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The price was excellent, the shipping charges were acceptable, it was shipped quite quickly and arrived on time, however, the movie will not play because it says it will only play in certain regions, like Japan or Australia, not in Canada, where I reside.

Wassup this movie is master genious of the comedy. How can a movie reminisce the 80's without getting to much into cliches, well watch "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion" and u will find out how, this movie has it all, fun, great comedy, great jokes, and superb actings by Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino, a classic and a guilty pleasure.

Romy and Michele make such engaging and wonderful couple, they carry the movie very smoothly to the end. They are almost genious. The plot is simple, the characters are stereotypical and the events are somewhat perdictable. So what? They don't make the movie any worse but even better. You don't need complicated storyline and supernatural heroes to make a good movie. Romy and Michele's straight-forward characters not only entertain the audience but give us deeper lessons and feelings, too. You don't have to be ashamed of who you are but be yourself and face your problems no matter how others may judge you. Their courage gets rewarded and there are emotional instances when they realize that there are other important things in life than career and money. You get the sense of life that it is not worth living if you are not going to have fun anyway.

If you are a fan of so called "girl movies" you will love ROMY AND MICHELE'S HIGH SCHOOL REUNION. It stars Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow, who play Romy and Michele respectively. They receive an invitation to their 10 year high school reunion. Through "flashbacks" we see what they were like in high school, as well as a bunch of other characters like Heather, Sandy, and more. Romy and Michele don't have any boyfriends, and Michele isn't working. Once they start doing their forms for the reunion to see what they've been up to, they realize their lives aren't very impressive and decide to do something about it. They devise a plan and say that they invented Post It Notes. Romy & Michele have a falling out on the road trip there, and a weird dream ensues. Back to reality, at the reunion, dressed as business woman, they are laughed out of the place when their lie is uncovered by Heather. Romy & Michele make up and are friends again, and decide to have fun nonetheless. They realize it doesn't matter what anyone thought of them, that they had fun with each other nonetheless. They come in their own flashy outfits that their peers would have remembered them in, and ultimately take the place by storm and show up everyone who did them wrong in high school. Michele finally hooks up with Sandy, who had a crush on her in high school, Romy sets her crush straight, and they go back to live a fabulous life in LA where they own their own fashion store. Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow were made for these roles, it's truly a great movie for laughs and smiles. Oh and the soundtrack for the movie is excellent, 80's classics! Overall a real treat you must see!

A deliciously cast screw-ball comedy, the film tells the story of ditzy best friends Romy and Michele (wonderfully played by nd Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow) who decide to attend their 10-year high school reunion, but try to impress the former classmates who tormented them by completely making over themselves and their personalities. The two stars keep the film moving along, despite the various lapses in David Mirkin's direction, and the weird suspicion that the cute idea can't sustain a full-length feature film. (Proven by the lenghy mid-dream sequence). However, Sorvino and Kudrow are definitely worth seeing the film for. They know their characters, and become them, making these unbelievable women totally real. The supporting cast include the always wonderful Alan Cumming, Camryn Manheim, and Janeane Garofalo as a vicious, chain-smoking, foul-mouthed former classmate, who has some amazingly funny lines, and proves to be one of the better characters in the film. The 80's soundtrack just adds to the feel (and the fun). It is meant to me a fluffy, light, and funny film, and it totally succeeds on that level. This movie defines Guilty Pleasure! Perfect for a boring Sunday afternoon.

David Mirkin's Romy and Michele's High School Reunion is a dizzying parody of female objectivity and stereotypes. Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow star as typical dumb blondes, Romy and Michele, who attempt to make themselves appear successful for their high school reunion. The lead blondes place such importance on their appearance that all other aspects of their lives are moot. They hunt for "successful/ well-to-do" boyfriends, executive style clothing, and jobs to complement their fib about being something more than they are. They want to appear as accomplished women, marked by high paying jobs and nice cars, and diligently try to actualize this goal. At the climax, Romy and Michele realize that success isn't based on appearance but rather on personal contentment. The popular girls of their class "look" great but are actually miserable people.
Romy and Michele turn themselves into objects, just as the film does. The camera cuts them into itty-bitty pieces of the female body, shrouded in lacy pink and baby blue. The complete airheadedness of the heroines pokes fun at the blonde, girlie-girl image that is seen in films, media, and daily life. The over exaggerated stereotype of success in the film is a serious blow to society's view of accomplishment. The fact that Romy and Michele, two dumb and clueless girls, can appear successful simply by driving a jaguar, wearing business suits, and attracting even more successful men shows that too great of an importance is placed on monetary things. Ironically, their outlandish personal styles are accepted by their peers only after the "successful" fashion designer says that their clothes "aren't half bad."
Mirkin's film is a fun pun on success, stereotypes, appearance, and best of all itself.

Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow make a great duo playing the role of Romy and Michelle, respectively, in this mirthful comedy. Romy (Mira Sorvino) and Michelle (Lisa Kudrow) have been social misfits throughout high school. All through high school Romy and Michelle were made fun of by the popular group of girls otherwise known as the "A group". They finally have a chance to show they fit in by attending their 10 year high school reunion. Prior to the reunion, Romy and Michelle transform themselves into "successful" women. They wanted to impress their classmates, especially the "A group" and thought the way to do this was to show up in a fancy car as efficacious business women. Romy and Michelle worry about how they are going to be surveyed by their peers so they make up a lifestyle that will astound them. Romy and Michelle also become their own surveyors. At the reunion, Romy and Michelle find their definition of success different from the girls of the "A group". The "A group" girls are married and pregnant which is a typical stereotype of women at their 10 year high school reunion. Romy and Michelle goes against the stereotype of women getting married and bearing babies. Instead they portray a more modern representation of women in today's society. In today's world women are moving more towards a career rather then becoming homemakers. It's interesting how the movie depicts this idea. This movie is definitely a must-see. At the end you realize the problems one encountered in high school are not so significant after all. Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion took me back to "the good old days" minus the 80s music, big hair, and horrific outfits.

In this film, both Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino play a set of best friends whom decide to go to their 10 year high school reunion. Although this film is meant to be a comedy, it can also be viewed as a parody for many of today's societal notions of what it means to be successful, as well as what it means to be a woman.
As Romy (Sorvino) and Michele (Kudrow) examine what they have done with themselves for the past 10 years, they realize that in effect, they have done nothing. They decide that in order to go to the reunion, they must remake themselves so that they can impress their old classmates. They get new outfits, and manage to get themselves a jaguar to drive to the reunion. Their efforts make it seem that in society today; in order to be successful one must drive a nice car, and be wearing a typical business suit. They try to exemplify the stereotypical "successful woman", and go so far as to lie about their professions. At first, to Romy and Michele success is defined as having money and looking good. As the film goes on however, these women learn that this image of success is simply false. The women they were trying to impress, although successful, were not happy. Romy and Michele realized that even though they might not be successful under society's rules, they have found their own success because they are happy with each other, and what they have become as women.
This film also stereotypes women as being ditzy, viewed by men as sexualized objects. In order to get her jaguar, Michele must fake having sexual intercourse with a mechanic. Throughout the movie both characters wear outfits that show a lot of skin, making them seem more attractive to men. They are extremely ditzy, and are portrayed as being subordinate to men because of their lack of intelligence. In the end, both women participate in a dance with a smart, rich man, who embraces them because of their personality, and looks. Although this film is meant to be a comedy, it does bring up many important societal issues, and is definitely recommended to people of all ages.

"Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion" is a classic "dumb blonde" comedy about two high school best friends who have spent their whole lives together. When they hear about their ten year high school reunion, they are forced to think about their lives and are surprised to find that they have nothing impressive to share. Because of their new found void, they decided to invent a new exciting life to share with their former classmates. They place themselves in a life of wealth and success to impress everyone at the reunion. When they arrive, all prepared to fake their way to acceptance, they realize that there is one person there who knows their real situation. By creating a fake but "better" life they think that they will be more accepted by their peers than they were in the past. They struggle to keep their old lives a secret and to let their new concocted lives stun the others.
This movie is a classic representation of the blonde stereotype displaying the pairs' hilarious mishaps and brainless actions. They are depicted as having the very typical passions of shopping, club-hopping, and creating their own fashions. They try to throw all of this away and take on the role of the rich and successful business woman but later realize that it is not worth faking because the lives they live are just as good and even better. The movie evolves around the all too common and (very sadly) realistic theme of impressing others by advancing their economic stance and success.
Overall, it is a fun comedy. Lisa Kudrow is perfect in her role and she makes it all the more ridiculous.

"Romy and Michelle's High School Reunion" is a classic "dumb blonde" comedy about two high school best friends who have spent their whole lives together. When they hear about their ten year high school reunion, they are forced to think about their lives and are surprised to find that they have nothing impressive to share. Because of their new found void, they decided to invent a new exciting life to share with their former classmates. They place themselves in a life of wealth and success to impress everyone at the reunion. When they arrive, all prepared to fake their way to acceptance, they realize that there is one person there who knows their real situation. By creating a fake but "better" life they think that they will be more accepted by their peers than they were in the past. They struggle to keep their old lives a secret and to let their new concocted lives stun the others.
This movie is a classic representation of the blonde stereotype displaying the pairs' hilarious mishaps and brainless actions. They are depicted as having the very typical passions of shopping, club-hopping, and creating their own fashions. They try to throw all of this away and take on the role of the rich and successful business woman but later realize that it is not worth faking because the lives they live are just as good and even better. The movie evolves around the all too common and (very sadly) realistic theme of impressing others by advancing their economic stance and success.
Overall, it is a fun comedy. Lisa Kudrow is perfect in her role and she makes it all the more ridiculous.