The movie Mean Girls perfectly displays victims of groupthink. The "mean girls" who are the three most popular girls on campus have groupthink rules such as, only being able to wear their hair up once a week, that limit one's self-expression. Also, the group has a "queen bee" who controls and manipulates the other two girls in their social group through forcing groupthink to align with all her beliefs.
When a fourth member is invited to the club, groupthink effects become extremely apparent. Linsday Lohan's character, Cady, is perfectly happy with the person she is. However, Cady witnesses the girls criticize every each of their body, so she follows the trend trying to fit in by saying she has bad breathe in the morning. Her attempt to fit it only grosses the girls out because Cady's flaw was not critical of her appearance. This scene displays how groupthink is deteriorating their image of themselves, and concerns of how others perceive them.
The movie displays how groupthink can negatively effect a whole high school. There are many flaws with groupthink, but it can be resolved by allowing leaders to remain impartial, using an outsiders opinion, or by playing a devil advocate approach.
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