Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)

Directed by

David Mirkin

Genre

comedy film, female buddy film

Country

United States

Runtime

1h 28m

Rated

R

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 594 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Two best friends in their late twenties head to their ten-year high school reunion. They feel like failures so they pretend to have invented Post-it notes to impress their old classmates.

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What happens

Romy and Michele's High School Reunion is a 1997 American comedy film directed by David Mirkin and written by Robin Schiff, based on characters from her play Ladies Room. The film stars Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow as two women who have not achieved much success in life, and decide to invent fake careers to impress former classmates at their ten-year high-school reunion. Upon its theatrical release on April 25, 1997, Romy and Michele received mixed to favorable reviews from critics, and grossed $29.2 million on a $20 million budget. Over the years, it has since come to be considered a cult classic. It was followed by a made-for-TV prequel, Romy and Michele: In the Beginning, in 2005. A sequel starring Sorvino and Kudrow is scheduled for release on Hulu in 2027. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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