This paper provides a film analysis using the three theoretical perspectives; Symbolic Interactionist, Functionalist and Conflict Theorist. Additionally, this exploration is organized by each theoretical view and includes the opinion of this writer’s strongest theoretical perspective, as well as considering additional questions as they relate to the correlation of micro and macro sociology within the film. The film chosen for this analysis is “Mean Girls”, a 2004 comedy with a moral plot, written by Tina Fey and directed by Mark Waters. This film relates to the sociological area of gender. What did you discover when doing this analysis? The Symbolic Interactionist theoretical perspective provides the best method of analysis as most of
