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Summary: A Funny, Good Hearted Classic
Review: This is a movie, that grows on you rather quickly. Perhaps it is because it is a timeless romance in which the Internet is simply a plot convenience. Perhaps it is because of the great chemistry between Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. Perhaps it is because of the marvelous supporting cast (Dabney Coleman and Jean Stapleton turn in their usual fine work) or the crisp screenplay. Or maybe it is all of these things.YOU'VE GOT MAIL is one of those just plain nice movies that you can enjoy anytime. In a few years, it will also be a quaint reminder of when being "online" was a fashionable novelty, when "You've Got Mail" meant more (at least in some people's imagination) than an invitiation for lower credit card rates, long-distance telephone solicitations and other nonsense. The Internet "gimmick" it is only a convenient plot device for a traditional romantic comedy that will prove to be one of Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan's best.
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Summary: Very good movie for Hanks and Ryan
Review: This movie impressed me quite a bit. I am a 17 year old guy and don't usually watch romance movies, but this movie was very interesting and great. It was funny knowing that Hanks' character knew who his e-mail partner was before she did.It created a kind of suspenceful twist in the plot in the second half of the movie. Very impressive!
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Summary: Talk about "far fetched" -- NO WAY, JOSE!
Review: I love the two leads in this romantic comedy, and the premise of this film is cute: Two 30 something people who are in meaningless relationships fall in love with each other via internet pen-paling. They still got me thus far. Here comes the first impossibility: The girl is the owner of a nostalgic little childrens' book store, while the guy is a mega powerful owner of a discount book store chain about to drive that little old "bookstore on the corner" out of business. Another cute coincidence: The two mystery lovers live in the same neighborhood and pass each other constantly "without knowing". Come ooooooon!? How "dragged in by the hairs" and far fetched is this story? I admit I was entertained, and the ending is (predictably) bitter sweet. Still "Sleepless in Seattle" is a notch above this one.
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Summary: The new "Shop around the Corner"
Review: In a nice Homage, the DVD for _You've Got Mail_ has a brief snippet from the movie on which it was based, _The Shop around the Corner_. This DVD does not have a whole lot of extras, but then a romantic comedy doesn't exctly lend itself to oodles of extra's either. The story of _You've Got Mail_ is really just a modern retelling of _The Shop around the Corner_ . So instead of an Assistant Manager and a Co-Worker, who don't like each other, being pen-pals and falling in love, we have The Creator of a Barnes&Noble clone and the owner of a little book store, who don't like each other, sending e-mails to one another. Tom Hanks, as Joe Fox, and Meg Ryan, as Kathleen Kelley, do a wonderful job pulling this off. Still I think this movie is made as much by the supporting cast as it is by the leads. Dabney Coleman as Joe Fox's father is great, and helps this movie from becoming maudlin. The ending is pretty much by the numbers, but if you aren't watching this moving wanting that to happen then explain to me why you are watching the movie? Highly recommended.
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Summary: You've Got a Sale
Review: I bought this movie as soon as it came out on video..I love Meg Ryan in anything...She and Tom Hanks always pair up Great..She is small bookstore owner that is being squeezed out of the businessby the "Big Evil Bookstore Corp"..which of course Tom Hanks family owns..Meg falls for a guy online and Tom falls for Meg...Who is Megs internet Love?
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Summary: A Very Pleasant Movie
Review: While not the best Nora Ephron - Meg Ryan movie (of course, that would be "When Harry Met Sally"), this is a very pleasant date move that has lovely, charming performances by Hanks and Ryan. Fun look at bookstore wars (though Ephron has some sort of odd prejudice against chain bookstores that shows in the movie), as Hanks and Ryan play the opposing sides in the growth of the bookstore industry. Fun supporting performances by Parker Posey, Jean Stapleton and Greg Kinnear. DVD has some great extras, including a commentary by Nora Ephron, and a fun map of the locations with separate commentary by Ephron on each location.
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Summary: Good chick flick!
Review: Excellent movie overall. Tom Hank's as always is excellent and Meg Ryan does well too. If you need to see a "chick flick" this is the one to watch, the humor and story are well done and you actually care what happens to the characters.
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Summary: It's a Hit!!!
Review: You've Got Mail is one of my favorite romantic comedies of all time. Why? It's modern but has all of the elements of the good, old-fashioned classics of the black & white era. Inspired by Jimmy Stewart's movie, The Shop Around the Corner, You've Got Mail brings the same charming story into the 90's while retaining the charm and innocence of the original. Meg Ryan & Tom Hanks are adorable as arch enemies fighting in the book business. Kathleen Kelly, played by Meg Ryan owns the most charming childrens book store you've ever seen, The Shop Around the Corner. Hanks moves in with Fox Books, the big bad discounter who threatens to put The Shop Around the Corner out of business. Many of You've Got Mail's lines are straight from the original movie The Shop Around the Corner. Everything in this movie is charming and cozy, the book stores, their apartments, their personalities. As good as When Harry Met Sally, this one is a keeper!
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Summary: Delightful Picture
Review: Is there another on screen duo for romantic comedy that has better chemistry than Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan? I don't think so which is why I like this movie so much. Director Nora Ephron, who also did Sleepless in Seattle, again gives these two fantastic actors a simple story and setting to let their characters take life. The plot in this film is pretty simple. When the audience meets Joe Fox(Hanks) and Kathleen Kelly(Ryan) they have been having a secret relationship via email after meeting in a internet chat room. After that there lives begin to unfold, Joe's family business is Fox Books, a corporate chain of stores that sell books for cheap and specialize in running smaller book stores out of business. Which would be fine except for Kathleen happens to be the owner of one such shop called The Shop Around the Corner. Quickly the two meet and Kathleen and Joe don't get along. They are both in other relationships that are not working and their business war is coming to a head, but there seems to be something there, or is there? Of course the two must eventually meet their secret email buddies, which is what this movie is all about. That is the fun of this film. At every turn there seems to be some new kind of anticipation. It is witty and sentimental and the story is always moving. The performances on the whole are excellent, particularly from Hanks(although he is always on top of his game). This movie can be enjoyed again and again and every time you'll still wonder...are they going to make it?
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Summary: Entertaining but unrealistic
Review: As a resident of the Upper West Side, I can remember when they were filming this movie (it was at the height of the real estate boom in Manhattan) and most people here, who are generally not receptive of mass-media portrayls of their neighborhoods, had mixed reactions. It should be noted that while this movie is based on an earlier one, the same situation played out in almost exactly the same fashion, perhaps the reason the movie was filmed right here. Shakespeare and Co. books, a small neighborhood fixture for decades on the Upper West Side, was put out of business when [a megastore] opened. The widely publicized closing of Shakespeare & Co. led most here to see You've Got Mail based on it. As for the movie itself, it tries to be witty and intellectual, and doesn't necessarily fail at it. The people seem a little two-dimensional and are definetly pale stereotypes. And, to put it on a scale for non-New York residents, Meg Ryan's brownstone apartment would cost about $750,000, and Tom Hank's Riverside Drive address would go for upwards of $1 Million.
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