This film starts out in a promising way, small bookstore owner Meg Ryan is about to be put out of business by mega-store guy Hanks, with the twist being that they are also anonymous e-mail friends. It was a good premise for a romantic comedy, and Hanks and Ryan have done well together in the past, but the storyline becomes contrived and implausible, and the whole thing falls apart. It's as if the execs in charge wanted to do Sleepless in Seattle again, instead of just doing their best with this movie as it stood. You've Got Mail runs way too long, and I really had a problem with Ryan's increasingly warm feelings towards Hanks, who is trying to put her out of business. Totally implausible!
Review of You've Got Mail
