Zesty songs aren’t enough to make a ‘Mean Girls’ remake matter

Avantika (from left), Renee Rapp, Bebe Wood and Angourie Rice play the Plastics in “Mean Girls.” (Paramount Pictures)

A good movie is often hard to find. A Broadway version of that movie is an even dicier thing. And a movie version of that? Well, now you’re just playing with fire. But sometimes the gambit works: For example, the effervescent “Hairspray” or more recently “The Color Purple.” which is big-hearted with its songs, themes and storytelling but also a different experience than the 1985 Steven Spielberg movie.

Then there’s “Mean Girls,” which kind of doesn’t really know what its point is.