Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion (1997)

ROMY AND MICHELLE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION makes more missteps than I 
care to count.  Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow are, indeed, a winning 
pair as the Venice Beach space cases, pretending to be successful, 
self-employed inventors at their ten-year reunion.  (Their claimed 
claim to fame:  Post-It notes.)  Alas, the movie, a cross between 
CLUELESS and DUMB AND DUMBER, lets them down at almost every turn.  
Flashbacks dispel the momentum of the first thirty minutes, while 
an extended dream sequence serves little purpose in hour two.  At 
least the movie is watchable up to that point.  The finale-- where 
things get serious and the reunited characters begin confessing to 
this, that, and the other-- sent me straight for the door.  Trust 
me, the final reel is best viewed from underneath the Exit sign.  
(Rated "R"/95 min.)

Grade: D-

Copyright 1997 by Michael J. Legeros
Movie Hell is a trademark of Michael J. Legeros

Originally posted to triangle.movies in MOVIE HELL: April 27, 1997