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You've Got Mail [DVD] [1999]

DVD ~ Tom Hanks
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  • Actors: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Katie Sagona, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey
  • Directors: Nora Ephron
  • Writers: Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron, Miklós László
  • Producers: Delia Ephron, Dianne Dreyer, Donald J. Lee Jr., G. Mac Brown
  • Format: PAL, Widescreen
  • Language English
  • Subtitles: English, Arabic
  • Region: Region 2 (This DVD may not be viewable outside Europe. Read more about DVD formats.)
  • Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
  • Number of discs: 1
  • Classification: PG
  • Studio: Warner Home Video
  • DVD Release Date: 23 Aug 1999
  • Run Time: 114 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (31 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004CZ63
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 1,382 in DVD (See Bestsellers in DVD)

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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

Video Description
DVD Special Features

Interactive Menus
Scene Access
Trailer
Commentary with Nora Ephron and Lauren Shuler-Donner
HBO First Look Special: A Conversation with Nora Ephron
Discover New York's Upper West Side (11 selectable clips)
2-Channel Music Only
Language in Dolby Digital 5.1: English
Subtitles: English/Arabic/English for the hearing impaired

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The ultimate feel-good movie, 5 May 2003
By Kona (Emerald City) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: You've Got Mail [VHS] [1999] (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.

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8 of 8 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars A feel-good romantic comedy, 24 Jun 2000
By A Customer
This review is from: You've Got Mail [VHS] [1999] (VHS Tape)
This is a gentle romantic comedy, no whizz bang action and no steamy sex scenes, just good old-fashioned love. Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan are book-sellers who become hooked on each other via the Internet without realising they do actually know each other and are business rivals. It's predictable, you know Hanks will get his girl, but it still brings a tear to the eye when they finally get it together. 'You've Got Mail' is a sweet love story - get it, watch it and you know you'll feel better.
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7 of 7 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars How a romantic comedy should be, 2 Mar 2003
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This review is from: You've Got Mail [VHS] [1999] (VHS Tape)
I can't recommend this film enough. It's smart, funny and Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan are as always superbly cast together.

Based on the film "The Shop around the corner", and in my opinion echoes parts of the fantastic "Pride and Prejudice" this is the ultimate love story. Joe Fox owns one of the biggest chain book stores and opens a new store around the corner from Kathleen Kelly's modest family book shop. Both go into competition against each other not realising they are friends who met over the internet.

Fantastic support from Greg Kinnear and not forgetting to mention the beautifully shot New York city.

All in all - fantastic romantic comedy.

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5.0 out of 5 stars You've got mail
The DVD was sent in good time and in excellent order. The film is well worth seeing Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan play a good part, both characters are very likeable. Read more
Published 1 month ago by Charlie

5.0 out of 5 stars A Contemporary Classic of Romantic Comedy

I recently saw two films directed by Norah Ephron. This one and Sleepless in Seattle (1993). Both have held up remarkably well. Read more
Published 22 months ago by Robert Morris

4.0 out of 5 stars Get Out The Munchies....
The great thing about this movie is that these days the Internet has grown to such a level that looking through the somewhat "innocent" eyes of chatting online that this presents... Read more
Published 24 months ago by Malcolm Clarke

4.0 out of 5 stars A Hat trick of Success for the 'Tom Hanks - Meg Ryan' Pairing
The best thing about this movie being a remake from 'The Shop Around the Corner', is that it was not a disappointment. Read more
Published on 15 April 2007 by Jay

5.0 out of 5 stars Love it
Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan together is a killer combination who always seem to represent people looking for true loves who are destined by fate. Read more
Published on 5 Jun 2006 by strawberry

1.0 out of 5 stars You've Got Mail
This film is one of the worst I have ever seen and I just couldn't believe how awful it was. It was unbelievably slow and frustrating and utterly boring, as well as being just a... Read more
Published on 22 April 2006 by J. Bishop

4.0 out of 5 stars Upbeat, feel-good romatic comedy
Upbeat, feel-good romatic comedy about two people involved with books on a professional basis. Perfect ingredients for soft souls very much like myself. Read more
Published on 27 Aug 2005 by Chris Vertonghen

5.0 out of 5 stars Heart Warming!
It's pure heart warming silliness and who said there was anything wrong with that? Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks = a killer combination! Read more
Published on 5 Jul 2005 by greenbumblebee

5.0 out of 5 stars You've Got Mail
A very enjoyable film. Comedy, romance and a nice story line.
Definetly worth a viewing. I wish they made more films like this. Read more
Published on 3 Mar 2005 by sharon11685

5.0 out of 5 stars The ultimate feel-good movie
In this light-hearted romatic comedy, Tom Hanks plays the big, bad chain book store owner who moves into the neighborhood and drives poor little childrens' bookshop owner Ryan out... Read more
Published on 21 Mar 2004 by Kona

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