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When Harry Met Sally [VHS] [1989]
 
 

When Harry Met Sally [VHS] [1989]

VHS ~ Billy Crystal
4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)

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  • Actors: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby, Steven Ford
  • Directors: Rob Reiner
  • Writers: Nora Ephron
  • Producers: Rob Reiner, Andrew Scheinman, Jeffrey Stott, Nora Ephron, Steve Nicolaides
  • Language English
  • Classification: 15
  • Studio: 4 Front
  • VHS Release Date: 23 Jul 2001
  • Run Time: 96 minutes
  • Average Customer Review: 4.8 out of 5 stars See all reviews (24 customer reviews)
  • ASIN: B00004RR8F
  • Amazon.co.uk Sales Rank: 15,892 in Video (See Bestsellers in Video)

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Amazon.co.uk Review
Nora Ephron wrote the brisk screenplay for this 1989 romantic comedy, director Rob Reiner made a nicely glossy New York story (very much in a Woody Allen vein) out of it, and Billy Crystal's unstoppable charm made it something really special. Crystal and Meg Ryan play longtime platonic friends who keep dancing around their deeper feelings for one another. Bruno Kirby and Carrie Fisher are their respective pals who fall in love and get married. Ryan doesn't get a lot of funny material apart from her famous faked orgasm scene, but her performance is typically alive and intuitive, and she more than holds her own with Crystal's comic motor mouth and sweet sentimentality. Reiner is on comfortable ground, liberated from the burden of making serious statements in the lead-footed manner of subsequent features. --Tom Keogh

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13 of 14 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars Classic Dry Humour, 15 Feb 2006
This film is a gem in a world of special effects and mindless screenplays. The sharpness and wit of the writing zing you through the development of the relationship between the characters. The soundtrack is superb and gives the movie a timeless quality.

Too much is made of the scene in the cafe with Meg Ryan screaming her head off. Watching the characters develop from college, through the years where their personalities are changed by their life experiences is one of the joys of this movie. Billy Crystal's performance in his decline into a neurotic hypochondriac is excellent, as is Meg Ryan’s portrayal of a high-maintenance-woman.

If you're after a drama with excellent writing, humour and romance, then this is the movie for you.

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12 of 13 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars The mother of all romantic comedies, but not a chick flick, 17 Jul 2005
By MT (England) - See all my reviews
Difficult as it may be to write a review for such a classic, I will do my best. By all means get this DVD, even if you are not a romantic comedies' fan (and just for the record, neither am I). Though some of it may seem cheesy and repetitive do bear in mind that this was among the first films in the genre and the source of many later film plots.

In my opinion this film is a masterpiece, for reasons that would exceed the amount of space at my disposal. Marvellous acting, original characters, plot that spans more than a decade and portrays how the characters change as they mature and come to terms with life and love, just to name a few. If you are among the very few people who still have not seen it do get the DVD, and if you have seen it than you know what I am talking about.

Additional features are not exquisite but still enable you to get a glimpse of this world that I had shelved. Though it is easy to see why the deleted scenes had been removed in the first place, they still give you additional insight into the world of Harry and Sally.

To sum up, good value for your hard earned pay, excellent film for when you are feeling blue. What are you waiting for?

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4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars What's not to love?, 24 Jan 2007
By Dr G. (Cambridge, UK) - See all my reviews
This is where so much started -- not just most romcoms, but the best of modern TV classics like Friends and Sex and the City, which blend sharp dialogue and relationship angst against a loving depiction of New York. Meg Ryan is at her best here (I think she spent a lot of her career trying with limited success to recapture the edgy charm she nails in this film). Billy Crystal has some hilarious lines which he delivers with characteristic expertise. The chemistry the leads have is matched by the lovely performances turned in by Carrie Fisher and Bruno Kirby as their best friends. And the interspersed interviews with elderly married couples is a stroke of genius.
Yes it's schmaltzy and soppy and sentimental -- but why should that be a bad thing?
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5.0 out of 5 stars The romantic comedy to end all romantic comedies.
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5.0 out of 5 stars When Harry met Sally
I had this on video tape and it was time we had it on DVD. It is probably not cool to say so, but it has a place in any collection, chick flick or not.
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5.0 out of 5 stars I'll have one of them too !!!
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