Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

"The blonde leading the blonde."

1997 1h 32m EN

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6.3

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75%

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METACRITIC

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6.4

IMDB

★6.3TMDB · 621🍅75%Rotten Tomatoes●60Metacritic★6.4IMDB · 56,153

Comedy

Synopsis

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Two not-too-bright party girls reinvent themselves for their high school reunion. Armed with a borrowed Jaguar, new clothes and the story of their success as the inventors of Post-It notes, Romy and Michele descend on their alma mater, but their façade crumbles quickly.

“The blonde leading the blonde.”

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Cast

Mira Sorvino
Romy White
Lisa Kudrow
Michele Weinberger
Janeane Garofalo
Heather Mooney
Alan Cumming
Sandy Frink
Julia Campbell
Christy Masters
Mia Cottet
Cheryl Quick
Kristin Bauer
Kelly Possenger
Elaine Hendrix
Lisa Luder

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: David Mirkin
Writers: Robin Schiff
Languages: English
Countries: United States of America

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ERA

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29 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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2 / 8

CINEMA

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Part of the "Romy and Michele Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by David Mirkin, shot by Reynaldo Villalobos. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Original score by Steve Bartek. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor David Finfer shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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6 / 8

CAST

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Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow and Janeane Garofalo carry the top of the cast.

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7 / 8

CAST

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Marketing tagline: "The blonde leading the blonde.".

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8 / 8

WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0120032 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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Cinephile deep dive

The take

David Mirkin directs. Reynaldo Villalobos behind the camera. Steve Bartek scores. David Finfer cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Profitable at the box office. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English.

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Things worth knowing

129 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
2Part of the "Romy and Michele Collection" — so the characters or world continue elsewhere.
3Directed by David Mirkin, shot by Reynaldo Villalobos. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
4Original score by Steve Bartek. Worth a dedicated listen after — most great films lose half their impact without the score.
5Editor David Finfer shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow and Janeane Garofalo carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The blonde leading the blonde.".
8IMDB entry: tt0120032 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 32 themes, including "high school", "overweight child", "smoking", "marriage".

The technical file

Cinematography: Reynaldo Villalobos
Original score: Steve Bartek
Editing: David Finfer
Production design: Mayne Berke
Costume design: Mona May
Makeup / hair: Susan A. Cabral
Sound: Andy D'Addario
Stunt coordinator: Randy Fife
Runtime: 92 min · 1h 32m
Aspect ratio (typical): 1.37:1 (Academy)
Status: Released
Budget: $20,000,000
Box office: $29,235,353
Return: 146% of budget
Original language: EN
Certification (US): R
IMDB: Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)
Rotten Tomatoes: 75% 🍅 Fresh
Metacritic: 60/100
IMDB rating: 6.4/10 · 56,153 votes
MPAA: R

Awards

4 nominations total

Part of

Romy and Michele Collection

A series of comedy films about two dim-witted, inseparable friends.

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David Mirkin

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Wuchak2021-10-24
★ 5/10
Lying about your success at your 10-year reunion "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion" (1997) is about two Californians, Romy and Michele (Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow), who decide to attend their 10-year reunion in Arizona. Since they were misfits in high school they lie about their success and face the ramifications thereof. Janeane Garofalo is on hand as a no-nonsense fellow high schooler. While this comedy is fairly amusing and many elements of the story ring true, it's told from the protagonists' perspective (naturally) and would therefore appeal more to women. I'm on the fence with Sorvino and Kudrow -- I neither like nor dislike them -- so it's the story and peripheral characters that are going to make or break the film for people like me, but I can't remember that many memorable parts even though I saw the movie two days ago, which isn't a good sign. On the plus side there's no raunch. So it's worth checking out if what I said piques your interest but, for me, meh. The film runs 92 minutes and was shot in the general Los Angeles area. GRADE: C

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