| Mean Girls 2 | |
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| Distributed by | Paramount Famous Broadway Video |
| Directed by | Melanie Mayron |
| Produced by | George Engel |
| Written by | Allison Schroeder Elana Lesser Cliff Ruby |
| Starring | Meaghan Jette Martin Jennifer Stone Nicole Anderson Maiara Walsh Claire Holt Diego Boneta |
| Music by | Transcenders |
| Cinematography | Levie Isaacks |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Original channel | ABC Family |
| Release date |
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| Running time | 96 minutes |
| Preceded by | Mean Girls |
Mean Girls 2 is a 2011 American teen comedy television film directed by Melanie Mayron.[1] It is a stand-alone sequel/spin-off to the 2004 film, Mean Girls. The film was released on January 23, 2011 by ABC Family with a DVD release set for February 1, 2011. The film stars Meaghan Jette Martin and features as cast of Jennifer Stone, Maiara Walsh, Nicole Anderson, and Claire Holt. Tim Meadows is the only cast member to return from the original 2004 film.
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Plot [edit]
Tomboy Joanna Mitchell is an 18-year-old high school senior. On her first day at North Shore High School, she encounters a clique, "The Plastics", which consists of "Mandi" Weatherly, Chastity Meyer and Hope Plotkin. Jo also meets "Abby" Hanover. Mandi sees Abby as a rival. Jo develops an attraction to Tyler Adams. Despite Jo's attempts to avoid the Plastics, conflict develops between them and Abby.
When Jo meets Abby's father a successful infomercial entrepreneur, he offers to pay Jo's college tuition in exchange for remaining good friends with Abby. Jo accepts, motivated by her desire to attend university. Jo, Tyler, and Abby become close friends. Jo also learns that Tyler is Mandi's stepbrother. Mandi also escalates her war of pranks.
Jo, Abby and another outcast girl named Quinn start a new clique called the "Anti-Plastics". They enact a series of pranks against Chastity and Hope, and Jo runs against Mandi for Homecoming Court, and their campaign threatens Tyler and Jo's relationship. Jo tries to give back the money Sidney Hanover gave her for her friendship with Abby, which leads to Jo's estrangement from both Abby and Tyler.
Tyler and the other Anti-Plastics try to help prove her innocence with the help of Elliott, a computer hacker. After beating the Plastics in a game of flag football, Mandi and Nick are arrested after images of them planting the money in Jo's shed are found by Elliot and revealed. At the school's Homecoming Dance, Abby and Elliott are elected as king and queen, thanks to Jo dropping out of the competition.
Cast [edit]
- Meaghan Jette Martin as Joanna "Jo" Mitchell
- Diego Boneta as Tyler Adams
- Maiara Walsh as Amanda "Mandi" Weatherly
- Jennifer Stone as Abigail "Abby" Hanover
- Nicole Anderson as Hope Plotkin
- Claire Holt as Chastity Meyer
- Bethany Anne Lind as Quinn Shinn
- Tim Meadows as Principal Ron Duvall
- Linden Ashby as Rod Mitchell
- Donn Lamkin as Sidney Hanover
- Rhoda Griffis as Ilene Hanover
- Colin Dennard as Elliott Gold
- Patrick Johnson as Nick Zimmer
Production [edit]
The Radha official trailer was released on November 22, 2010. The film premiered on ABC Family as a "Mean Girls: Double Feature" on January 23, 2011.[2]
Soundtrack [edit]
| Mean Girls 2 | |
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| Soundtrack album by Various Artists | |
| Genre | Rock, pop |
| Label | Rykodisc Virgin |
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| Source | Rating |
| Allmusic |    [3] |
Track listing [edit]
- "Hot n Cold" by Katy Perry
- "Wake Up Call" by Team JEM (Johnny Andrews, Elizabeth Elkins of The Swear and Michael Wilkes)
- "No Stopping" by Transcenders ft. Josef D'Star
- "Nutmeg" by Transcenders
- "Favorite Distraction" by SuperSpy
- "Days Like This" by Transcenders ft. Aimee Allen
- "Addicted" by Toby Lightman
- "Love, Love, Love" by Hope ft. Jason Mraz
- "Middle Ground" by Transcenders
- "So Big" by Iyaz
- "Middle Ground" by Transcenders ft. Tracey Amos
- "Better Than Her" by Matisse
- "Obsession" by Sky Ferreira
- "Walk of Shame" by The Like
- "Clavy" by Transcenders
- "Ground Level" by Transcenders
- "Party Plane" by Transcenders
- "The Chase" by Transcenders
- "2012 (It Ain't the End)" by Jay Sean ft. Nicki Minaj
- "Mon Cheri" by A.B. O'Neill
- "Crazy Good" by Juliana Joya
- "I Know"by Kimberly Cole
Reception [edit]
The film received mainly negative reviews from critics and fans from the original Mean Girls; Hillary Busis of Entertainment Weekly had a negative reaction to the film, referring to it as a "thinly veiled, low-budget remake of the 2004 hit with which it shares a name." On a survey done in Stockton California by Gerardo Lora 26 out of 30 teens and adults interviewed all gave negative comments about the movie and recommended new viewers not to waste their time watching it. [4] The film is not currently scored on Rotten Tomatoes.[5]
Ratings [edit]
The film was the number one television movie of the week among viewer ages 12–34 and attracted a strong female audience.[6]
References [edit]
- ^ "'Mean Girls' sequel confirmed".
- ^ "tvpremiere".
- ^ Mean Girls 2 at Allmusic
- ^ Busis, Hillary. "'Mean Girls 2': Why?" Entertainment Weekly. January 24, 2011. Retrieved on February 2, 2011.
- ^ http://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/mean_girls_2/
- ^ Robert Seidman (January 25, 2011). "ABC Family's Debut of "Mean Girls 2" is TV's #1 Movie of the Week/2010-11 Season in Key Demos".
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