"Sleepless in Seattle" is a pleasant feel good movie that can be seen multiple times (usually a good quality indicator). The dialogue maybe somewhat less sharp than in "When Harry met Sally" (1989, Rob Reiner), but in that film Nora Ephron only had to care about the screenplay. In "Sleepless in Seattle" she was director as well. The montage of the last scene (are they meeting one another or not?) is in the best tradition of parallel montage since D. W. Griffith.
The film has some funny running gags such as all the women getting emotional from "An affair to remember" (1957, Leo McCarey) while all the men become excited about "The dirty dozen" (1967, Robert Aldrich). I suspect "Sleepless in Seattle" will be looked upon as a women picture but, as said before, I didn't mind watching the movie either.
Already in "When Harry met Sally" Ephron (as screenwritter) collaborated with Meg Ryan. In "Sleepless in Seattle" (the characters played by) Ryan and Tom Hanks did have the right chemistry. Hence Ephron used the same lead actors in "You've got mail" (1998), more or less a remake of "The shop around the corner" (1940, Ernst Lubitsch), replacing letters for e-mail. Although the proverb says that you must never change a winning team, "You've got mail" felt too much as exploiting successes from the past.
While writing this review I suddenly realised that all the above mentioned Ephron films are about couples that are made for each other, but have trouble coming to that conclusion on their own.
The film has some funny running gags such as all the women getting emotional from "An affair to remember" (1957, Leo McCarey) while all the men become excited about "The dirty dozen" (1967, Robert Aldrich). I suspect "Sleepless in Seattle" will be looked upon as a women picture but, as said before, I didn't mind watching the movie either.
Already in "When Harry met Sally" Ephron (as screenwritter) collaborated with Meg Ryan. In "Sleepless in Seattle" (the characters played by) Ryan and Tom Hanks did have the right chemistry. Hence Ephron used the same lead actors in "You've got mail" (1998), more or less a remake of "The shop around the corner" (1940, Ernst Lubitsch), replacing letters for e-mail. Although the proverb says that you must never change a winning team, "You've got mail" felt too much as exploiting successes from the past.
While writing this review I suddenly realised that all the above mentioned Ephron films are about couples that are made for each other, but have trouble coming to that conclusion on their own.