Would've been funnier if it had been a little crazier -- I feel like this subgenre of teen chick-flick has only gotten tamer since Heathers, but it was colorful and entertaining and I didn't see the twist coming.
But the ending in particular felt like such a safe choice. Let's just team up against the unquestionably evil male villain! Girl power! Never mind that I just hit you with my car. The relationship between the leads is basically assumed and would've worked better if it had been romantic, since then we wouldn't have had to spend runtime on the other love interests (who also safely take Drea and Eleanor back post-credits, because whatever, what's consequences). You can practically smell the multiple rewrites the script must have gone through, so most of the appeal is in the updated humor and social commentary compared to Mean Girls.
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Would've been funnier if it had been a little crazier -- I feel like this subgenre of teen chick-flick has only gotten tamer since Heathers, but it was colorful and entertaining and I didn't see the twist coming.
But the ending in particular felt like such a safe choice. Let's just team up against the unquestionably evil male villain! Girl power! Never mind that I just hit you with my car. The relationship between the leads is basically assumed and would've worked better if it had been romantic, since then we wouldn't have had to spend runtime on the other love interests (who also safely take Drea and Eleanor back post-credits, because whatever, what's consequences). You can practically smell the multiple rewrites the script must have gone through, so most of the appeal is in the updated humor and social commentary compared to Mean Girls.