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- 1997
- R
- Buena Vista Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
- 1997
- R
- Buena Vista Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
Summary Romy (Sorvino) and Michele (Kudrow) are carefree party girls who reinvent themselves for their 10-year high school reunion. With new wardrobes and wild stories of success, they make a big impression?until a former classmate (Garofalo) blabs their real story to everyone! But that's when Romy and Michele let loose with a surprise of their ...
Directed By: David Mirkin
Written By: Robin Schiff
- 1997
- R
- Buena Vista Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
- 1997
- R
- Buena Vista Pictures
- 1 h 32 m
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion
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8.2
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Summary Romy (Sorvino) and Michele (Kudrow) are carefree party girls who reinvent themselves for their 10-year high school reunion. With new wardrobes and wild stories of success, they make a big impression?until a former classmate (Garofalo) blabs their real story to everyone! But that's when Romy and Michele let loose with a surprise of their ...
Directed By: David Mirkin
Written By: Robin Schiff
Where to Watch
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
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50% Positive
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50% Mixed
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0% Negative
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Metascore
Mixed or Average
Based on 18 Critic Reviews
60
50% Positive
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
50% Mixed
9 Reviews
9 Reviews
0% Negative
0 Reviews
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Kudrow's Michele is a deadpan delight as she joins fellow misfit Romy (a deliciously funny Mira Sorvino).
One of those pleasant movie-going experiences that doesn't offend, excite, or challenge anyone. There are all sorts of likable things about it.
User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 62 User Ratings
8.2
77% Positive
48 Ratings
48 Ratings
16% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
6% Negative
4 Ratings
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User Score
Universal Acclaim
Based on 62 User Ratings
8.2
77% Positive
48 Ratings
48 Ratings
16% Mixed
10 Ratings
10 Ratings
6% Negative
4 Ratings
4 Ratings
Great acting and comedy throughout. All the high school rivalry and cliques play out in this over the top comedy about Romy and Michele as the navigate the social surprises and conflicts that are their high school reunion.
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Despite the aggressive silliness of this enjoyable comedy, the emotional focus on the painful social experience of high school makes the film real and immediate, and the flavorsome dialogue in Robin Schiff's script gives the leads a lot to work (as well as play) with.
A candy-colored, superficially fizzy revenge fantasy with a startlingly corrosive undercurrent of bitterness and frustration.
Okay, some of this is mildly diverting.
Sorvino and Kudrow, for whatever inscrutable reasons, seem to be having a blast with their ridiculous characters, and both shine in the loopy set-pieces and dream sequences that pepper the story.
[SPOILER ALERT: This review contains spoilers.]
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I'm not sure the amount of time that has to pass before a film is considered a classic but this is definitely one to me. It's unique, funny, heartfelt and with a retro zing. Mira Sorvino (Mimic) and Lisa Kudrow (Friends) star as Romy and Michelle two bright, sassy, stylish young women who receive an invite to their high school reunion where they were once bullied and made fun of. To show up their old nemeses they come up with a plan to create two new, more impressive lives and get the respect they wanted for so long. Throw in a dream sequences, some hilarious jokes, great performances from the leads and Janeane Garofalo (Reality Bites) amongst others and a clever, heartfelt screenplay and you have the makings of this comedy classic. Revisiting it's easy to see why it's attained it's cult status.
Budget: $20m
Box Office: $29m
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Romy and Michele are a pair of deliciously fitting best friends with a knack for looking at life in a different way than everyone else. Cheers to them - and cheers to Kudrow and Sorvino for their terrific portrayals.
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I had always heard this was a "guilty pleasure" or some kind of minor cult classic, and it being my own 10 year reunion this summer I thought I would finally check it out. Well I don't think it's either of those really, though I suppose guilty pleasure always fits to some degree.
It's a just alright, broad, semi-funny look at female friendship above all else. Mira Sorvino's accent is the scene stealer here, it's some kind of Californian valley girl monstrosity that takes on a life of its own throughout the movie. Is it just me or does it become more pronounced when she returns to Tucson, where no one has that accent? Is this a subtle shade of "acting" on her part, the accent an affectation she picked up in SoCal to distance herself from her terrible adolescence? There's also Justin Theroux who plays a cowboy with a goofy southern accent. I've got nothing for that one.
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Production Company
Touchstone Pictures,
Bungalow 78 Productions
Release Date Apr 25, 1997
Duration 1 h 32 m
Rating R
Genres
Tagline Coming Soon To Theaters Everywhere... Okay?
Awards
Chlotrudis Awards
• 1 Nomination
MTV Movie + TV Awards
• 1 Nomination
Satellite Awards
• 1 Nomination
