For anyone who has never seen or heard the musical I'm sure they'd enjoy it. For any fans of the musical, you definitely won't.
All of the songs felt very lackluster (except for I'd Rather Be Me). Cut the best songs in the musical, which totally altered the narrative and chemistry of characters.
Cady's actress completely lacked the excited naivety of Cady which causes her to fall under Regina's spell. I also think the actress did not have the vocal ability for songs like It Roars and Apex Predator, which is why one was cut and the other was sung by Damien. And it's why Stupid with Love had to be majorly softened for her, instead of the excited jumpy song in the original. She would've been a great Cady if this were just a remake of the original, not a screen adaptation of the musical.
A lot of the chemistry between the characters fell short for me. Gretchen was way too mild mannered, not the busy bee gossip she's supposed to be masking her insecurities. And in the end, her song about insecurities was pointless bc her relationship with Regina didn't come full circle. Karen's actress nailed her role and provided some comic relief but it fell short a lot. Cutting their part in Meet the Plastics was tragic. The original song is great and actually very funny. A lot of the cut songs would've nailed the comic relief the movie was desperately trying to fill with dialogue.
The directive choice to sing and talk at the camera constantly like it's a phone was off putting to me. I understand they're going for a more "modern social media" style, but to me it just didn't land. It was borderline uncomfortable.
I think the musical was about as perfect as a musical adaptation could've been, so it's sad they somehow mucked it up by changing almost everything and cutting the highlights for no reason. It wasn't a long movie there was plenty of time for some of the cut songs.
I would rewatch it with friends but simply to make fun of it, but as a whole I did not enjoy it.
All of the songs felt very lackluster (except for I'd Rather Be Me). Cut the best songs in the musical, which totally altered the narrative and chemistry of characters.
Cady's actress completely lacked the excited naivety of Cady which causes her to fall under Regina's spell. I also think the actress did not have the vocal ability for songs like It Roars and Apex Predator, which is why one was cut and the other was sung by Damien. And it's why Stupid with Love had to be majorly softened for her, instead of the excited jumpy song in the original. She would've been a great Cady if this were just a remake of the original, not a screen adaptation of the musical.
A lot of the chemistry between the characters fell short for me. Gretchen was way too mild mannered, not the busy bee gossip she's supposed to be masking her insecurities. And in the end, her song about insecurities was pointless bc her relationship with Regina didn't come full circle. Karen's actress nailed her role and provided some comic relief but it fell short a lot. Cutting their part in Meet the Plastics was tragic. The original song is great and actually very funny. A lot of the cut songs would've nailed the comic relief the movie was desperately trying to fill with dialogue.
The directive choice to sing and talk at the camera constantly like it's a phone was off putting to me. I understand they're going for a more "modern social media" style, but to me it just didn't land. It was borderline uncomfortable.
I think the musical was about as perfect as a musical adaptation could've been, so it's sad they somehow mucked it up by changing almost everything and cutting the highlights for no reason. It wasn't a long movie there was plenty of time for some of the cut songs.
I would rewatch it with friends but simply to make fun of it, but as a whole I did not enjoy it.