Mean Girls 2024 Review. Tina fey’s updated script goes a long way toward making the case for this retread, based on fey’s own mean girls musical. Sharp, funny and strongest when it stands on its own two perfectly manicured feet, this snappy musical successfully updates the original mean girls template for a fresh audience.
And it’s not because it’s a nostalgic evocation of the film, which follows naive homeschooled. “mean girls” 2024 sets out to mix its teen comedy roots with snazzy musical numbers but the results aren’t great.