Perfect cameo aside, the film’s directing duo (Jayne and her husband Arturo Perez Jr.) told IndieWire it was important to them to make this version of “Mean Girls” — a musical with ...

“Mean Girls,” the musical, the movie, works fairly well. I know, I know. Curb your enthusiasm there, bub. But that’s how it is. Like “The Color Purple,” another movie musical now in thea ...

There’s a heightened-Disney-channel, made-for-streaming kinetic aesthetic to “Mean Girls.” The film, ironically, might have been more electric if it were willing to be a little more stationary.