It might be Pancake Day, but it is still Tuesday Night is Film Night and we continue our penchant for romantic comedies and our love of the legendary Tom Hanks, with this weeks offering;
You've Got Mail
Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan pair up again as romantic leads, first seen in the 1993 film Sleepless in Seattle, for this 1998 movie. Also, as with Sleepless in Settle, You've Got Mail is directed by Nora Ephron.
So, we see Meg Ryan play Kathleen Kelly, a small independent book store owner. And Tom Hanks play, Joe Fox, the owner of a huge chain of book superstores, who is opening his next superstore, just by Kathleen's store.
So, in business Kathleen and Joe are clearly enemies.
Joe and Kathleen have more than books in common though. As they both use email and chat rooms on the Internet, however, unbeknownst to these two they are chatting to each other.
So, in cyberspace, they are clearly friends.
The story follows how their business and private lives intertwine, still totally oblivious to their closeness online. Until that is, they decide to meet up and this is where Joe learns that Kathleen is the woman he is conversing with online. However, Kathleen is still unaware that Joe is her online friend, as he does not reveal his identity to her.
It's now up to Joe to fix the situation and get Kathleen to love him.
OK, so it is a formulaic romantic-comedy, the storyline is predictable, even if you haven't seen the film before, but it is lovely, cute and quaint.
There are moments of tears and laughter.
It does draw you into the story and you are there willing them to get together.
It has all the ingredients of a classic romantic-comedy and it is. Meg Ryan is as beautiful as ever and Tom Hanks is just legendary. We have never seen a bad Tom Hanks movie.
If you liked Sleepless in Seattle, then you'll love, You've Got Mail.
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