Mean Girls 2
("I heard she was an exchange student -- from Russia") "Oh, what did we exchange her for?"~ Chastity
IMDB.com Rating: 4.2 out of 10
Availability: Still in print through 'Paramount' and cheap -- both in price and quality.
Watch Online: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=awX1oeJUWaM
OH SHIT! Moment: When the opening credits role and you realize this isn't the Tina Fey one.
Food and Beverage Pairing: Roquefort Pear Salad and a CrantiniOH SHIT! Moment: When the opening credits role and you realize this isn't the Tina Fey one.
Directions:
1. In a skillet over a medium heat, stir 1/4 of a cup of sugar with pecans. Continue stirring gently until the sugar melts and caramelizes the pecans. Carefully transfer the nuts onto a sheet of waxed paper. Allow to cool and break into pieces.2. For the dressing, blend oil, vinegar, 1&1/2 teaspoons of sugar, mustard, chopped garlic, salt and pepper.
3. In a large serving bowl, layer lettuce, pears, blue cheese, avocado and green onions. Pour the dressing over the salad and sprinkle with pecans. Serve.
And now for the Crantini:
Add all the ingredients in a martini shaker with ice. Then shake, pour into martini glass and add a few cranberries to complete the drink. (Soak the cranberries in vodka first)
Read more: Crantini recipe http://www.drinksmixer.com/drink3029.html#ixzz2xi3BFAbr
Hello. Tony Schilli here, but you can call me, 'Maybe'.
Sorry.
Well, after years of Tina Fey turning down offers to write the sequel, Paramount -- the same Paramount who released 'The Love Guru', 'Little Fockers', 'Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull', The 'Transformers' movies, 'G.I. Joe: The Rise of Cobra' and 'World War Z' -- decided that with or without Mrs. Fey (in this case, 'without'), they would finally make the long-awaited "Mean Girls 2"; seven years after the original. That sentence, alone, was almost as long as the wait for the sequel, but nowhere near as painful.
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| A still from the film's climactic end |
For everything good that films like 'Easy A' and 'Mean Girls' did for the intelligent, strong, high school-aged, female lead, this movie came in like a wrecking ball and set that typecast back to the bitchy roles of 'Cruel Intentions' and the ditsy, debutante, supporting roles of 'Bring It On: Fight to the Finish'.
Last we saw North Shore High, Tim Meadows', 'Principle Duvall' was principle-ing the likes of Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams and Amanda Seyfried. Legend has it, after filming, he lived in the school's attic, sucking moisture from the rafters. When the school became home to the sequel, the allure of that Hollywood paycheck -- and a Pest Control employee -- helped motivate Meadows in front of the camera once again. We begin with our protagonist, mechanic/woodshop badass and new-transfer, Jo, starting her first day at the aforementioned high school. Unhappy and ready to receive an acceptance letter to the school of her dreams, the film's dilemma occurs when our uber-bitchy, Jo, finds out her single-father is too poor to pay the tuition for her fantasy institution. Jo's time at North Shore becomes tolerable when she meets a cute guy and befriends Abby, the film's very rich loser, who's father wants to pay Jo $50,000 to befriend his daughter. Abby opens up to her after Jo gives her a ride home -- because some dick bag paintballs her Porsche with the entire student body watching, thus making it un-driveable. Wait, what? Then, Jo, who looks 15 and isn't anywhere near attractive, gets an invite to hang with the omnipotent 'Plastics'. She turns the invite down, we find out Jo's neighbor has cameras pointing at their house and our lead tries to get a science and wood shop scholarship. Already, this film has too many story lines.
The Plastics take it too far when they ruin Jo's dad's car. Jo and Abby retaliate ruining Mandi's birthday party. A bunch of shenanigans take place and blah blah blah. Mandi gets vomited on. Abby finds out Jo is getting paid by her father. Mandi steals money from the school and pins it on Jo. Abby and Jo make up and then the movie ends with a climactic powder-puff football game. Other stuff happens in between, but no one really cares.
This film is chock-full of Oscar-worthy performances. Personally, my favorite was when Mandi (who "spells her name with a 'heart' above the 'I' because she was born without one") goes to the cafeteria with a dog in her purse. When the dog wets itself inside the purse -- because it's totally cool to bring a dog to school anyway -- Mandi throws the dog and the purse in the trash can. And who can forget the 'FOR YOUR CONSIDERATION' scene where the Plastics super glue Jo to her moped, causing her to have to ride her bike throughout the school?! Simply incredible.
On my scale:Overall Enjoyment ----3
Redeeming Qualities---9 (Only because of Tim Meadows)
Rewatchability---------2
Directing/Quality------5
Plot/Storyline----------4
Pacing-----------------3
Dialogue/Writing-------3
Acting-----------------3
TOTAL---------------32 (score without Tim Meadows -- 23)
This film is hardly worth my time and, thanks to Netflix, I didn't have to pay for a DVD copy. 'Mean Girls 2' has nothing positive except a few minutes of Tim Meadows. Other than him, I found the movie pretty dislikable. As far as the final product goes, I think the director did a pretty bad job; but you can't, alone, fault a guy who's tasked with the job of destroying the legacy of one of the most beloved high school comedies of the 2000s -- it's also the writer's, producers' and the studio's fault. I mean, for the life of me, I do not understand how this movie was able to afford the use of Katy Perry's, "Hot N' Cold", but not the employment of a decent writing staff. This movie was made for one reason -- to cash in on one of the studio's most successful comedies of the last ten years. Final summation: I don't recommend this one.
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| For this movie, The Master, myself, does not approve. |
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