Bria Lou Reviews

  When new student Cady (Angourie Rice) makes friends with the schools mean girls, led by queen bee Regina George ( Reneé Rapp), she makes the mistake of falling for Regina's ex-boyfriend and finds out just how crazy high school can be. I was looking forward to this movie so much! It's been on my radar since it was announced and I couldn't wait to finally see it! Thankfully I loved the movie! I didn't think I would at the beginning, for reasons I'll explain. But by the end, I was obsessed. At the start, everything took a bit of getting used to. This is probably because I'd watched the original so recently, but I wasn't prepared for things to feel so familiar, and then the addition of songs felt a bit jarring. But I got over this really quickly. Let's start with the music. I had never heard any of these songs before the movie (other than 'World Burn'), so I went in completely fresh. So many of the songs are incredible, and since watching the movie...

  This is probably one of only about two or three movies on the list that I've seen upwards of 10 times and still watch on a regular basis. It's an iconic classic, and I was so glad it was on the bucket list because I really wanted to rewatch it before I saw the new musical version (which I have seen, reviewed and will be uploading next!). I will always have a special place in my heart for the group of noughties coming-of-age movies I grew up watching, and this fits right in that. But with this one, the nostalgia is only a small aspect of this. It's a great original film with a great message, and so many iconic scenes and quotes. The casting was amazing, it was really well-written and so much fun to watch! I love that it spawned a Broadway musical-turned-musical movie, and firmly cemented itself into the cultural zeitgeist. I never expected it to be on the bucket list, but it makes complete sense because it's definitely a classic. If you haven't seen this film, watc...