Podcasts TV Spoilerpiece Theatre Episode 496: "Mean Girls," "The Settlers," and "Good Grief"

Episode 496: "Mean Girls," "The Settlers," and "Good Grief"

Published: Jan. 12, 2024, 3:42 p.m.

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There\u2019s no way to scrub quickly through the previous 495-ish episodes to find out, but it\u2019s possible we\u2019ve never had two movies featured in the main episode that are so tonally at odds. First, Megan talks about MEAN GIRLS (2:01), the new enjoyable musical comedy about teen cliques based on the Broadway musical, which is adapted from the 2004 film. Directed by Samantha Jayne and Arturo Perez Jr. and written by Tina Fey, it stars Angourie Rice, Rene\xe9 Rapp, and Auli\u02bbi Cravalho. Then, Dave and Megan discuss Felipe G\xe1lvez Haberle's Western\xa0THE SETTLERS (10:29), a movie so gruesome in its depictions of genocidal violence in 1901 Chile that Dave can\u2019t stop nervous-laughing throughout (even though it\u2019s an exceptionally well-made movie). Finally, we all review GOOD GRIEF (29:12), which, as Evan points out, is not a Charlie Brown biopic, but Dan Levy\u2019s new comedy-drama, co-starring Ruth Negga and Himesh Patel. We had mixed reactions. Over on Patreon, we talk about\xa0STAR TREK II: THE WRATH OF KHAN, so check that out!