You've Got Mail - Movie Review

Rating: 1 out of 5

What a complete waste of time. Honestly, I can't remember the last time I saw a movie where it caused such a painful experience. It was so bad that during the last half-hour I fell asleep. Luckily my friends were there to wake me up. Why is this happening anymore? I know people still have faith in the romantic-comedy genre but this is really ridiculous. Taking the same story and molding it a little different each time isn't fun to watch anymore.

You've Got Mail is about a woman named Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan), who's children's book store is in danger of being put out of business because of a new Barnes and Noble type book super store, owned by Joe Fox (Tom Hanks). When they meet each other they (of course) hate each other. What's the problem? They don't know that the other one is their favorite e-mail buddy. The premise is actually creative but they don't do anything with it. Hanks and Ryan have the unnecessary romances with Parker Posey and Greg Kinnear at the beginning, but the audience knows better. We know they're going to be history in about forty-five minutes. Bored yet?

Sleepless in Seattle was ok but compared to this it was a helluva lot better. Hanks and Ryan's talents are wasted here because they don't have much to do. Ryan just received a Golden Globe nomination for best actress (in a musical or comedy) and it gets you wondering whether the Hollywood Foreign Press did an eenie-meenie-minie-mo type thing picking her. Don't go see this, you won't like it.

You've got a headache!

Facts and Figures

Year: 1998

Run time: 119 mins

In Theaters: Friday 18th December 1998

Box Office Worldwide: $115.7M

Budget: $65M

Distributed by: Warner Bros. Pictures

Production compaines: Warner Bros Pictures

Reviews

Contactmusic.com: 1 / 5

Rotten Tomatoes: 69%
Fresh: 57 Rotten: 26

IMDB: 6.5 / 10

Cast & Crew

Director: Nora Ephron

Producer: Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron, Lauren Shuler Donner, Julie Durk, G. Mac Brown

Screenwriter: Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron

Starring: Tom Hanks as Joe Fox, Meg Ryan as Kathleen Kelly, Katie Sagona as Young Kathleen Kelly, Greg Kinnear as Frank Navasky, Parker Posey as Patricia Eden, Jean Stapleton as Birdie Conrad, Steve Zahn as George Pappas, Heather Burns as Christina Plutzker, Dabney Coleman as Nelson Fox, Hallee Hirsh as Annabelle Fox, Dave Chappelle as Kevin Jackson

Also starring: Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron, Lauren Shuler Donner, Julie Durk