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7 Observations from Re-Watching Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion As An Adult

7 Observations from Re-Watching Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion As An Adult
Carly Jacobs
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love Netflix. It knows me so well. I was watching a few episodes of Gilmore Girls the other day (Lorelai and Luke broke up and it’s the saddest I’ve been so far this year) and there was a helpful little box that popped up and it said ‘Because you watched Gilmore Girls would you like to watch Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion?’. Yes please and make mine a double! I do enjoy re-watching stuff as a grown up (I’ve written about Dawson’s Creek, Gilmore Girls and Ghost Whisperer should you be interested) and then dissecting it on this here blog so I thought I’d give Romy and Michelle the ol’ once over. Here are 7 observations from re-watching Romy and Michelle’s high school reunion as an adult.

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1. Heather Mooney is a work of combined brilliance.

Not only is this character the walking embodiment of the way nearly everyone felt in high school, she is expertly portrayed by the genius that is Janeane Garofalo. Every single thing she says and does in this movie is comedy gold.

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2. Romy and Michelle are the Thelma and Louise of the 90s.

While my aunties spent their 20s looking for the Thelma to their Louise so they could stick it to the man and have a girlpower party in an airborne convertible, us 90s gals just wanted a Romy or Michelle to watch Pretty Woman with and possibly marry if we’re still single by the time we’re thirty.

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3. Romy and Michelle are 12 year olds in grown up bodies and you’re totally jealous.

They order diet coke at clubs, all their accessories are made from matching plastic, they share a bedroom with twin beds, they eat jelly beans and candy corns for dinner and their main topics of conversation are that time Michelle barfed from eating bad mexican food and when the bitches in Pretty Woman won’t let Vivienne shop. What a pleasant and highly enviable existence.

4. We all wanted Christie Masters to get way more fucked over 

Christie Bitchface Masters didn’t get anywhere near enough punishment as far as I’m concerned. A hot boyfriend who turned out to be a dud husband and a wardrobe malfunction just doesn’t cut it for me. I would have liked for her babies to ACTUALLY turn out looking like monkeys. That’ll teach you to stick magnets on Back Brace Girl… I mean Michelle.

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 5. Money makes people infinitely more attractive 

Alan Cumming is a god amongst men but he looks and behaves exactly the same in high school when he was hiding his giant boner behind to his notebook to when he smoothly strides out of his helicopter and straight into the arms of Michelle ten years later. The only difference is the helicopter. So pay attention boys and girls: you can buy any thing you want when you’re rich, including people.

6. There’s always time for an interpretive dance

I once tried to bully my brother and this girl who lived down the road from us into learning the Time After Time dance but they ditched me and jumped on the trampoline instead. If only they had known how big flash mob dancing would become in the future on the internet. We could have gone viral. Bastards.

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7. There IS a difference between a crush and being very much in love with someone

Heather established the state of emo before it was even a thing in the brilliant scene where she runs into Romy at the mechanic. You can almost hear her slamming her door and screaming ‘No one understands me!!!‘ as she plays her Marilyn Manson cassette tape on her Sony tape deck, paints her fingernails with whiteout and performs a love spell on a tattered photo of Sandy Frink.

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Have you watched Romy and Michelle’s High School Reunion as an adult? Did you totally love it?

 

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10 Comments

  1. KellyNH 9 years ago

    I haven’t watched it since it first came out. But now I NEED to!
    I will pop it up on Netflix when I get home from work – Stat.
    Sorry kids, you need to find something for tea yourselves as Mums busy :o)

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      Carly Jacobs 9 years ago

      Oh you totally should. You won’t regret it at all.

  2. Hannah Rose 9 years ago

    I freaking love this movie, easily one of my favourites of all time. I’m still looking for the Romy to my Michelle though, maybe because Heather Mooney is pretty much my spirit animal haha. Do not under any circumstances watch the terrible, terrible sequel though! I only lasted 10 minutes, but I’m still scarred by it.

    • Kelly NH 9 years ago

      Holy Shit – There was sequel?!?
      How did I not know about this?!

      • Hannah Rose 9 years ago

        Yes! It’s got a young Katherine Heigel in it though, not the original casting.

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        Carly Jacobs 9 years ago

        I didn’t know about it either! Is it recent??? I’m surprised at Katherine Heigel for doing something like that. She usually doesn’t make bad decisions..

  3. emmabovary 9 years ago

    So good, I need to watch this again asap

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      Carly Jacobs 9 years ago

      It’s so good! I remember watching it as a kid and thinking it was a bit weird but it’s actually just awesome.

  4. nessbow 9 years ago

    Romy and Michele is one of my favourite films of all time. Every time I watch it I laugh my ass of at the size of the flip phone. It’s freakin’ enormous!

    I also have this film to thank for the urge to say “Excuse me, I cut my foot earlier and my shoe is filling up with blood” every time I’m stuck talking to someone I want to escape from.

  5. Tine 9 years ago

    Oh man, I really need to watch this again. I adored this movie! I secretly loved their fashion sense. 😛

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