother says, "But you love Ladysmith Black Mumbazo." That's only funny because I actually know who Ladysmith Black Mumbazo is. Lindsay Lohan plays Cady Heron, a girl who was home-schooled in Africa by her zoologist parents. Suddenly, she is thrown into public education and has to face the "mean girls". Predictable and un-funny, this film is only worth watching because of its valuable morals and this one simple fact: