You've Got Mail (1998)
Genre: Romance / Comedy
Duration: 119 minuten
Country:
United States
Directed by: Nora Ephron
Stars: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan and Steve Zahn
IMDb score:
6,7 (246.310)
Releasedate: 17 December 1998
You've Got Mail plot
"Someone you pass on the street may already be the love of your life."
Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan) and Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) both own a bookstore in New York. Kathleen owns a small, cozy children's bookstore, and Joe owns one of the largest bookstore chains in Manhattan that, with massive discounts, outsells any nearby competitor. Joe and Kathleen are each other's enemies in daily life. But both Kathleen and Joe have found their great love on the Internet. Every day they chat with each other without knowing each other's identity. Then it turns out that Joe and Kathleen are hiding behind the pseudonyms, with all the romantic developments as a result.
Actors and actresses
Joe Fox
Kathleen Kelly
Frank Navasky
Patricia Eden
George Pappas
Kevin Jackson
Nelson Fox
Birdie Conrad
Christina Plutzker
Schulyer Fox
Reviews & comments
IH88
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- 9780 messages
- 3194 votes
You've Got Mail
You've Got Mail is really one of those movies that are saved by the actors. The story is not very special, but it is Hanks and Ryan who ensure that the film still provides a very nice viewing experience. Hanks is always good and Ryan shows here what an outstanding actress she is. The bickering between the two is fun and the anonymous email contact already (it's only 2017) has something corny. In a very nice way. Strong dialogues and New York as a beautiful backdrop do the rest.
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Fisico
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- 10039 messages
- 5398 votes
I've always had a soft spot for You've got mail. It must have been over 15 years since I last saw him. The movie is indeed funny dated with all the social media today. Yet the film has its charms with the small cozy bookshop that you also encounter in Notting Hill. Even roommate Frank is an adept of that even crazier Spike.
It's also a film that makes me think a bit about the power and impersonality of all the big chains that smother the small local independent businesses. The same with the growing popularity of online shops such as Bol.com and Amazon. Things that I merely observe and where I "sin" myself. We all watch our wallets. A book is and remains a book, period. Of course it was not the intention of this film to spread this message, so let's keep it to an entertaining mindless sugary sweet (and successful) rom-com.
Hanks and Ryan are doing a great job. Nice chemistry between the two with their bickering but also with their understanding. The ending is a bit slow and a bit forced. That her great enemy, the fantastic
Mr Fox, who makes a house call with flowers and spoils her on top of that, has pulled his hair a bit. For the rest very nice and beautiful setting of another New York. Simply solid and a classic in its genre, no more, no less.
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Brabants
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- 2907 messages
- 2161 votes
You've Got Mail is a film that is somewhat manageable due to the excellent work of two great actors. If those two did not pull the cart, there would be little left because the film itself is not very special. Yet somehow it is so bad that it also feels good again. Don't know what it is but so be it.
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