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Sleepless in Seattle (1993)
Front Cover Actor
Movie Details
Director Nora Ephron
Language English
Audience Rating PG (Parental Guidance Suggested)
Running Time 105 mins
Country USA
Color Color
Plot
The director and stars of 1998's You've Got Mail scored a breakthrough hit with this hugely popular romantic comedy from 1993, about a recently engaged woman (Meg Ryan) who hears the sad story of a grieving widower (Tom Hanks) on the radio and believes that they're destined to be together. She's single in New York, he lives in Seattle with a young son, but the cross-country attraction proves irresistible, and pretty soon Meg's on a westbound flight. What happens from there is ... well, you must have been living in a cave to have let this sweet-hearted comedy slip below your pop-cultural radar. There's little complexity or depth to writer-director Nora Ephron's cheesy tale of a romantic fait accompli, and more than a little contrivance to the subplots that threaten to keep Hanks and Ryan from actually meeting. But the purity of star chemistry here is hard to deny, and this may be the first film to indicate the more serious and sympathetic side of Hanks that is revealed in later roles. With its clever jokes about "chick movies" and repeated homage to the classic weeper An Affair to Remember, this may not be everybody's brand of amorous entertainment, but it's got an old-Hollywood charm that appeals to many a movie fan. --Jeff Shannon
Personal Details
Seen It Yes
Index 1109
Collection Status In Collection
Links Amazon US
Product Details
Edition Special Edition
Format DVD
Region Region 1
Screen Ratio 1.85:1
043396040588
Release Date 9/28/1999
Subtitles Chinese; English; Korean; Thai
Nr of Disks/Tapes 1