Mean Girls (2004)
Mark Waters’ 2004 high school satire. Tina Fey screenplay. Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams. The plastics. Cultural reference standing.
This archive gathers the films featuring Amanda Seyfried reviewed at Master of Worlds: “First Reformed (2017)”, “Jennifer’s Body (2009)”, “Lovelace (2013)”, and “Mean Girls (2004)” — 4 titles in all. Across these reviews the focus stays on how Amanda Seyfried serves each story: the choices that make a performance work, the roles that anchor a film, and the range visible across different pictures. Rather than rank the performances, the collection treats them as a body of work worth examining. The list continues to expand as additional films are reviewed.
Mark Waters’ 2004 high school satire. Tina Fey screenplay. Lindsay Lohan, Rachel McAdams. The plastics. Cultural reference standing.
Karyn Kusama’s 2009 American horror comedy with screenplay by Diablo Cody about a high school cheerleader possessed by a demon who feeds on her male classmates. Megan Fox and Amanda Seyfried star in the substantially reappraised feminist horror landmark of the late 2000s.
Schrader’s 2017 religious drama. Ethan Hawke as a Protestant minister losing his faith over climate despair. Schrader’s late masterpiece.
Biographical drama about Linda Lovelace. Amanda Seyfried, Peter Sarsgaard. Substantively fluffy treatment of complex source material. 6/10.