She doesn't even go here, and neither should a remake!

The amount of people that didn't know this is based on the Broadway musical is shocking.

This will be fun to watch in a "don't expect it to be good, just let yourself be entertained" kind of way. Bebe Wood is is actually great casting for Gretchen, I can very clearly see her do Gretchen's mannerisms in my head, and I'm excited to see Christopher Briney in a bit less of a broody/traumatized role.

Do you want to watch an "edgy" and "PC" version of High School Musical? This is it.

I didn't know this was a musical... I'm out!

What in the actual hell have I just watched.

I knew going into this that it was a musical so I was fully prepared for that and actually knew some of the songs going in. Renee Rapp reprising her role as Regina George was absolutely the right choice to make.

My main issue is that I don't think the film knew what it was trying to do, I felt like it jumped about a bit and there were a couple of different creative styles here that clashed and made a messy amalgamation

The singing was great, the choreography was unfortunately substandard and the acting was slightly cheesy. I wouldn't recommend this and personally don't think I'll rewatch this either.

Now I understand why people hate remakes.

Like Mean Girls, only without the cute and double the cringe.

There's a reason they hid the fact it's a musical. If I were a musical like this, I wouldn't want anyone to know, either.

Amazing movie. Absolutely kept the humor from the original. I was gagged every time Reneé Rapp was on-screen.

Reneé Rapp slayed, and carried the movie on her back.

Pretty much everything else though just left me wondering why? With a remake in a new medium I like to see them do something new and unique with said medium. While I did like some of the songs, I just didn’t think that the movie did enough to justify itself over watching the original film.

Decent casting, but I wish they would have stuck closer to the actual musical’s sound/scenes. Also, the amount of product placement in this movie was wild.

How do they manage to make every single change they introduce one for the worse, and proving they misunderstood the original so badly?

Ironic given that Tina Fey is supposed to be behind both versions...

Another potentially controversial rating, but I did love this movie. The songs are (mostly) very catchy and this new qdaptation kept the heart of the movie while removing the racism, ableism, homophobia, and the running pedophillic joke with Coach Carr. Renee Rapp as Regina and Auli'i Cravalho as Janice gave standout performances and I loved seeing their takes on the characters. Personally, the only thing I didn't enjoy was Cady. Her character was written as whiny and insufferable from the moment she comes on screen and, I hate to say this, but I do think that the part was too big for Angourie Rice. Her acting felt mousy and forced at times and, though she has a beautiful voice, it didn't match the songs or the voices of the other actors.  If you feel you can watch without the clouded judgement from your deep personal connection with the original, you will probably really like it. It is freaking fetch!

Another movie the new Gayllywood decided to remake by wokefying it. No one asked for this. The original was fine as it was.

40 minutes. That's how long I wasted on this before calling it quits. This is shitty, "Woke-washed" version of the original. Someone thought that's not enough and made it into a musical.

The only good thing to come out of this was remembering that I haven't watched the original Mean Girls in ages and watching that instead. Lindsay Lohan's Mean Girls is still awesome. It rocks. Even after 20 years.

I wasn't expecting so much change in the only cool things of the original one. Like the nonsense Regina and Aaron make up.. Janis and Regina conflict... awful

I knew it was a musical which is fine (I’m a Gleek), but for some reason I laughed every time they broke out into song. Overall it was entertaining but nothing memorable.

if you absolutely have to, only watch this for Karen. the wokeness had it giving "politically correct girls who definitely would've been dress coded."

Good fun, smart joke updates and high energy! Auli'i Cravalho as the artistic outsider Janice & Avantika as the ditsy Plastic were the standouts

It's literally only been 20 years why did they have re reboot a fucking classic??? Without the absolute queen Rachel McAdams

Regina George steals the movie. Found the dialogue quite funny. For a musical, none of the songs really stood out to me. All harmless and for most part solid. The cast sounds great though! I don’t remember a ton from the original, but watching this makes me really want to rewatch it!

God, okay...This isn't the first classic Lindsay Lohan movie they've movie-musical-ised. I find when they did this similar movie-musical remake of Freaky Friday (2018) it felt much smoother, and kept story fans and musical fans both happy, even when they added in the modern elements. Look, I REALLY wanted to like this movie. I am a nostalgia glasses wearer for the original movie, and a big lover for the broadway musical. I was disappointed with the top40 feeling the musical numbers had. I thought that everyone aside from Janis felt very held back, and not able to truly give it their all especially in the bigger numbers. The only thing I can commend is the beautiful camerawork in the musical numbers, despite it feeling very music video-like it was very creative, I really enjoyed that.I can appreciate that I hope the right audience finds this movie enjoyable. It is a hard one to nail. [spoiler] Also, Lindsay Lohan cameo felt a bit cheap. The best song was I'd Rather Be Me. Janis was actually one of the only believable characters. [/spoiler]