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Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

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Reviews Counted:42

Fresh:31

Rotten:11

Average Rating:6.6/10

Runtime: 2 hrs

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) is a good father and a successful architect. But he's also a lonely widower. One night his precocious 8-year-old son Jonah calls a late-night radio talk show seeking a cure... Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) is a good father and a successful architect. But he's also a lonely widower. One night his precocious 8-year-old son Jonah calls a late-night radio talk show seeking a cure for his father's despondency. When Sam hesitantly takes the phone and discloses the story of his magic-filled marriage, he proves to be a deeply feeling and gentle man. His plight profoundly moves the program's sympathetic female listeners, and thousands of women write in offering to help him `recover' from his mournful insomnia. Recently betrothed Annie Reed (Meg Ryan) is one of the many listeners touched by Sam's story. To complicate matters, she's afraid her upcoming marriage promises stability and security but no excitement. Although Annie's supposed to be driving to her future in-laws' house for the holidays, she knows that she's already fallen in love with Sam and is on the road to destiny. Academy Award Nominations: Best (Original) Screenplay, Best Song ("A Wink and a Smile"). [More]

Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger, Rosie O'Donnell

Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger, Rosie O'Donnell, Bill Pullman, David Hyde Pierce, Rob Reiner, Rita Wilson, Gaby Hoffman

Director: Nora Ephron

Director: Nora Ephron
Screenwriter: Nora Ephron, David S. Ward, Jeff Arch

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Reviews for Sleepless in Seattle

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The schmaltzy soundtrack is overdone, but cameraman Sven Nykvist wraps it all up in an appropriately warm glow.

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
02/09/06
Time Out
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Ryan and Hanks, even apart, have the chemistry to make a very agreeable entertainment.

Full Review Source: BBC | comment Comment
04/17/01
George Perry
George Perry
BBC
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Not one of the cleverer rom-coms of this ilk... but sweet and touching nevertheless and Tom Hanks is always watchable.

Full Review Source: Empire Magazine | comment Comment
01/01/00
Mark Salisbury
Mark Salisbury
Empire Magazine
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No review available.

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10/15/03
Rich Cline
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall

So overrated.

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12/09/07
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com

A romantic treat.

Full Review Source: TV Guide's Movie Guide | comment Comment
02/02/09
TV Guide's Movie Guide
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Ephron and fellow writers Jeff Arch and David S. Ward have conspired to make Sleepless in Seattle as purposefully schmaltzy as one can imagine, in a manner that's almost cynical.

Full Review Source: Variety | comment Comment
07/22/08
Brian Lowry
Brian Lowry
Variety
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Meg and Tom are the perfect couple for this movie.

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08/02/02
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
Cherryl Dawson and Leigh Ann Palone
TheMovieChicks.com

Call me a hopeless romantic, but I have fallen in love with Sleepless in Seattle.

Full Review Source: Deseret News, Salt Lake City | comment Comment
01/01/00
Chris Hicks
Chris Hicks
Deseret News, Salt Lake City

Seems too precalculated to be charming and magical, and consequently ends up being overly cute.

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09/01/05
Chuck O'Leary
Chuck O'Leary
Fantastica Daily

Contrived

Full Review Source: Filmcritic.com | comment Comment
08/21/03
David Bezanson
David Bezanson
Filmcritic.com

Like most of Ephron's work, this one is shallow, contrived and ineptly directed, but it stars two of America's most likable stars, Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks; purists will never forgive Ephron for taking a cheap stab at Love Affair (the Cary Grant version)

Full Review Source: EmanuelLevy.Com | comment Comment
02/08/07
Emanuel Levy
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com

Nora Ephron botched Sleepless in Seattle, a hollow, boring romance that should appeal only to the most gullible of viewers; the ones willing to buy into Ephron's whiny views of life and romance.

Full Review Source: Film Blather | comment Comment
01/01/00
Eugene Novikov
Eugene Novikov
Film Blather

One of the finest of all Hollywood romantic comedies.

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10/24/03
Forrest Hartman
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal

Should gather a few more converts to the idea that certain people are destined for each other.

Full Review Source: Spirituality and Practice | comment Comment
07/12/03
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
Spirituality and Practice

We fall -- and I think a lot of people will fall hard for this movie -- even though we know we shouldn't.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Hal Hinson
Hal Hinson
Washington Post

This is a dreamy, romantic fantasy whose mood falls somewhere between magic and reality.

Full Review Source: ReelViews | comment Comment
01/01/00
James Berardinelli
James Berardinelli
ReelViews

This is essentially a romance involving two people on different coasts, but Hanks and Ryan and Director Ephron's screenplay make it work, along with some very nice supporting performances.

Full Review Source: Netflix | comment Comment
11/07/02
James Rocchi
James Rocchi
Netflix

No review available.

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04/10/03
Jeffrey Westhoff
Jeffrey Westhoff
Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

A quick check of the exiting audience found many smiling -- and still clutching tissues.

Full Review Source: Washington Post | comment Comment
01/01/00
Joe Brown
Joe Brown
Washington Post
 
 
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