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'You've Got Mail' delivers perfectly, but arrives late.
The romantic comedy from the makers of 'Sleepless in Seattle' is a fun and oft-times hillarious movie. It is just unfortunate that the worst parts of "You've Got Mail" have been inherited from the Ephrons' previous collaboration, namely pacing. Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan have got to be one of Hollywood's most believable on-screen couples, which seems to boost the film and the marvellous script to a higher level. From supporting characters to memorable lines, "Mail" appears to have it all, including the right to claim itself as the romantic comedy of the year, a title held by such films as "As Good As it Gets" and "While You Were Sleeping." The plot twists were marvelous and the story was intelligent. But someone needs to tell Nora and Delia Ephron that slow pacing is not suspenseful and frustrating antics are not a part of normal life, which makes movie-going so much fun. In the end, "You've Got Mail" knows exactly how to please the audience, but just can't get it out quick enough.

The best romantic flick I've ever experienced.
There are a couple of things this film has going for it. First is the chemistry between the on-screen characters. There's a reason Hanks and Ryan were casted for this flick- it's because audiences (including myself) like to see the sparks between these two people. They were a great team in Sleepless in Seattle, and it's pretty obvious the 'magic' is still there.

The soundtrack to this movie is absolutely incredible. Harry Nilsson is perfect (the puppy song, over the rainbow), and the rest of the songs fit so well with the mood of the movie at all times. Sinead O'Conner's addition (I think it's called the lord must live in NY city) adds to the mood I talk about later, and Carol King's Anyone At All is one of the best romantic songs I've ever heard/played.

The mood to the movie is always incredibly upbeat- which is strange- most movies have their lulls or depressing moments. This movie, however, never gets itself in that rut. It's always very very cheery and bright. Although some may hate that, I can do nothing but appreciate the change of style. Everytime I watch You've Got Mail, I just think, "I WANT TO GO TO NEW YORK!!!"

Overall, the movie just makes you feel good. It's one of my favorite movies, and is certainly my most favorite romantic film. Even techies won't get annoyed, because thank goodness the focus isn't aol or anything of that matter.

HOMOGENIZE THE WORLD
Entertaining film with a fair amount of cute, interesting observations about relationships, people and the nature of things in general. When a fellow theatergoer shushes Greg Kinnear's character, Kinnear says, "A hot dog is singing. Do you need silence while a hot dog sings?" Tom Hanks is his likable self, and Meg Ryan is the usual. I don't care for her and do not see why people are so stuck on her. She is cute, but she overacts in a way that just... bothers me. I think the concept of this picture arrives at a timely moment when many people are finding themselves meeting via computers and using technology to aid in their personal lives, which grow busier and busier as technology grows more pervasive. It also comes at a time in history when the concept of the bigger and cheaper chains overrunning the small, independent businesses is commonplace. Ryan plays Kathleen Kelly, an independent bookstore owner who struggles when Hanks's big mega chain bookstore, Fox Books, opens around the corner from Kelly's store. (Ironically Kelly's railing against the homogenization of the world parallels the way movies of this nature are made. The industry is so obsessed with making a profit that they will reuse the same story over and over and the public is gullible to buy it over and over). In person, the pair have an adversarial relationship. Online, not knowing that they are speaking to each other... not really knowing who they are speaking with, they basically fall in love. Meanwhile both have relationships in real, non-electronic mail lives... Hanks with the incomparable indie darling Parker Posey (he splits up with her after they have been stuck in an elevator and she starts freaking out because she cannot find her Tic Tacs) and Ryan with a splendid Greg Kinnear. It is a feel good movie above all, although the important issues of online communication AND corporations ruling the world are serious issues that can be debated in some other venue. Also nice... Dabey Coleman as Tom Hanks's father and also Jane Adams for only moments as a tv host-interviewer who captures Kinnear's heart during an interview. (The keen indie movie follower and Frasier fan will know Adams as Niles's plastic surgeon girlfriend Mel. They will also recognise her bit part in Wonder Boys as the pregnant waitress Oola and as the down on her luck character who never quite wins in the disturbing Happiness).

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