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TheMean Girlsmusical remaking has in the end hit the large screen door to mainlypositive critical review from critics , who enjoyed this “ new twist ” from Tina Fey . Based on the tally 2017 Broadway melodious , which was freely adapt from Fey ’s now - iconic 2004 stripling drollery , Mean Girlsis a classic story about self - discovery , popularity , and adolescent pitilessness .
fan who enjoy watching The Plastics in all their musical glory might get out the theatre wanting more stripling stories with similar deoxyribonucleic acid . as luck would have it for them , Tubihas them covered , with a strong library of stripling films in the same vein as this wicked melodic . These five movie are as funny , ingenious , and entertaining asMean Girls , induce them perfect options for a double feature of teen angst .
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Heathers (1988)
Winona Ryder ( soon to be run into inStranger Thingsseason 5 ) became an picture of the ’ fourscore thanks to her character in the repelling bootleg comedyHeathers . The plot centers on Veronica Sawyer , a girl who belongs to the most popular clique at her gamy school , the Heathers . thing change with the arrival of J.D. ( Christian Slater ) , a misanthropic Johnny Reb who contrive to kill the popular kids and stage their deaths as suicide .
Simply put , every modern teen picture , especiallyMean Girls , owes a swell deal toHeathers — it even became a musical first , impart strain to its story in 2010 . The film established many of the most uncouth tropes find in the genre , from the popular mean girl coterie with totally killer whale fashion to the pungent humor and social commentary . Endlessly quotable and morbidly suspect , Heathersalso features memorable performances from Ryder and Slater .
Heathersis now streaming onTubi .
Yes, God, Yes (2019)
Stranger Thingsstar Natalia Dyer plays the lead-in in Karen Maine ’s 2019 coming - of - eld comedyYes , God , Yes . Set in the fall of 2000 , the game center on Alice , an inexperient , but curious daughter advert a Midwestern Centennial State - ed Catholic school . When an AOL chat turns circumstantially racy , Alice begin experiencing raw and risqué sentiment that she fears endanger to bedamn her to the fiery endocarp of hell .
Yes , God , Yesis a classic fib of self - find in the face of spiritual lip service and moral propriety . Dyer is stellar as the shy , yet bouncing Alice , a part that hollo for an actress to dexterously handle temper and vulnerability . Yes , God , Yesdoesn’t shy aside from depict its themes of sexual liberation , result in a witty and insightful portrayal of teen experimentation that will ring true to anyone watching .
Yes , God , Yesis now streaming onTubi .
Saved! (2004)
Saved!stars a who ’s who of teen beau ideal from the noughties , admit Jena Malone , Mandy Moore , Patrick Fugit , and Macaulay Culkin . It tell the story of Mary Cummings , a youthful young lady attending a Christian shoal who kip with her fellow to “ cure ” his queerness . After becoming fraught , Mary becomes ban by her community .
Although it ’s not as wicked as it could be , especially considering its premise , Saved!remains a delightful teen sarcasm . Malone is stellar , as is Moore as the overbearing and god-fearing Hilary Faye Stockard , a bastardly daughter with more oomph than other examples in this now - conversant trope . LikeMean young woman , Saved!became a stage musical in 2008 and star a young Aaron Tveit as Dean , Mary ’s swain . unluckily , it never made it to Broadway .
Saved!is now streaming onTubi .
G.B.F. (2013)
An acronym for Gay Best Friend , G.B.F.is a hidden teen gem that deserve more attending . The moving picture chronicle the young life of Tanner and Brent , two closet bookman in suburban New Jersey . When Tanner is outed , he gets embraced by the shoal ’s popular girls , while the still closeted Brent must learn his friend ’s ascend up the social ladder from the sidelines .
Although it might not be amongthe all - clock time full LGBTQ movies , G.B.F.is far more clever than its title of respect might inculpate . It call in intimate district for a stripling moving-picture show , include social dynamic and living as an LGBTQ+ youth in the inexorable high school day landscape . However , it has enough mood and surprisingly sharp observations to justify a watch from devoted fans of the adolescent genre . It does n’t reinvent any teen tropes , but it does n’t ask to;G.B.F.is a dependable crowd - pleaser — although it could ’ve benefit from less honey and more spitefulness .
G.B.F.is now streaming onTubi .
Blood, Sweat, and Cheer (2023)
A Tubi original , Blood , Sweat and Cheeris a 2023 stripling comedy starring Tammi Sursok . The game follows Renee , a suburban mother obsessed with reliving her glory day . When an unexpected opportunity presents itself , Renee decides to pose as her teenaged daughter to join a high schooling dancing squad .
With a definitely wacky plot of land and an unhinged lead performance to go with it , Blood , Sweat and Cheeris the perfect dose of teen drama and devilish black clowning . cover the campy quality that makes film likeSerial MomandBut I ’m a Cheerleaderso timeless and entertaining , Blood , Sweat and Cheeris a hysterical comedy with enough of the color garden pink to make The Plastics seethe .
Blood , Sweat and Cheeris now streaming inTubi .
