'Romy and Michele'-Funny, Really Places Perspective

Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino from 'Romy and Michele's High School Reunion. Photo courtesy of Dazed.

Good evening.

So, on Saturday night, I finally watched 'Romy and Michele's High School Reunion' starring Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow.

The ladies played two late twenty-somethings returning to Arizona for their high school reunion. 10 years prior, they were "outcasts". And 10 years later, Romy works as a cashier at a Jaguar dealership while Michele is unemployed. On the good side, Michele is quirky yet offbeat like Kudrow's Phoebe Buffay from 'Friends.'

So they make up some lies and dress like businesswomen to fool the crowd. That's where I finally got the quote "Um, I invented Post-its" which I see at my movie theater. But in the end, they dressed as their usual selves, won over their former classmates, and opened their own boutique.

What was great about the movie was the humor with the women trying to come up in their adulting journeys, the cool pop and new wave music from artists such as The Go-Go's or Culture Club, Romy and Michelle's self-empowerment, and breaking down on the dance floor with Alan Cumming. The perspective is that even if it's not the typical way Hollywood presents it, you just got to be yourself and people will learn to love you. And those who won't, that's their problem, not yours. I liked the movie, and I hope you stream it and find some enjoyment for yourself.