![]() Six months later, back in Los Angeles, Romy and Michele use money loaned to them by Sandy to open a successful fashion boutique.Romy White ( Mira Sorvino) and Michele Weinberger ( Lisa Kudrow) are two friends living together in a beachfront apartment in Los Angeles, California. Christie is screaming asking where Billy is and her dress flies above her head from the air of the helicopter. He hits on Romy, who tells him to wait in his hotel room for her, who then leaves the reunion with Michele and Sandy in his helicopter saying “now he’ll know what it feels like to wait!.” As the helicopter flies off, the guests at the reunion come to see them off. Once a fit and handsome athlete, he is now an overweight alcoholic with a dead-end job and an unhappy marriage to Christie. On their way out, they encounter Billy Christensen. After their interpretive dance to Cyndi Lauper's " Time After Time" receives huge applause, Sandy escorts them to his helicopter. Michele agrees, as long as Romy can dance with them too. He confesses that he still loves Michele and asks her to dance with him. Sandy Frink, who turns out to be an actual billionaire, arrives via helicopter. ![]() Romy and Michele comfort her by reminding her that she was always successful at making classmate Toby Walters ( Camryn Manheim) miserable. Heather apologizes to Romy and Michele and admits she was miserable in high school because she was in love with Sandy, who was in love with Michele. The other A-Group girls abandon Christie, while everyone else congratulates Romy and Michele. Christie verbally attacks Lisa, who coolly dismisses her. Former A-Group girl Lisa Luder ( Elaine Hendrix), now a fashion editor, announces that the outfits are actually "not bad". They confront Christie, who makes fun of their clothes. They change into brightly colored homemade outfits and return to the reunion. They reconcile and decide to have fun as themselves instead of trying to impress other people. Romy runs out, and Michele chases after her. Christie and her friends taunt Romy and Michele ineptly defends her. At the reunion, Romy has begun to spread the Post-it story, but Heather Mooney spoils the lie by revealing the real inventor's name. Michele wakes up alone in the car, realizing she was dreaming. However, they rehash the same argument and Romy dies without resolving their issues. Seventy years later, an elderly Michele learns Romy is on her deathbed, and calls her to make amends. Both Romy and Michele win awards as the "Most Changed For the Better" members of their graduating class, but still refuse to speak with each other. Sandy Frink ( Alan Cumming), the nerd who had a crush on Michele in high school, has become wealthy and attractive since high school, and hits on Michele. Michele convinces the A-Group she invented a special kind of glue. They decide to go their separate ways once they reach the reunion.Īt the reunion, Michele hears Romy claiming she invented Post-its by herself. They argue over the details of their lie, which escalates into an argument about their friendship. En route to the reunion, they decide to claim to have invented Post-it notes, believing no one will know better. Romy borrows a nice car from her workplace, and Michele makes their outfits. Having failed to secure jobs and boyfriends, Romy and Michele decide to fake success by showing up in an expensive car and business suits. Romy waits all night to dance with Billy, who had already left with Christie. ![]() Finally, at the prom, Christie tricks Romy into believing that her boyfriend Billy Christensen ( Vincent Ventresca) was in love with Romy, and had dumped Christie to be with Romy. Desperate to impress their former classmates, Romy and Michele make last-ditch attempts to improve themselves, hoping to avoid being bullied again.Īs high school students in 1987, they were picked on by the "A-Group", led by cheerleader Christie Masters ( Julia Campbell), who humiliates them repeatedly. ![]() Romy realizes their lack of achievements will not make a good impression at the reunion. Romy encounters former high school classmate, Heather Mooney ( Janeane Garofalo), who informs Romy about their upcoming ten-year high school reunion in Tucson, Arizona. They are single, unambitious, and enjoy a casual lifestyle. Romy works as a cashier at a car dealership and Michele is unemployed. Romy White and Michele Weinberger ( Mira Sorvino and Lisa Kudrow) live together in Los Angeles, California. The characters are taken from the stage play Ladies Room, which also featured Kudrow. The plot revolves around two 28-year-old women who appear to have not achieved much success in life, and decide to invent fake careers to impress former classmates at their 10-year high school reunion. Romy and Michele's High School Reunion is a 1997 American comedy film directed by David Mirkin and starring Lisa Kudrow, Mira Sorvino, Janeane Garofalo, Camryn Manheim, and Alan Cumming.
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