FilmScout

Mean Girls (2004)

93 min · Comedy · Rated PG-13 (USA)

32
ScoutScore
MILD

Worth a quick check before you press play.

Mean Girls scores 32 on the ScoutScore, which is Mild. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout maps 21 flagged scenes and 1 worth muting.

What FilmScout flagged

Heads up20
Mute1

Kinds of content

Theme, Sexual Content, Profanity (mild), Comedy (gross), Profanity, Action

Scenes FilmScout flagged

Where each one lands in the runtime, and alerts that arrive before it does, are in the app.

Age ratings by country

AUM
CA14A
GB12A
USPG-13

Talk about it after

“Cady starts out just observing the cruelty of Girl World from the outside, but gradually finds herself doing the same things she was judging. What do you think made it so easy for her to slip into that behavior without noticing?”

Common questions

Is Mean Girls okay for kids?

Mean Girls scores 32 on FilmScout's ScoutScore, which places it in the Mild tier. Worth a quick check before you press play. FilmScout has mapped 21 flagged scenes in it, covering theme, sexual content, profanity (mild). The right answer depends on your child, which is why FilmScout shows you the scenes instead of giving a verdict.

What is the ScoutScore for Mean Girls?

32, which is the Mild tier. The ScoutScore is driven by the intensity of a movie's heaviest moments rather than how many it has.

What is Mean Girls rated?

Mean Girls is rated PG-13 in the United States. Ratings differ by country: AU M, CA 14A, GB 12A, US PG-13. A letter rating stamps a whole movie at once, so FilmScout scores it scene by scene instead.

See every scene in the FilmScout app.
Each flagged moment with its place in the runtime, plus live alerts that follow along while you watch.