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You've Got Mail (1998)

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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

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Delightful and uplifting, You've Got Mail is light as a souffle fresh from the oven.

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Louise Keller
Louise Keller
Urban Cinefile

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

Full Review Source: Sight and Sound | comment Comment
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Charlotte O'Sullivan
Charlotte O'Sullivan
Sight and Sound

Seasonal to the max, You've Got Mail is a paradigm of product placement, packaged good cheer and innocuous irony.

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Cynthia Fuchs
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Philadelphia City Paper

Impeccably inane!

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Less than what you hoped for but pretty much what you expected.

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Duane Dudek
Duane Dudek
Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

You've Got Mail, is a sleek, well-photographed romantic comedy that actually compliments the beauty of NYC more than the actual stars of the film...

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Dustin Putman
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Insufferably cutesy-poo!

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Edward Johnson-Ott
Edward Johnson-Ott
NUVO Newsweekly

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.

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Garth Franklin
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A spotty and tedious two hour affair!

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Gary Thompson
Gary Thompson
Philadelphia Daily News

Not only about PCs; it appears to have been dictated by one.

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Village Voice
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At two hours, the froth on the comedy starts to dissolve like foam on a latte left standing all day.

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Jane Ganahl
Jane Ganahl
San Francisco Examiner

Boring, unoriginal, long-winded rehash of two of this writer's earlier scripts, based on the 1940 film entitled The Shop Around the Corner...

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Charmless and hokey!

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