Interesteg What makes it different from others?

Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Inclubabu Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

GetPapa Far from Perfect, Far from Terrible

flowerboy I confess, I love re-union movies. So despite everything, I enjoyed this one. The characters are all a bit exaggerated here and some of them border on the bizarre (especially Lara Flynn Boyle), which makes it all the more fun. Most re-union movies tend to be rather dark in their outlook and this one is no exception. Everyone meets again after ten years, everyone has aged, some have lost their hair, some have lost the potential they showed in high school. Our hero here has mostly lost his sense of humor and become "mean" as his friends (and wife) tell him. Why do re-union movies always manage to strike a chord? Because we all empathize with them. and yes, they provide huge scope for characterization and drama, which this movie manages to do quite well. Though, I must add, it's no patch on the really great re-union movies like The Big Chill.

dojerblu This movie is a very entertaining. The writers nail the stereotypes that exist in everyone's high school class, and continue to exist 10 years later. Thank God they tend to disappear as we get older. The writing is quick witted and doesn't dummy down. While it's star studded, it's not played up. It's one of those movies you'll sit and watch the credits, to see "What's that guy's name?" David Schwimmer is the perfect arrogant ass. Molly Ringwald adorable in her cameo.The music is great for a quick glimpse back to the 80's. I highly recommend finding a copy of it to view before you attend any reunion.

Paul Aguilar This movie struck my adolescent home... and hard! The story line is rather brief in the drama department, mostly consisting of characterization "sketches" held together by the 10th reunion event. But I must declare, these vignettes were very much as I remember the angst of high school socializations. Every now and then I desire to watch this movie and usually end up watching it 2 or 3 times in one session. I think a good many people who have seen this movie dislike it because of the accurate recollections of those painful, "glory lost" or awkward years in high school. David Schwimmer's character as the class president reminds me of the social strata that necessitated the need to endure extreme torment. The trivial yet paradoxically significant feud between doctors McEldowney and Prince poignantly points out those events which act as a great social forge in our personal developments. There are so many personalities represented in this movie, and these personalities are highly representative of my friend's and my own high school years. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who can look back into their personal past and laugh at those formative semi-adult years in life.

oliver-123 I taped this from TV, so didn't have to pay a penny to see it. I thought it worked as a series of scenes, held together really only by the fact that everyone was there for the reunion, and alternating scenes with the main characters with little vignettes focusing on minor ones and quirks of character. So it was a bit sit-com'ish: who cares? It wasn't intended to be some major drama. There were many amusing moments, and one couldn't help feeling pleased that the doctor reconciled with his wife, the woman desperate to find someone did meet up with the man who wanted to see her, the unemployed man got offered a job after almost inadvertently putting a lot of people in touch with each other and also began a relationship, that the singer got to sing his song (apparently taken over and turned into a hit for someone else by a music company that ripped him off) the way he wanted and was applauded for it, also that the obnoxious class president, who seemed to be using the whole reunion to get work for his family's businesses, got his. But not "heartwarming" all the way, no: the tricks of Lara Flynn Boyle's character were sometimes unpleasantly vicious, and the last was a discordant note in the otherwise fairly upbeat ending (though it could probably have been sorted out eventually). We were evidently meant to see her as an unpleasant practical joker from way back (references to class outings in which some disaster had happened), but never shown why. Romy and Michelle's High School reunion was better, yes - but this wasn't so bad.