Romy and Michele’s High School Reunion
Twister was a mega-million-dollar blockbuster–helmed by a director (Dutchman Jan de Bont) hot off another scorcher hit (Speed)–that flaunted state-of-the-art digital effects and featured a popular leading actress (Helen Hunt) who would win an Academy Award for her next film (As Good As It Gets). But ask anybody who’s seen it and they’ll tell you who the real star of Twister is: the cow. Not to give anything away, but the cow is one of those inspired little touches (like, say, Bronson Pinchot’s career-making cameo in Beverly Hills Cop) that adds a touch of personality to a gigantic Hollywood production. The story is blown out the window after an impressive prologue in which Hunt’s character, as a little girl, witnesses her daddy being sucked into a tornado. Basically, Hunt and Bill Paxton are thrill-seeking meteorologists chasing twisters in order to study them (and help warn people of them, of course) with a new technology they’ve developed. If you thought the Kansas tornado in The Wizard of Oz was every bit as scary as the Wicked Witch of the West, then this may be the movie for you. –Jim Emerson
Customer Review: Excellent Flick
I love disaster flicks and this one did not disappoint. It had all the qualities I love about such movies: the person/people who puts money/ego ahead of people’s safety dies, the hero gets the girl, and the hero goes back into the disaster area when everyone else is leaving.
Customer Review: ok
I missed the beginning of the movie with the tasmanian devil. That gave the movie a kick start. But the rest of the movie was very good, color excellant. I enjoyed the widescreen format, so much better than full screen. .
Big laughs and hot stars make this a can’t-miss comedy in the hilarious tradition of CLUELESS and DUMB AND DUMBER! Romy (Mira Sorvino) and Michele (Lisa Kudrow) are carefree party girls who reinvent themselves for their 10-year high school reunion. With new wardrobes and wild stories of success, they make a big impression … until a former classmate Janeane Garofalo — CLAY PIGEONS) blabs their real story to everyone! But that’s when Romy and Michele let loose with a surprise of their own … and outrageous results! Featuring a sizzling hit soundtrack of favorite hits from the ’80s, it’s the comedy treat The New York Times calls “cheerful, giddy fun!”
Customer Review: “OH my god sometimes I wish I were a Lesbian!”
I absolutely love this movie! It is my favorite movie!It is so hilarious! I can watch it over and over again!It makes you laugh from beginning to end. Kudrow and Sorvino are so great together! What a perfect comedy team match! They go so well together. It is so funny, because they are so stupid and ditzy. If your looking for lots of laughs, this is the movie to see and if you love chick flicks. Great 80’s music, a great cast, and lots of laughs makes this a great movie!
Customer Review: My 15 is coming up …
I picked up this movie just to see it, if that makes any sense. It was a nice, lite, airy comedy about a real horror story we have all dealt with : high school. Two dizzy blondes who had been friends since those days and are still together have returned to their high school for the ten year reunion. They really haven’t amounted to much, but try to reinvent themselves as success stories to impress their former classmates.
This was a clever idea, but the idea did not stretch out enough to make a quality movie out of it. I have been to my ten year reunion, and I must say that you feel sort of like a loser. You can use it as a motivation to make things better for you, but we all lack in some way. What is so funny is that, at least at my reunions, the popular kids, whose high school experience must have been so wonderful because they made everyone else so miserable, didn’t show up. People go right back to the same cliques they were in, even if they haven’t seen or spoken to each other in years. Maybe you don’t have the loving spouse, fame, fortune, steller career or whatever else is so important, but neither do others. The Mean Girls are losers. Romy and Michelle of course rise to prominence after the reunion, and tell the Mean Girls off.
And know what? You didn’t need their approval then and you don’t need it now. So when the invite comes, pitch it out and move on. .
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