A pair of none-too-bright best girl friends, ashamed to go to their ten-year high school reunion with nothing to show for the past decade, decide to exorcise their teenage demons by showing up at the bash and pretending they've come a long way, baby. While their ruse holds up against the former jocks and cheerleaders, a spiteful loser from their past is determined to ferret out the truth.
Review 1:
"...Breathless pace and cartoonish camerawork....A cute piece of bubblegum self-reflexivity....A cross between CLUELESS and MURIEL'S WEDDING..."
Source: Sight and Sound
p.54-5 09/01/1997
Review 2:
"...Janeane Garofalo, always a welcome sullen sight, tickles as the tortured class wit..."
Source: USA Today
p.4D 04/25/1997
Review 3:
"...Cheerful, giddy fun....Ms. Kudrow and Ms. Sorvino make a fine team, elevating bubble-headedness to new levels of comic ingenuity..."
Source: New York Times
p.C5 04/25/1997
Review 4:
"...[Garofalo] is characteristically blackly funny....There are so many good ideas packed into ROMY AND MICHELLE..."
Source: Entertainment Weekly
p.42-4 05/02/1997
Review 5:
"...There's a jaunty spirit to every element in the film..."
Source: Los Angeles Times
p.F4 04/25/1997
Review 6:
"...One of the brightest and goofiest comedies in a while..."
Source: Chicago Sun-Times
p.31 04/25/1997