Gruel

Mean Girls

(2004)

Remember? Remember the halcyon days when we could unreservedly root for the Lindsay Lohan character, and believe in her as an innocent seduced to meanness but able to overcome corruption via her innate goodness? When the only limit to her future was her seemingly limitless talent?

A smart script by Tina Fey, though it would have been smarter without the obligatory lesson learning.

Rachel McAdams, by the way, was 25 when she played a high school junior here, and had already had her much more grown-up run in Slings and Arrows. And if right now you're saying "What the heck was Slings and Arrows?" rent it now and thank me later.