Review of Romy and Michele's High School Reunion (1997) by Keenan S — 11 Nov 2014

Sometimes proclaimed as a female version of Dumb And Dumber, Romy And Michele's High School Reunion is a sweet, funny, and very enjoyable friendship comedy. While not as funny as Dumb And Dumber, it's still a great time to watch and a sadly lost relic of 90's comedies.

Romy and Michele are two best friends living together even ten years after graduating high school. Romy works at a Jaguar dealership, while Michele is unemployed. When the two friends aren't designing and making their own clothing style, they like to go out and party or just hang out watching films.

The two have essentially never grown up from their teenage years, but don't think much about it until they get wind of their upcoming high school reunion. Suddenly, they realize that they have done nothing of particular relevance since graduating high school, which is especially problematic since they want to impress the bitchy popular girls from their class and everyone else who goes.

They try to reinvent their image, but can't lose any weight at the gym and Michele can't get a job. Romy manages to hatch a plan to impress their classmates by getting a Jaguar from the dealership she works at from a co-worker who has a crush on her and the two intend to be businesswomen claiming to have invented post-it notes.

But, on the way there, the two have a fight that threatens to end their friendship and they decide to go their separate ways at the reunion...without figuring out how to change their stories. Things go haywire for the duo when their dim-witted scheme comes to light by the popular girls and now they have to figure out what to do next.

The story, while not particularly original, has the right amounts of charm, humor, and messages about life and friendship to keep it lively and fun. It also helps that it has such bubbly and fun characters as they get involved in a series of ridiculous scenarios.

The acting is pretty solid, though some have complained about Lisa Kudrow's performance as a dumb blonde character. I didn't find her to be annoying or bad, but I find her to be quite funny and fun to watch. She's never dumb in a way that gets agitating, but rather, her character is sweet and endearing. Mira Sorvino's performance as Romy is also great fun to watch as she tries to play the smarter of the two friends who comes up with all the ridiculous schemes. The other actors are pretty solid, but like any friendship comedy, the two leads take center stage and do great jobs at their performances.

As a comedy, it is indeed a very funny film. It's not as funny as Dumb And Dumber, nor will it come within a thousand miles of being the greatest comedy I've ever seen, but this film still has loads of charm, great jokes that had me laughing a lot, and it also has a big heart tucked under the guise of its lunacy.

Romy And Michele's High School Reunion is a wacky, funny, heartfelt, and very enjoyable comedy. It has a well written story, terrific acting, and is filled with all sorts of creative ideas and craziness to keep everything fresh and lively. If you still have a fondness for 90's comedies, this one won't disappoint.