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Summary: SO CUTE!
Review: I love Meg Ryan. She is so magical in all her movies. This is one of my favorites. I can watch this 100 times and love it every time.
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Summary: One of the best of its genre.
Review: Two people build up a loving relationship by way of E-mail; she is the irresistible Meg Ryan displaying again her repertoire of quirky facial expressions and cute bodily mannerisms. She represents everything a man wants, incorporating in her screen persona a childish playfulness with sense and intelligence. She is in fact a male fantasy; in real life you get either one attribute or the other never the two together.Both leading characters are successful and wealthy, living an upmarket life style. It's another part of the fantasy and a necessary background to all such romantic comedies; to have such a film set in the slums of New York would be too depressing; romantic fantasy figures must be part of the good-life we all aspire to and don't always achieve. We want for two hours to be immersed in the life-style of the cultured middle-class; to enjoy by proxy their large, brightly lit, clean apartments and their bright, civilised banter and to imagine that we are as attractive and intelligent as they are. It's part of what makes such films so enjoyable. And it's everyone's dream to marry a successful person; who wants failure? even if you are yourself a failure. This film is very enjoyable largely due to the performance Meg Ryan. By way of her facial expressions and bodily movements, she supplies most of the visual comedy; the idiotic shadow boxing for instance when she is psyching herself up to do battle with the villain across the road, not knowing that he is in fact her on-line soul-mate. The way, in the opening sequence, and still wearing her jim-jams, she perkily hops to the computer eager to receive the first E-mail of the day. So endearing. There is no other actress (actor?) who can pull off this kind of performance so beautifully. Not even Julia Roberts or Sandra Bullock - though the latter might have a good try.
Anyone who says they dislike this film - and there are some - must be a cynic. You could make all sorts of objections to this film, not least the incredible series of coincidences; 1) the fact that they are both wealthy and intelligent and perfectly suited; 2) the fact that they both happen to live round the corner from each other when in real life they could have lived on the other side of the world; 3) the fact that she owns a shop across from his huge multi-store; 4) the fact that they seem to get E-mails only from each other when in real life we all have difficulty stemming the avalanche. But who cares? If you are young at heart and yearning for romance, this is the film for you.
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Summary: You've Got Mail
Review: You've Got Mail, is the words you hear when you got mail, or if you sign on and allready have mail. But would you get confused if you see this in the video store, and have an aol account. The Movie stars Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan play two people who own bookstores, and one is a little children's bookshop. Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) and Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) have met on aol at a chat room, and send mail. They meet in person, at first Joe says "Joe, just call me Joe". But when Kathleen learn that Joe is her new bookstore rival, they begin to hate each other. But they are falling in love on-line. Kathleen Kelly's store is called "Shop Around the Corner" and Joe's store is called Fox & Sons. But don't you want to yell "Hey you have allready met" when Joe askes Shopgirl (Kelly's screen name) if they should meet. Joe even gives Shopgirl advice, and the advice winds up back to him. My Date with thpe President's Daguhter's Dabney Coleman plays Nelson Fox (Joe's father). And Coleman has a bit part in Stuart Little playing a doctor.
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Summary: Books and Romance; it works.
Review: ...I was able to understand the existance of a mostly friendly community in which a small bookstore may thrive, and then be threatened by a larger, corporate entity. ...It may not be New York, but the story works in my "neck-of-the-woods" (so to speak). Aside from the fact that instant messaging doesn't work without both parties' "sign-on" participation, I think the movie is a hit. ...
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Summary: True America's Sweethearts!
Review: If Sleepless in Seattle was any indication, Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks have great chemistry and a knack for long-distance love. This time, the distance is fiber optic. The movie is built on anticipation and good character development with great characters to develop. Ryan's performance is exactly what you'd expect with her signature, every-girl (albeit beautiful), likable style. Hanks is witty and endearing as he always is despite the fact he plays the "villain" in this movie. This is a fun watch that won't leave you guessing, won't make you think particularly hard, and won't disappoint you for an evening of warm fuzzies and smiles.
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Summary: Enchanting, this movie is enchanting.
Review: I can watch You've Got Mail a 100 times today and then watch it again tomorrow and it still makes me smile. Truly a real "feel good" movie. Meg and Tom work together like peanut butter and jelly, there's nothing better.
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Summary: Little Shop on the Corner
Review: Meg Ryan's character owns a charming childrens bookstore but Tom Hanks character is to build a major competition,The Fox superstore nearby.Naturally,the 2 are enemies.What they don't realize is that they have been excxhanging e-mails to one another.They are very good friends via Net.The thing I love most about this movie is that its all about books!I like to hear the sound of the pair's typewriters clicking,too.If there is a soundtrack,that should be on it.
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Summary: Recommended!
Review: This is a smart, witty, romantic comedy. I like anything that has to do with the internet so I bought this DVD without even seeing it first and I have to say, I wasn't disappointed. Okay, yes, it is kind of a chick flick but it has everything I like. The internet, books, romance, comedy, drama, and the list goes on. I would recommend this to anyone who wants a good movie.
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Summary: A Delicious Romantic Comedy
Review: A must see! Meg Ryan & Tom Hanks all over again. They make a perfect match, You'll wana watch it over again & again. A smart movie with plenty of laughter & drama that blend beautifully together. Enjoy!
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Summary: Very decent remake of THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER
Review: OK, anyone who has seen THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER recognizes this as a remake of that film. And a pretty good remake it is! No, it is not nearly as good as the original, but given the fact that most remakes insult the originals, this one is to be commended for updating that 1940 film in refreshing fashion. In THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, the Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullivan characters get to know each other by being pen pals, and get to detest each other by working together in a retail shop together. The updating of this to E-mail is highly successful. Some (I include myself in their number) will find themselves put off and bothered by the crass commercialism of this particular remake. One wonders just how much money AOL had to contribute to this film to have influenced both the plot and the title. On the other hand, it was interesting to see that Apple for once didn't manage to pay for the rights to have Macs used exclusively in a film (one rarely encounters Macs in Real Life, but in films, it seems as if everyone on the planet uses one--the power of product placement). While Meg Ryan uses a Mac for her E-mail, Tom Hanks uses not only a PC, but also frequently an IBM Thinkpad. The selection may have been symbolic: a Mac for the literate, sensitive independent bookstore owner; a Thinkpad, symbol of America's corporate elite, for the heartless capitalist. The movie works because we come to care about the two central characters, and because there are so many well-written scenes. Many people have noted that Tom Hanks is about as close as we have gotten to Jimmy Stewart in a long, long time, and he was a perfect choice to play the male lead. A lot of guys seem to really dislike Meg Ryan. This baffles me. I think she is as cute as a button, and like her even in some of her weaker roles. Parker Posey is great as Hanks girlfriend in the first part of the movie and occasions the best line in the film: "She'd make coffee nervous." Greg Kinnear, on the other hand, I think I have disliked in every film in which I have seen him. The supporting cast is somewhat uneven, but with supporting players like Steven Zahn, it definitely enhances the quality of the film. After Ryan's shop has closed, she is lunching with her former employee and bookkeeper, played by Jean Stapleton. The latter says that she is fine financially because she had investigated heavily in an Internet stock. Seeing the film again in 2002, I wondered how badly her portfolio had done since then, and despite her being merely a character in a film, I found myself hoping that she was doing OK financially! All in all, a fun, romantic comedy.
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