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Mean Girls (2024): parents' guide

13+our pick

Best for ages 13 and up. Rated PG-13 for sexual material, strong language, and teen drinking.

A glossy musical remake of the teen comedy, best for young teens and up. New student Cady falls in with the school's ruling clique, and the plot runs on gossip, sabotage and a notebook of cruel insults that gets leaked online. Expect constant sexual jokes and gestures, suggestive dance numbers, teens drinking at a party, and language that includes several s-words, frequent "bitch" and an f-word that is either cut short or bent into "fugly." A girl is hit by a bus in a sudden moment and survives. Age 13 matches the rating; the bullying makes a good talking point.

What's in it

Violence

Mild

Mostly comic: a schoolwide girl fight with tackling and hair-pulling staged like a dance number, and a backstory about a backpack set on fire. A girl is hit by a bus in a quick, startling moment and later wears a neck brace.

Language

Moderate

About four s-words and roughly ten uses of "bitch," plus "asshole," "bastard," "dick" and "slut." One f-word is cut off and another is merged into "fugly," a song includes the middle finger, and a girl is called a homophobic slur.

Sex and nudity

Moderate

Frequent sexual talk and innuendo, revealing outfits and sexy dance numbers. Teens kiss, a couple is caught half-dressed, another couple's attempt at sex is interrupted, and a girl is shamed over her number of partners.

Drinking, drugs and smoking

Moderate

Teens take shots at a house party and Cady gets drunk. Jokes touch on vaping, heroin and a vodka-filled inhaler, a teacher is rumored to sell drugs, an injured girl is loopy on painkillers, and a parent drinks wine.

Scary or intense scenes

Mild

Nothing scary beyond the sudden bus accident and the sting of watching teens be cruel to one another.

Sensitive topics

  • Bullying

Worth talking about

The Burn Book spreads because everyone enjoys reading what's written about others. How does online gossip make cruelty easier, and what does it take to stop it?

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Checked October 13th, 2026 against Common Sense Media, Plugged In, childrenandmedia.org.au. The age is our judgment, not an official rating, and every family draws its lines differently: read the notes, not just the number. Spotted something we missed? Tell us. How we rate.