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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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01/02/05
Philip Martin
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette

Sleepless in Seattle is hopelessly romantic.

Full Review Source: Austin Chronicle | comment Comment
01/01/00
Marjorie Baumgarten
Marjorie Baumgarten
Austin Chronicle

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

If one can ignore all the straining for lightness here, this is watchable enough, though hardly anything resembling a tearjerker.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
02/02/09
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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Sleepless in Seattle is as ephemeral as a talk show, as contrived as the late show, and yet so warm and gentle I smiled the whole way through.

Full Review Source: Chicago Sun-Times | comment Comment
01/01/00
Roger Ebert
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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No review available.

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06/09/03
Jules Brenner
Jules Brenner
Cinema Signals

So overrated.

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12/09/07
Cole Smithey
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.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

No review available.

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07/26/02
Scott Weinberg
Scott Weinberg
eFilmCritic.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

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

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

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

Contrived

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

[T]he epitome of the modern romantic comedy...

Full Review Source: Flick Filosopher | comment Comment
08/08/04
MaryAnn Johanson
MaryAnn Johanson
Flick Filosopher

Sleepless in Seattle is done with the panache that Hollywood used to do romantic comedies, but seldom does anymore.

Full Review Source: Laramie Movie Scope | comment Comment
03/23/03
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

It's the kind of movie that reaches your emotional core and your dreams and make you feel alive by showing you how good life can be despite the little setbacks.

Full Review Source: Montreal Film Journal | comment Comment
09/10/02
Kevin N. Laforest
Kevin N. Laforest
Montreal Film Journal

Better than you might expect, but it

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05/23/04
Ken Hanke
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)

Overrated but still cute love story.

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08/22/02
Nell Minow
Nell Minow
Movie Mom at Yahoo! Movies

Nora Ephron's Sleepless in Seattle is a throwback to the sexless romantic comedies of the 1930s.

Full Review Source: Movieline | comment Comment
01/09/02
Stephen Farber
Stephen Farber
Movieline
 
 
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