Romy And Michele's High School Reunion
1997
A pair of none-too-bright best girl friends, ashamed to go to their ten-year high school reunion with nothing to show for the past decade, decide to exorcise their teenage demons by showing up at the bash and pretending they've come a long way, baby. While their ruse holds up against the former jocks and cheerleaders, a .. Read more
| Starring | Mira Sorvino, Lisa Kudrow, Janeane Garofalo, Julia Campbell |
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| Director | David Mirkin |
| Genres | Comedy |
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Romy And Michele's High School Reunion
A pair of none-too-bright best girl friends, ashamed to go to their ten-year high school reunion with nothing to show for the past decade, decide to exorcise their teenage demons by showing up at the bash and pretending they've come a long way, baby. While their ruse holds up against the former jocks and cheerleaders, a spiteful loser from their past is determined to ferret out the truth.
| Starring | Mira Sorvino, Lisa Kudrow, Janeane Garofalo, Julia Campbell, Alan Cumming, Elaine Hendrix, Jacob Vargas, Vincent Ventresca, Camryn Manheim, Kristin Bauer, Mia Cottet |
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| Director | David Mirkin |
| Studio | TOUCHSTONE HOME VIDEO |
| Run time | DVD: 1 hr 28 mins |
| Certificate | |
| Genres | Comedy |
| Language | English |
| Released | DVD: 15 Jun 2006 Production year: 1997 |
| Format | DVD |
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In this fun comedy, Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow play the dim-witted, down-on-their-luck blondes of the title, who pretend they are high-powered businesswomen at their high-school reunion to impress the former school mates who once made fun of them. The simple premise (a sort of Clueless for 20-somethings) is enlivened by the infectious performances of the leads and the slick support of Janeane Garofalo and Alan Cumming.
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"...Breathless pace and cartoonish camerawork....A cute piece of bubblegum self-reflexivity....A cross between CLUELESS and MURIEL'S WEDDING..."
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10 out of 12 people found this review helpful
Rent this movie for an instant boost.
``I can't believe how cute I look.''
``Don't you love how we can say that to each other and we know we're not being conceited?''
``No, we're just being honest.''
This film is one of the brightest and hilarious high school reunion comedies in a while, a film that has a share of truth, but isn't afraid to cut loose.
It alternates scenes from the reunion with flashbacks to real memories of high school, and fantasy scenes. (including a complex formula for glue - classic!)
'Heartbreakers' helmer Mirkin is not afraid of colour and sunshine for its partial L.A back-drop, promoting a prozac happiness atmosphere that lasts until the very end.
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2 out of 2 people found this review helpful
TOP MOVIE !!!
Two dimwitted pals attempt to fib their way through their high school reunion with disastrous results in this bubbly comedy from David Mirkin, frequent director of the cult TV sitcom Get a Life!. Los Angeles dim-bulbs Romy (Mira Sorvino) and Michelle (Lisa Kudrow) have been best friends since childhood. Their shared passions include shopping, club-hopping, and creating their own candy-colored fashions. When their tenth high school reunion looms, the friends realize that their lives are not impressive enough to cow the popular crowd that tormented them in their teen years. So Romy borrows a Jaguar, and the duo concocts a story about how they became top corporate executives by creating Post-It Notes. Once they are at the reunion, however, Romy and Michelle's scheme unravels. Saturnine classmate Heather (Janeane Garofalo), who really did make a fortune as an inventor, exposes their fraud, and the girls find themselves mocked again, by everyone except Sandy Frink (Alan Cumming), a nerd millionaire with a lingering crush on Michelle. Kudrow reprised the role of Michelle from her late 1980s stage performance in the play Ladies' Room by Robin Schiff, who expanded both the play and the part of Michelle for the feature film version.
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