RottenTomatoes.com
Log In | Register | What is RT?
Found a Bug? Squash It! Report Bugs Here
  • Home
  • Movies
  • DVD
  • Celebrities
  • News
  • Critics
  • Trailers & Pictures
  • CommunityBeta
  • Box Office
  • | Best Of
  • | Certified Fresh
  • | Showtimes
RT Search Powered by Google
help icon Enhanced RT
searches on Google
Click here to turn on enhanced search results from RT on your Google searches.
 
Movies / On DVD / You've Got Mail
You've Got Mail

Rate this Movie Help Icon

  • Write a Review
  • Read Reviews
  • Add to List
  • Buy Poster External Icon
  • Visit Official Site External Icon
Bookmark and Share

You've Got Mail (1998)

  • T-Meter Critics
  • Top Critics
  • RT Community
  • My Critics
  • My Friends
  • DVD
68 %
Tomatometer
Template ImageTemplate Image

How does the Tomatometer work Help Icon

Reviews Counted:74

Fresh:50

Rotten:24

Average Rating:6.2/10

Consensus: Great chemistry between the leads made this a warm and charming delight.

Runtime: 1 hr 59 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: Based on the classic film THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, this tale of pen-pal romance has been updated for the internet age. Tom Hanks plays a book mega-store owner who falls in love over e-mail with... Based on the classic film THE SHOP AROUND THE CORNER, this tale of pen-pal romance has been updated for the internet age. Tom Hanks plays a book mega-store owner who falls in love over e-mail with the owner of a struggling children's bookstore, played by Meg Ryan. [More]

Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey, Greg Kinnear

Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey, Greg Kinnear, Jean Stapleton, Dave Chappelle, Steve Zahn, Dabney Coleman, Michael Badalucco

Director: Nora Ephron

Director: Nora Ephron
Screenwriter: Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron
Producer: Lauren Shuler Donner, Nora Ephron
Composer: George Fenton

[See More Credits]

Reviews for You've Got Mail

  • T-Meter Critics
  • Top Critics
  • RT Community
  • My Critics
  • My Friends
  • DVD
 
 
1 - 20 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Bubble View | 1 2 3 4 5 >> >|
Arrange By:Fresh | Rotten | Comments | Name | Source | Date
 
 
Reviews
Tomatometer Critic Review Category
N/R

Geoff Andrew

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 09 2006 03:17 AM

Time Out

splat

Charlotte O'Sullivan

You've Got Mail has much in common with Sleepless in Seattle but ultimately pales by comparison.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 05 2002 08:13 AM

Sight and Sound

N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 01 2000 12:00 AM

Empire Magazine

tomato
8/10

John J. Puccio

It's a romantic comedy. Anything can happen.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jan., 29 2008 12:29 PM

DVDTown.com

tomato

Jeff Millar

Mail may not be as romantic as Sleepless, but it's wittier.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 21 2005 04:01 AM

Houston Chronicle

tomato
C+

Robin Clifford

You've Got Mail is not as saccharine as I expected, but the sugar-coated love story offers us nothing new or original.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 09 2005 04:11 AM

Reeling Reviews

splat
2/5

Garth Franklin

There's no denying the on-screen chemistry between Hanks and Ryan, but still it never really seems to spark as much as it did in Sleepless in Seattle.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Apr., 02 2005 11:14 PM

Dark Horizons

splat
2/10

Dragan Antulov

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Oct., 07 2004 11:21 AM

rec.arts.movies.reviews

N/R

Eugene Novikov

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 22 2003 05:13 PM

Film Blather

tomato
3/4

Jim Shelby

There is something marvelously contrived about this classic situation: two attractive and incongruous characters who don't know what we know:They belong with each, and when the heck will they get together?

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 20 2003 05:13 PM

Palo Alto Weekly

tomato
3.5/5

John R. McEwen

You've Got Mail is probably not as engaging as Sleepless, with which it will inevitably be compared, but it has its moments.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Feb., 08 2003 08:24 AM

Film Quips Online

tomato
3/4

Jeffrey M. Anderson

It's a good date movie, and I recommend it. But don't forget to rent The Shop Around the Corner.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 22 2002 04:13 PM

Combustible Celluloid

tomato
4/5

James Rocchi

This film enchanted me, and even if it did work for me slightly better as a comedy than as a romance, it's still a great comedy -- and Ryan and Hanks are teriffic.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 07 2002 01:23 PM

Netflix

tomato

Jeff Strickler

A love story destined to be remembered as one of the best of the decade.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Nov., 06 2002 03:10 PM

Minneapolis Star Tribune

tomato
3.5/4

Kevin N. Laforest

Yes, You've Got Mail isn't strikingly profound or groundbreaking, but it's one of these movies that just make you feel real good.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Sep., 10 2002 08:20 AM

Montreal Film Journal

splat
2.5/4

Rick Groen

Fully-stocked, well-oiled and soulless, You've Got Mail sure feels like a franchise operation -- all that's missing is a greeter and a discount card.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jul., 12 2002 08:19 AM

Globe and Mail

tomato
3/4

Ruthe Stein

Every time You've Got Mail is about to choke on its own cleverness, it's resuscitated by its extremely likable -- oh heck, let's just call them lovable -- stars.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 18 2002 08:16 AM

San Francisco Chronicle

tomato
3/5

Christine James

Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's screenplay is adequately warm and funny, and the characters sufficiently charming, to draw audiences in to the unlikely but ultimately engaging love affair.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Jun., 05 2002 08:16 AM

Boxoffice Magazine

splat
2/5

Pablo Villaca

Um filme carente de atrativos como os que fizeram de 'Sintonia de Amor' uma pequena obra-prima entre as comédias românticas.

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | May., 31 2002 01:06 PM

Cinema em Cena

N/R

Click to read the article

Full Review Source: | comment Comment | Mar., 24 2002 08:14 AM

Boston Phoenix

 
 
1 - 20 (sorted by date; UK critics are listed first)
Bubble View | 1 2 3 4 5 >> >|
all

Latest News for You've Got Mail

March 17, 2009: Five Favourite Films with Greg Kinnear
How do you describe the career of a guy who started as the host of Talk Soup on E! and within five years was Oscar nominated for a role opposite Jack Nicholson? Greg Kinnear is... More...

See All

More DVDs

Top Rentals
Tomatometer Percentage Movie
36% 36% Angels & Demons
25% 25% Four Christmases
68% 68% Funny People
95% 95% Star Trek
14% 14% The Ugly Truth

More Rentals…

New On DVD This Week
Tomatometer Percentage Movie
32% 32% Terminator Salvation
44% 44% Night at the Museum: B…
86% 86% A Christmas Tale
60% 60% Paper Heart

More New Releases…

What’s Hot On RT

Twilight Saga: Eclipse

Twilight Saga: Eclipse

5 facts straight from the cast.

Disney Animation

Disney Animation

We chart the studio's classics.

Avatar

Avatar

An exclusive look at the human hardware.

Eric Bana

Eric Bana

The Star Trek star talks cars with RT.

Other News

  • Top Stories
  • Popular
  • Interviews
 
 

Comments

 
 
Top Stories
Headlines Comments
  
  • Spielberg Hops Away from Harvey Source: Variety
17
  • Tarantino Could Have Directed Green Lantern Source: MTV
24
  • Will Duvall be Gilliam's Don Quixote? Source: Collider.com
26
  • No Hobbit Until 2012? Source: The Wrap
22
  • Don't Hold Your Breath for Hancock 2 Source: HitFix
42
  • Peter Berg Talks Battleship Source: CHUD
2
  • Summit Ponders Twilight Finale Source: Variety
159
  • First Look at Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Source: USA Today
56
  • Jeremy Renner Talks Hawkeye Possibilities Source: Superhero Hype
14
  • Todd Phillips Talks The Hangover 2 Source: Entertainment Weekly
18
Popular
Headlines Comments
  
  • Total Recall: Natalie Portman's Best Movies
67
  • 10 Horrifically Profitable Films
45
  • Five Favorite Films with Jason Reitman
44
  • Box Office Guru Wrapup: Vampires and Football Break Thanksgiving Records
42
  • Critics Consensus: Everybody's Fine Is Just OK
41
  • Five Favorite Films with Jesse Ventura
39
  • RT on DVD & Blu-Ray: Terminator Salvation and a Smithsonian Battle
21
  • Awards Tour: National Board of Review Winners List!
21
  • Sundance 2010: RT's 10 Most Anticipated Movies
14
  • 2010 Sundance Film Festival Lineup Announced
10
Interviews
Headlines Comments
  
  • Director Ruben Fleischer Talks Zombieland
1
  • "I Don't Hate Women": Lars von Trier on Antichrist
17
  • Eric Bana talks Love the Beast - RT Interview
11
  • Fight Club Sound Designer Reflects on Film's 10th Anniversary
21
  • James Schamus talks Taking Woodstock - RT Interview
8
  • John Hurt Talks Harry Potter, Quentin Crisp and Alien - The RT Interview
15
  • Terry Gilliam Talks Doctor Parnassus
22
  • Wes Anderson Talks Fantastic Mr. Fox - RT Interview
9
  • Wolverine Creator Len Wein Talks About the Film
28
  • Gavin Hood Talks Wolverine; Possible Sequel
28
 
 

Sponsored Links

Around The Network

  • You've Got Mail at Rotten Tomatoes
  • You've Got Mail at IGN

Fresh Links

Featured
RT on YouTube
RT on YouTube External Link

Subscribe to RT's YouTube channel and don't miss a second of our cracking video content.

RT on Twitter
RT on Twitter External Link

Follow Rotten Tomatoes and join us as we tweet about the week's releases.

 
 
About| Site Map| Help| RT To Go| Contact Us| Critics Submission| Linking to RT| Licensing| Movie List| Celebs List| Newsletter
IGN Logo

IGN.com | GameSpy | Comrade | Arena | FilePlanet | GameSpy Technology
TeamXbox | Planets | Vaults | VE3D | CheatsCodesGuides | GameStats | GamerMetrics
AskMen.com | Rotten Tomatoes | Direct2Drive | Green Pixels


By continuing past this page, and by the continued use of this site, you agree to be bound by and abide by the User Agreement.
Copyright 1998-2009, IGN Entertainment, Inc. About IGN | Support | Advertise | Privacy Policy | User Agreement | Subscribe to RT's XML feed! IGN RSS Feeds
IGN's enterprise databases running Oracle, SQL and MySQL are professionally monitored and managed by Pythian Remote DBA
Certain product data ©1995-present Muze, Inc. For personal use only. All rights reserved.