Director: Samantha Jayne, Arturo Perez Jr
High school hierarchies get the musical treatment in this 2024 reimagining of Mean Girls, following a new student's collision course with the most powerful clique in the building.
What is Mean Girls about?
Cady Heron arrives at a new school after years of homeschooling abroad and quickly draws the attention of the Plastics, the reigning clique led by the formidable Regina George. Cady is pulled into their orbit and, almost without meaning to, becomes one of them, adopting their habits and their status while losing sight of the friends who welcomed her first. Things unravel further when she starts falling for Aaron Samuels, Regina's ex-boyfriend, setting off a chain of schemes, betrayals, and social fallout that spreads through the entire school. Told through musical numbers layered over the original story's sharp social satire, this version leans into song-and-dance sequences to dramatize the exaggerated stakes of teenage popularity and the cost of chasing it.
Cast & crew
Angourie Rice stars as Cady, with Reneé Rapp as Regina George, alongside Auli'i Cravalho, Jaquel Spivey, Avantika, Bebe Wood, Christopher Briney, and Jenna Fischer, directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr.
Context & significance
Released in 2024 with a 5.6 IMDb rating, this Mean Girls carries a 112-minute runtime and folds musical numbers into a story audiences already know from its earlier film and stage versions. The genre blend of comedy and musical lets it lean into heightened, theatrical staging for scenes that were originally played straight, giving familiar plot beats a different rhythm and energy. The result plays as both a comedy for newcomers and a knowing companion piece for anyone already familiar with the earlier version of the story.
Where & how to watch
Mean Girls (2024) is available on K-Time with a free account login required only for playback; the film's page can be browsed without signing in. Both Persian dubbing and Persian subtitles are included, alongside a Farsi interface built for Persian-speaking viewers across the diaspora.