Sleepless in Seattle | | Cast : | Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan | | Director : | Nora Ephron | | Studio : | Columbia Tristar Hom | | Format : | Color, Closed-captioned, Widescreen | | Released Date : | June 25, 1993 | | DVD Released Date : | October 07, 2003 | | Language : | English (Dubbed), English (Original Language), English (Subtitled), Thai (Subtitled), Chinese (Subtitled), Korean (Subtitled) | | Audience Rating : | PG (Parental Guidance Suggested) | | | BUY THIS DVD FROM AMAZON |
Customer Reviews
| Rating |  | | Date | August 03, 2005 | | Summary | "Those People Know How to Fall in Love" | Content
 | Definitely one those kinds of movies that when you catch on cable even if it started like 50 minutes ago, you just can't help but sit down and watch the rest of the movie. It's a perfect romantic drama/comedy that is charmingly old-fashioned.
The movie An Affair to Remember (by Cary Grant) was an important reference to the movie that helped staged for the grand finale. Tom Hanks and especially Meg Ryan were great and both of them captured the loneliness of their characters.
I like that two leads spent the entire movie (except a short one on the street) separated. Because I think the big finale wouldn't be as effective if they were actually been together more than the film did. I love the ending! It's romantic, it's quiet, it's cute, it's effortless, it's elegant, and it's magical. To quote Meg Ryan's character "Those people know how to fall in love".
Grade: A |
| Rating | | | Date | August 02, 2005 | | Summary | Magic! | Content
| I loved this movie, its emotional, warm, happy ending, no violence, everything I want in a movie. |
| Rating | | | Date | July 28, 2005 | | Summary | A Warm, Feel-Good Story | Content
| O.K., I am an incurable romantic, but I think this is a movie that you can watch happily many times. The plot is stretched a bit, but the acting and flavor of the movie is so good that, unless you are a cynical grouch, you will just go with the story's flow. Sam Baldwin's wife has just died. To get away from tragic memories in Chicago, Sam (Tom Hanks) and his very young son, Jonah (Ross Malinger), move to Seattle. But they still miss her terribly. Jonah finally telephones a national, call-in, radio show to ask for help for his lonely, grieving father. The host gets Sam on the show. Resistant at first, Sam finally confesses the overwhelming loss that he feels. Across the country in Baltimore, Annie Reed (Meg Ryan) is touched deeply by Sam's words and confesses to her friend, Becky (Rosie O'Donnell) that she is drawn to him. Little by little, Sam and Annie are drawn together, much to Jonah's happiness. The story is helped by well-chosen songs performed by great musicians. If you are an incurable romantic, this one is a keeper. |
| Rating | | | Date | June 15, 2005 | | Summary | If only romance were this simple | Content
| This unfortunate yet inevitable film serves as a demonstrative example of a modern fairy tale romance. Except that this one goes a step further, they fall madly in love before they even meet each other.
Sleepless in Seattle perpetuates the long held perceptions of love that Hollywood foists on the young men and women in our culture:
* Love is mystical, magical, wild, accidental, and you're powerless in it's grasp.
* Even when you're eyes first meet across a crowded room, you'll know if you've found the "one".
* You'll know when you fall in love when you have that smooshy feeling in your stomach, you lose all common sense, but you're in love, what else matters?
* Love finds you. It's fate, and you've got to grab on when it comes or you may be left in the dust.
In the case of this movie, this fate also apparently drives people to break up with their fiance or partner because of insignificant idiosyncrasies.
These perceptions of love have distorted our perceptions of how romance "ought" to be, and changed our expectations in relationships and have let us down.
Even Meg Ryan admitted in an interview that this movie contributed to the Hollywood-ized fairytale perception of romance that so many young women have built their expectations on, and are often disappointed. If there's anything this life has taught me about love, is that it's a decision. It takes time, work, commitment, and will. It is an act and a decision, not a force of nature of fate that you simply must relinquish your will to.
The cinematography is excellent, great casting too; But if you want a definitive Hanks/Ryan movie, get "Joe vs. the Volcano". Deep plot, romantic, and pretty darn funny too. |
| Rating | | | Date | April 27, 2005 | | Summary | A Classic | Content
| Sleepless In Seattle is movie that sticks with you. You could watch it over and over and over again and not get tired of it.
Set in Seattle, and unlike many think, a very romantic city, the story follows a widower named Sam(Hanks) and his son Jonah (Malinger), and a reporter for the Baltimore Sun, Annie(Ryan).
After Jonah calls a advice radio station about his widower father, Annie, on the other side of county in Baltimore becomes very interested in Sam. Through story, both Sam and Annie contemplate meeting after Annie sends a letter to them. In the end their meeting happens just like in the old movie Annie and Becky(O'Donnell) had watched over and over again.
Sleepless In Seattle is a classic and a great movie. |
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