Romy and Michele's High School Reunion [15th Anniversary Edition] [Blu-ray]

Director: David Mirkin David Mirkin

Overview

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.

Product Details

Release Date:	08/07/2012
UPC:	0786936825787
Original Release:	1997
Rating:	R
Source:	Touchstone / Disney
Sound:	[Dolby Digital Stereo]
Language:	English
Time:	1:32:00

Cast & Crew

Performance Credits

Mira Sorvino	Romy
Lisa Kudrow	Michele
Janeane Garofalo	Heather
Alan Cumming	Sandy Frank
Julia Campbell	Christie
Mia Cottet	Cheryl
Kristin Bauer	Kelly
Elaine Hendrix	Lisa
Vincent Ventresca	Billy
Camryn Manheim	Toby
Justin Theroux	Cowboy
Jacob Vargas	Ramon
Tami-Adrian George	Receptionist at `Singled Out'
Neil Dickson	Boutique Manager
E.J. Callahan	Mr. Lish
Kathy Long	Kick Boxing Instructor
Betsy Folsom	Spinning Instructor
Zack Phifer	Head of Personnel
Ricky Paull Goldin	Guy At Rehab Meeting
Robb Skyler	Creepy Manager
Deezer D	Service Guy
Kivi Rogers	Service Guy
Brian McGregor	Brat
Pat Crawford Brown	Truck Stop Waitress
Victor Wilson	Bartender Vic
Paul Keeley	Suit Salesman
Amelinda Smith	Reunion Guest
Keana Hall	Reunion Guest
Alison Gale	Reunion Guest
Anne Jensen	Reunion Guest
Elizabeth Norment	Irate Customer
Rick Pasqualone	Mark
Tate Taylor	Casey
Linda Clements	Beverly Hills Lady
Alan Purwin	Helicopter Pilot
Steve Bartek	Composer
James Newton Howard	Composer

Technical Credits

Robin Schiff

David Mirkin	Director
Laurence Mark	Producer
Robin Schiff	Screenwriter,Executive Producer
Larz Anderson	Special Effects
Randy Fife	Stunts
Mark Franco	Special Effects
Barry Kemp	Executive Producer
Cliff McLaughlin	Stunts
Marcia Ross	Casting
David Ronne	Sound/Sound Designer

Editorial Reviews

Audiences are accustomed to seeing two luckless, clueless guys front a slight comedy (think Wayne and Garth or Bill and Ted), so it's refreshing to have them replaced by talented actresses who don't mind looking goofy for laughs. It's never quite possible to forget that Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino almost certainly would have been the popular kids at their school, but the pair do "gawky" surprisingly well, with real sympathy. Romy and Michele's High School Reunion rides their performances to a more affectionate status than the script alone could have achieved, and it gets big help from Alan Cumming and Janeane Garofalo on its way to becoming one of the more memorable buddy comedies of the 1990s. The bubblegum look of Mayne Berke's production design -- all pastels and pinks -- makes it a gloriously kitschy affair, one that might be comfortable alongside a John Waters movie. Its characterization of high school archetypes may be typically simplistic, but it gets the overwhelming sense of reunion dread right on. No one can blame Romy and Michele for trying to concoct a better story for themselves, and the realization that others are just trying to do the same should put any stunted twentysomethings in the viewing public at ease.