You’ve
Got Mail (1998)
6/10
Starring
Tom
Hanks
Meg
Ryan
Directed
by Nora Ephron
The
lady behind the magical Sleepless
in Seattle, was also the one behind this movie You’ve Got
Mail. Nora Ephron who directed and worked on the screen play for
1993’s Sleepless
in Seattle which was to me one of the best romantic movies of
the 90s. Joined forces with her sister to pen down this movie with
Nora directing.
How
they were able to persuade Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan to comeback and
play another pair of love interest is a fit that is best summed if
you get to see the movie. The pair work well together and even though
this movie did not have the flair or the charm of Sleepless
in Seattle it did bring warmth to my heart.
As
we watch two people being brought together by their conflicting rival
businesses. As they fight to keep their businesses on top of the
other, they are also pen pals. The pen pal part happens to be an
unknown entity both party share.
They
met in a chatroom and have decided to remain anonymous to one another
and just sent each other mails daily.
In
the real world both run book stores. Meg Ryan’s character Kathleen
Kelly runs a book store she inherited from her mother. The store has
been in business for more than four decades and Kathleen hopes to one
day pass it on to her own child in the future when she has one.
Joe
Fox (Tom Hanks) also runs a book store which is also a family
business. The difference is, their store has made the Fox family
millionaires and they are expanding and eating up smaller stores.
Kathleen’s store is just a single shop which her mother has kept
running from being nice, friendly and knowing what people need.
The
Fox family opened a store right beside Kathleen’s store and were
sucking away her customers with their discount and numerous offers.
Kathleen
decided to seek help from her online friend who happens to be Joe Fox
himself to see how she can take down Joe. When they agreed to meet,
things got awkward as one party got there earlier than the other and
decided not to show up as the expected online pal.
The
movie was a commercial success, but in the critical part it was not
rated anywhere as good as Sleepless
in Seattle. None the less it was fun seeing this pair work
together and I just didnt feel complete seeing Sleepless
in Seattle and not seeing
this one as well.
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