Michele injured her neck in an accident and had to wear an unsightly neck brace that squeaked every time she moved. Romy had a crush on cute Billy Christiansen, who wouldn't give her the time of day. In high school, Romy and Michele were scorned by a trio of the most popular girls. It alternates scenes from the reunion with flashbacks to real memories of high school, and fantasy scenes (the funniest is when Michele is challenged to explain how she invented Post-It Notes, and responds with a detailed and technical explanation that sounds pretty good to me). Looking at the signature, I recognized the name of a woman I'd always thought of as the epicenter of popularity.) "Romy and Michele's High School Reunion,'' written by Robin Schiff (based on her play) and directed by David Mirkin, is one of the brightest and goofiest comedies in a while, a film that has a share of truth, but isn't afraid to cut loose with the weirdest choreography I have seen outside a 1960s revival. (I recently got a note from a high school classmate who described herself as painfully shy and dyslexic. Apparently *everyone* was miserable during high school, and even the popular kids didn't seem successful to themselves. "Well, I invented them,'' Romy tells Michele, "but you were instrumental in the development and marketing.'' There have been a lot of high school reunion movies (this is the second one this month, after "Grosse Pointe Blank''), and they all hinge on long-lasting insecurity. What business? They decide to tell everyone that they invented Post-It Notes. And they can pose as business executives. Romy can borrow a used Jag from the dealership. they start thinking maybe they could go and make a different impression. They were labeled as "kooks'' and persecuted by the popular girls in their high school. Will she be there? Romy and Michele at first decide not to go. She tells Romy that their 10th reunion is coming up at Sagebrush High in Tucson. Memories of their painful and dreadful days in high school are all but obliterated until one day an old classmate named Heather ( Janeane Garofalo) walks into the Jaguar shop and is recognized by Romy.
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