Romy and Michele's High School Reunion

The blonde leading the blonde.
Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)
6.4/10
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6.2/10
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Budget
$20 000 000
Revenue
$29 235 353
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Actors
Photo Mira Sorvino
Mira Sorvino
Romy White
Photo Lisa Kudrow
Lisa Kudrow
Michele Weinberger
Photo Janeane Garofalo
Janeane Garofalo
Heather Mooney
Photo Alan Cumming
Alan Cumming
Sandy Frink
Photo Julia Campbell
Julia Campbell
Christy Masters
Photo Mia Cottet
Mia Cottet
Cheryl Quick
Photo Kristin Bauer
Kristin Bauer
Kelly Possenger
Photo Elaine Hendrix
Elaine Hendrix
Lisa Luder
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Short description

Romy White and Michele Weinberger have been best friends since their school days in Tucson and now share a life in Los Angeles filled with parties, dancing and careful attention to their looks. When an invitation arrives for their ten-year high school reunion, the two realise they have little to show for the past decade and decide to invent a more impressive story about themselves. They arrive at the reunion in borrowed finery, posing as successful businesswomen, only for an old rival to threaten the deception.

David Mirkin directed the film, his first feature, from a screenplay by Robin Schiff. Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow play the two leads, with Janeane Garofalo, Alan Cumming, Julia Campbell and Mia Cottet among a credited cast of 43. The production, from Touchstone Pictures and Bungalow 78 Productions, cost about 20 million dollars and took roughly 29 million dollars worldwide.

On IMDb the film holds a rating of 6.4 from around 58,000 votes, while on TMDB it stands at 6.2 from a much smaller base of 616 votes. A critics' rating of 6.4 from 65 reviews places it level with the IMDb figure and slightly above the TMDB one, indicating a broadly middling reception across all three. Mirkin went on to direct Heartbreakers in 2001.

What's left behind the scenes

  • The red blouse that Lisa Kudrow’s character wears when entering the discount store is the same one worn by Courtney Cox’s character in the finale of “Scream” (1996).
  • The characters of Romy and Michele first appeared in the play “Women’s Room,” where Lisa Kudrow, as in the film, played Michele.
  • Since Lisa Kudrow had a university degree in biology and Mira Sorvino received a higher education in Oriental Studies, they jokingly called each other “Smarty” and “Super-Smarty” during filming.

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