This time, the ladies were coming in with the one-two punches.
is no more than an uninspired victory lap.
Cadys transformation to the top of the totem pole happens without much development.

Tim Meadows, Tina Fey, Christopher Briney, Reneé Rapp, Jaquel Spivey, Angourie Rice, Bebe Wood, Avantika, and Auli’i Cravalho in Mean Girls (2024) | IMDb
Wheres the slow boil?
Here, her IQ and EQ are, unfortunately, on an even playing field.
Its tonal whiplash that, without the existingMean Girls,would be an utter mess.

When all are burned and betrayed, we wouldve been better off never meeting the plastics again.

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