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By now, Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan have amassed such a fund of goodwill with moviegoers that any new onscreen pairing brings nearly reflexive smiles. In You've Got Mail, the quintessential boy and girl next door repeat the tentative romantic crescendo that made Sleepless in Seattle, writer-director Nora Ephron's previous excursion with the duo, a massive hit. The prospective couple do actually meet face to face early on but Mail otherwise repeats the earlier feature's gentle, extended tease of saving its romantic resolution until the final, gauzy shot.
The underlying narrative is an even more old-fashioned romantic pas de deux that is casually hooked to a newfangled device. The script, cowritten by the director and her sister, Delia Ephron, updates and relocates the Ernst Lubitsch classic, The Shop Around the Corner, to contemporary Manhattan, where Joe Fox (Hanks) is a cheerfully rapacious merchant whose chain of book superstores is gobbling up smaller, more specialized shops such as the children's bookstore owned by Kathleen Kelly (Ryan). Their lives run in close parallel in the same idealized neighbourhood yet they first meet anonymously, online, where they gradually nurture a warm, even intimate correspondence. As they begin to wonder whether this e-mail flirtation might lead them to be soul mates, however, they meet and clash over their colliding business fortunes.
It's no small testament to the two stars that we wind up liking and caring about them despite the inevitable (and highly manipulative) arc of the plot. Although their chemistry transcended the consciously improbable romantic premise of Sleepless, enabling director Ephron to attain a kind of amorous soufflé, this time around there's a slow leak that considerably deflates the affair. Less credulous viewers will challenge Joe's logic in prolonging the concealment of his online identity from Kathleen, and may shake their heads at Ephron's reinvention of Manhattan as a spotless, sun-dappled wonderland where everybody lives in million-dollar apartments and colour co-ordinates their wardrobes for cocktail parties. --Sam Sutherland
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22 of 22 people found the following review helpful
Format:VHS Tape
If you look up the word "adorable" in the dictionary, you will see a picture of Meg Ryan. It's true; try it! She is so precious in this film that everyone will fall in love with her. She is the kind of girl that men drool over and women want as their best friend. Tom Hanks' photo can be found under the word "perfect," as in understanding, loving, mature, and funny. Put the two of them together and "You've Got Mail" is the ultimate feel-good movie.
Hanks plays the big, bad chain book store owner who moves into the neighborhood and drives poor little bookshop owner Ryan out of business. Neither realizes they are, in fact, the secret e-mail admirers they've been pouring their hearts out to for months. He finds out first, builds a solid friendship with her, and when she discovers the wonderful secret, all's right with the world.
Yes, it's corny and totally predictable. It's also about an hour too long, but one overlooks this when enjoying the sight of two such beautiful people finding true love. The gorgeous location photography helps set the fairy tale mood; New York City never looked lovelier. The city takes on a cozy, small-town feel, where it seems perfectly possible for two strangers to meet and fall in love. The lovely soundtrack, made up of soft rock and bittersweet ballads, adds to the romance.
I recommend this film as a romantic date movie or a girls-night-out flick. It's silly and wonderful, and Meg and Tom are so right together.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
It's pure heart warming silliness and who said there was anything wrong with that? Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks = a killer combination! It's not sleepless but who cares it has everything it needs to make a great romantic comedy!
Buy it 'I know you'll love it!'
Buy it 'I know you'll love it!'
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
A very enjoyable film. Comedy, romance and a nice story line.
Definetly worth a viewing. I wish they made more films like this. If you like Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks and films that are easy going you will enjoy this movie.
Definetly worth a viewing. I wish they made more films like this. If you like Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks and films that are easy going you will enjoy this movie.
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A true classic from the 1990's
Have seen the film time and time again and still love it. It is an ultimate romantic comedy for grown-ups and belongs to the same category as the films starring actors like... Read more
Published 7 days ago by Blue
Someone you pass on the street may already be the love of your life.
(THE FILM)
You've got Mail delivers all the wit, charm and warmth you'd expect from a reunion of the stars (Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan) and director (Nora Ephron) of 'Sleepless in... Read more
You've got Mail delivers all the wit, charm and warmth you'd expect from a reunion of the stars (Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan) and director (Nora Ephron) of 'Sleepless in... Read more
Published 1 month ago by S. F. husseiny
How I liked "you'Ve got mail"
Both the stars of this film have been my firm favorites. Even though I'm a guy, I enjoy a good chickflick and this is a good chick flick.
Published 2 months ago by Michael
Sweet love story amid changing business models in the 1990s
Hanks and Ryan are a perfect match for a deliberately paced, if somewhat incredible, love story in New York. Read more
Published 2 months ago by Carno Polo
The ultimate cheery-up film!
I love this film! After a truly horrible week at work I put this on knowing that I could rely on it to cheer me up, and it did! Read more
Published 3 months ago by Cheshire Bookworm
Awful, derivative, waste of time.
The reviewers who praise Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks in this dreeadful re-tread of a wonderful old film must have very low expectations of films and actors. Read more
Published 3 months ago by J. R. Dersley
Great Story Brought Up to Date
This is an story that has stood the test of time. First appearing as "The Shop Around the Corner" in 1940 it was soon turned into the musical "In the Good Old Summertime" with... Read more
Published 9 months ago by Mr. D. Matthews
Good classic movie for a night in.
It's one of those movies that you can fight over. I am one of those people who think it is a good movie, but wouldn't race to watch it. Read more
Published 10 months ago by cazza123
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We love Tom Hanks films. He is such a talented actor. This is one of our favourites so upgrade from video to DVD. Read more
Published 13 months ago by PJ
One of the best feelgood movies of all time!!
A romantic comedy with fantastic casting and a great storyline . Have watched it over and over and still have to reach for the Kleenex at the end!!
Published 14 months ago by jax
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