If you loved Dude, try Mean Girls
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Theyboth carry the bittersweet mood tag, and they sit in Comedy territory. If that's the register that drew you to Dude, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
bittersweet
What Mean Girls is
A contemporary reboot finds a new Cady Heron dumped unceremoniously among high-school apex predators. The Plastics do what Plastics do—patrol, preen, and punish—until their newest recruit turns the tables. It’s all very plastic, very predictable.

