Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997)

Regisseur:

David Mirkin

Drehbuchautoren (WGA):

Robin Schiff (play)
Robin Schiff (screenplay)

Premierendatum:

25. April 1997 (USA)

Genre:

Komödie

Werbezeile:

The Blonde Leading The Blonde.

Plot:

Two women get into a lot of trouble when they go to their high school reunion and lie about their lives after twelfth grade.

Plot Keywords:

Post It | Back Brace | Billionaire | Cashier | Plastic Surgery

Filmpreise:

3 nominations

Nutzerkommentare:

Harmless Entertainment

Besetzung

Mira Sorvino	...	Romy White
Lisa Kudrow	...	Michele Weinberger
Janeane Garofalo	...	Heather Mooney
Alan Cumming	...	Sandy Frink
Julia Campbell	...	Christy Masters
Mia Cottet	...	Cheryl
Kristin Bauer	...	Kelly
Elaine Hendrix	...	Lisa Luder
Vincent Ventresca	...	Billy
Camryn Manheim	...	Toby Walters
Justin Theroux	...	Cowboy
Jacob Vargas	...	Ramon
Tami-Adrian George	...	Receptionist at 'Singled Out'
Neil Dickson	...	Boutique Manager
E.J. Callahan	...	Mr. Lish

Alternativ:

Romy und Michele (Deutschland) [de]
Romy und Michele - Alle Macht den Blonden (Deutschland) (DVD box title) [de]

Länge:

92 Min

Produktionsland:

USA

Sprache:

Englisch

Farbe:

Farbe (Technicolor)

Seitenverhältnis:

1.85 : 1

Tonverfahren:

Dolby Digital

Altersfreigabe:

South Korea:15 | Iceland:L | Singapore:NC-16 | UK:12 (cinema version) (cut) | Australia:M | Finland:S | Germany:6 | Netherlands:MG6 | Portugal:M/12 | Spain:7 | Sweden:7 | UK:15 | USA:R

Drehorte:

Ambassador Hotel - 3400 Wilshire Boulevard, Los Angeles, California, USA

Firma:

Touchstone Pictures

Dies und das:

Art Fry is the inventor of Post-Its.

Pannen:

Abfolgefehler: When Michele is "trying to scare the little boy" while driving to the reunion, they are overtaken twice by the same car in consecutive shots.

Dialogzitate:

[looking at yearbook pictures]
Romy: Oh my God! Remember what a big controversy it was for us to have our picture taken together?
Michele: Yeah, because Danny Weller like, lodged that complaint. Because alphabetically he was supposed to be between us.
Romy: So we said: "OK Danny. If you want to be between us, come to Michele's house on Friday night and we'll be waiting."
Michele: And then he showed up, and we were like: "Danny, it was a joke!"
Romy: And then we turned the sprinklers on him!
[both laugh hysterically]
Michele: Oh my God!
[abruptly stops laughing]
Michele: Didn't he die?
[...]

Bezüge zu anderen Titeln:

Nimmt Bezug auf Pretty Woman (1990)

Soundtrack:

(THERE'S) ALWAYS SOMETHING THERE TO REMIND ME

Harmless Entertainment

For those of us who weren't in the "in" crowd, but turned out OK, this movie is a hoot. And the message is pretty clear: Happiness comes from within, not how successful people think you are.

Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorveno excel as to Blonds who return to their high school reunion intent on making the "Popular People" stand up and take notice. These two are the movie, and an confused appearance by Janeane Garofalo only garbles the basic plot, which isn't wide enough to absorb her. Alan Cummings bit part shows his true talent of being able to step into any role and fit in.

The only place where the movie fails is too much time with Romy and Michelle in L.A., and not enough with them at the reunion, which if written correctly could have made this laugh out loud funny.