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You've Got Mail
Movie Stats & Links |
| Starring: |
Meg Ryan, Tom Hanks, Jean Stapleton
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| MPAA Rated: |
PG
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| Released By: |
Warner
Bros.
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| Kiddie Movie: |
It's cute, but a love story - maybe for the
girls.
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| Date Movie: |
You'll make her happy by taking her.
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| Gratuitous Sex: |
Nope.
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| Gratuitous
Violence: |
Nope.
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| Action: |
Nope.
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| Laughs: |
Cute laughter.
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| Memorable
Scene: |
Joe Fox (Hanks) and his dad, exiled to their
boats after breaking up with their significant
others, and any time Meg Ryan was on screen.
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| Memorable
Quote: |
Kathleen Kelly's (Ryan) significant other says
to a movie-goer behind them, after being shushed,
something like: "The hot dog is singing. Do you
need quiet when the hot dog is singing?"
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| Directed By: |
Nora Ephron
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| Produced By: |
Lauren Shuler Donner, and Nora Ephron
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You've Got Mail
A Movie Review |
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Meg Ryan
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Now, it was a Saturday night, and Whammy wanted to see a
movie. I told her there was a free showing of "You've Got
Mail" with Tom "is there a role he can't play" Hanks, and
Meg "such a cutey" Ryan, after a sneak preview of "Message
in a Bottle." Somehow I got suckered into chick-flick
night, but that's alright, because I enjoyed both movies.
This review centers on "You've Got Mail."
Sometimes you go to see a movie knowing exactly what to
expect. Take "You've Got Mail." Everyone knows the chemistry
that Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan have on screen from "Sleepless
in Seattle," so why the complaints when "You've Got Mail" is
sort of similar. I couldn't figure it out as I read some of
the reviews, but in any case, it's a cute movie with a happy
ending - exactly what I wanted and expected.
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Meg and Tom
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The plot goes something like this: Meg Ryan runs a cute,
little bookstore, while Tom Hanks works with his dad running
a chain mega-bookstore putting all of the cute, little
bookstores out of business. He's the Goliath, she's the
David. But in their secret lives, behind the backs of their
respective significant others, they've been exchanging
e-mail and chatting with the security of anonymity on the
internet. They find they have interests, they find they like
each other's jokes, they find that they really like each
other, but fear meeting.
They arrange to meet, but Hanks realizes who she is
first, and is torn between running the mega-store and trying
to make amends.
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Tom Hanks
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Well, she does go out of business, but as you would expect,
in a cute series of scenes where Hanks plays his hand of
trying to get her to like the mega-store man while still
liking her anonymous e-mail friend, both one in the same,
they end up together.
The movie is cute, Meg Ryan is adorable, Hanks does it
again in his role, and yea, it's a chick flick, but there
are some funny moments and jokes for the guys too. My only
problem with the film was that, along with being a cute
movie, it seemed at times like a two hour commercial for
American Online, Starbucks, IBM, Apple, and assorted other
companies. Just me I guess.
So, "You've Got Mail" gets 3 ½ stars out of 5 from
me. I liked it, even saw it twice, and it was just as cute
the second time around.
That's it for this one, I'm The Dude on the Right!! L8R!!! |
