Romy and Michele's High School Reunion Page #4

Synopsis: Romy and Michele have been through it all, including being tortured by the Popular crowd when in high school. When they receive word of a 10 year reunion, they come to realize their lives aren't as impressive as they'd like them to be. Instead of staying home they go to the reunion with business outfits, cell phones, and one heck of a bogus success story.
Genre: Comedy
Director(s): David Mirkin
Production: Touchstone Pictures
  4 nominations.
 
IMDB:
6.2
Metacritic:
59
Rotten Tomatoes:
71%
R
Year:
1997
92 min
2,479 Views


- Yes. Yes, it is.|- I thought so. So, what do you do?

- I'm a suit salesman.|- Oh, uh-oh

Would you excuse me? I cut my foot before,|and my shoe is filling up with blood.

Ooh, if there ain't no love|then there ain't no use

Ooh, better walk on by|Better walk on through

Hey, hey, there's a woman in the world|that you can't use

Ain't no love, Ain't no use|Ain't no love

Yeah, well, my first choice was to work at a|boutique on Rodeo Drive, but this would be okay.

Well, thank you. Unfortunately, we|don't have any openings here right now.

- Are you serious?|- Mm.

Although we might have|an opening at our discount outlet.

Okay, well, what street|would that be on?

Come on, Michele. At this point,|any job is better than no job at all.

A discount outlet? Me?

Fine.

So, any boyfriends yet?

No. All the guys with good jobs|must be going to some other club.

Oh, you know where Dana met her new|boyfriend? He's a William Morris agent.

Oh! Showbiz!|Good job! Where?

Hi. My name is Romy,|and I'm an alcoholic.

- Hi, Romy!|- Hey.

And you also get a five-percent|employee discount...

over and above our|everyday low prices.

You could make curtains|for the motorhome with this.

- I got this tie for a dollar.|- You paid a whole dollar for that?

- You betcha.|- Ah!

She's one|of our regulars.

So, what do you think?

I- I'd like to go away.

I know I'm supposed to wait|in that line, but listen.

I wouldn't even be here if this|weren't, like, a dating emergency.

Our cutoff is 25.|Try VH-1.

The reunion's less than a week away. I mean,|I just can't believe you turned down a job.

Well, I thought the idea|was to impress people.

I mean, how am I going to impress anyone|by selling Ban-Lon smocks at Bargain Mart?

I'm sick of this.|I'm gonna go weigh myself.

Oh, God! I've been killing myself|for eight days and I gained a pound.

That's impossible! Did you|deduct 16 pounds for your shoes?

Just forget it.|I'm not going.

- What?|- Come on. Get real, Michele. We're idiots.

We can't get jobs and boyfriends,|and lose weight, in two weeks.

But I thought|you said we could.

Wow. God, the top female|executives are all so pretty.

Those aren't the actual executives,|Michele. Those are models.

Oh, I thought|they looked familiar.

God, they really look like|executives, don't they?

That's only because they're|wearing those stupid suits...

and phoney glasses,|and carrying briefcases.

- Huh!|- Oh, my God, Michele, that's it!

We can go to the reunion, and|just pretend to be successful!

I mean, who's gonna know?|They're in Tucson, we're here.

We could just show up|looking like businesswomen.

Oh, my God!|Oh!

Wait. Ohh. But if the people at the|reunion see us drive up in a Nova...

won't they know we're not|really businesswomen?

If you can make us|the clothes...

I can get us the car.

Clear out, boys.|I need to talk to Ramon.

Go!

Yes, cara mia?

Michele and I have this|high school reunion to go to...

and we need to show up|in a really cool car.

- Yeah?|- Todd told me that he gave you a really great deal...

- on an XJS convertible and that you're fixing it up.|- Yeah?

So...

can I borrow your car?

Well, if I loan|you my car...

what do I get?

- Uh, what do you want?|- Ohh, Romy...

you know what I want.

Oh, forget it. I'm not going to have sex|with you just to borrow your stupid car!

I gotta get something.

Okay.

Close the blinds,|and we'll work something out.

Ohh! Ohh! Ohh, Ramon!

- Ohh, Ramon, ohh! Ohh!|- Check this out.

- Oh, yes. Ohh.|- Oh, yeah.

- Oh, man!|- Ohh! Ohh!

Ohh, Ramon!|Ohh, Ramon!

Ohh! Oh, yes.

You are Columbus,|and I am America.

Discover me, Ramon!|Just discover me.

Hey, uh- Explosions.|The earth is moving.

Explosions!|The earth is moving!

Ah, ooh- is that an earthquake?|No, it's Ramon.

Is that an earthquake?|No, it's Ramon!

Ahh! It's Ramon!

Man stallion, fill me|with your giant love wand!

What? No, I'm sorry.|I don't think so.

Well, say something nice|about my penis!

Oh, Ramon, your penis|is so powerful. I'm coming!

- Okay, thanks. Get off me now.|- Aw, come on, wh-

- You wanted it to be believable.|- Aww.

I'm just a girl|in the world

That's all that|you'll let me be

Oh, I'm just a girl|living in captivity

Oh, my God!|You did it!

Yeah, I did.|All right, let's get going.

Oh, this is gonna|be so much fun.

- So, what'd you have to do to get it?|- I had to give all the guys...

in the service department|hand jobs.

Well, while you were doing that,|I taped all the nostalgic songs...

from high school,|to get us in the mood.

- Michele? - Huh?|- I was kidding.

- What?|- You actually think I would do something like that?

For a car?

- Okay, just get in.|- Okay.

Hey, look what else|I got us, little lady.

- Oh, my God. It's a flip phone!|- Uh-huh.

- How'd you get this?|- I bought it.

Okay.

- Are ya ready?|- Ready.

Let's do it.

Tonight|I gotta cut loose

- Footloose -|Footloose! - Footloose!

- Kick off my Sunday shoes|- Kick off my Sunday knees?

- Oowhee, Louise|- I have no idea what the rest of the lyrics are.

- Me neither. Whoo!|- Jack, get back

- Watch out, Tucson, here we come!|- Come on before we crack

- Sh*t!|- Aww.

- Loose your blues - Watch out, Tucson,|here we come! - Everybody cut footloose

Footloose, footloose|Kick off your Sunday shoes

- Sh*t!|- Aww.

- Footloose|- Whoo!

- You're playin' so|cool - Whoo! - Whoo!

Obeyin' every rule

- Dig way down in your heart|- Down in your art-

- You're yearnin', burnin'|- You're flurnin', burnin', earnin'

- Somebody to tell you|- Somebody better tell you

- That life ain't passin' you by|- You have one hell of an eye

- Everybody cut, everybody cut|- Everybody cut, everybody cut

- Everybody cut, everybody cut|- Everybody cut, everybody cut

- Everybody cut, everybody cut|- Everybody cut, everybody cut

- Everybody, everybody cut footloose|- Footloose

I got your picture|I got your picture

I'd like a million of ya|all to myself

I want a doctor|to take a picture

So I can look at you|from inside as well

- You got me turning up and turning down|- Okay, I give up. What are you doing?

Pass this car.|This kid is so obnoxious.

- Turning Japanese|- Oh, my God. What is with that kid?

I don't know.|He is sick!

Turning Japanese I think I'm|turning Japanese I really think so

Turning Japanese I think I'm|turning Japanese I really think so

Turning Japanese I think I'm|turning Japanese I really think so

Oh, I'm sorry. No.

No, not you. No. I was trying|to scare your little boy.

Oh, my God.|Are my lips that big?

Woke up this mornin'|happy as can be

- Some more of that?|- Yeah.

All right. Now, just remember,|from this point on...

we are sophisticated, educated,|successful career women.

Right. Okay.

God, this underwear is totally|riding up my butt crack.

Yeah. Hello.|Um, we need something to go.

- Okay.|- Do you have some sort of businesswoman's special?

- Come again?|- Well, we're businesswomen.

- Yeah. From L.A.|- And you know some places have, like, a lunch special.

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Robin Schiff

Robin Schiff is a Hollywood writer-producer, best known for the movie Romy and Michele's High School Reunion starring Lisa Kudrow and Mira Sorvino. Schiff was a member of the comedy troupe The Groundlings. She does an interview series once a year for the Writers Guild Foundation called Anatomy Of A Script, where she and Winnie Holzman (writer of the musical Wicked and creator of My So Called Life) discuss the craft with other well-known writers. Schiff also teaches a writing class with Wendy Goldman (whom she met at The Groundlings) called Improv For Writing. more…

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