Stevecorp
Don't listen to the negative reviews
Bumpy Chip
It’s not bad or unwatchable but despite the amplitude of the spectacle, the end result is underwhelming.
Lela
The tone of this movie is interesting -- the stakes are both dramatic and high, but it's balanced with a lot of fun, tongue and cheek dialogue.
decembergrit-95984
I've been crying and laughing while watching this movie since 1998 and it's 2018. It's funny and emotional. They have so much chemistry together. Hopefully I'll be able to watch this when I'm older like I see my mother watch all the older movies on tcm.
lesleygoodall
Sorry can't get my head around this slow, sloppy female chic flick film. Maybe it's because 20 years on I'm an adult woman now and need something less pathetic. It's my first experience of a Nora Ephron film and will be very beneficial when searching for an answer on a quiz program.If you want program OK but I did not make a spelling mistake.!
stufff11
This is a movie about two people who are having an emotional affair with each other while they are already in relationships with other people. They both know what they are doing is wrong, they wait for their partners to leave before checking their email and sneak around behind their backs. It "all works out in the end" and the partners they were cheating on were not hurt and everyone lived happily ever after. In real life these emotional affairs that start over the internet are extremely hurtful to the other partner, and a movie that romanticizes it is disgusting.It's also shown to be even worse with age. It came out at a time when the Internet was still sort of a new thing, and the idea of meeting people online was weird and shameful. Half my friends who are married met their partners online.The rampant AOL product placement was particularly hilarious considering that company barely even exists anymore except for the 30 senior citizens who think they need to keep paying for it to get email.
mirkobozic
"You Got Mail" is a warm, cozy movie, almost as much as Kathleen Kelly's(Meg Ryan) corner bookshop around which the plot is centered. The place has a cult status and fans that run to its defense when Fox Books, a large bookstore chain announces opening their own big bookshop across the street. The two main antagonists, Kelly and Joe Fox (Tom Hanks) soon clash over work ethics and the future of the little shop, which of course, eventually loses the battle. Both of them start an internet friendship without being aware of each other's identities, so two parallel plots start developing until they intersect in the finale. There's a great deal of comedy and great production design, which kind of makes you overlook the predictability of the plot (it's very clear where the whole thing is headed early on). The movie also addresses the issues small businesses are facing because of large corporations, making you root for the underdog, with the bookshop's homely atmosphere where you expect warm cocoa instead of designer frappucinos. There's even a nostalgic streak to it, with the dial-up tone and the AOL messenger, from the time Facebook& Instagram was still pure Sci-Fi. And one loves the movie for the amazing Manhattan landscapes as well, the brownstone interiors and a milieu of characters popular in Woody Allen's New York: writers, critics, publishers, artists. The whole movie makes you want to grab a good book and go to your neighborhood cafe. The supporting cast is brilliant, like Greg Kinnear. And it has to be said-"You Got Mail" has one of the best break-up scenes ever, where Ryan and Kinnear simultaneously confess they no longer love each other, just to jump to inquiring about new partners as if nothing had happened. I wish it was so easy in reality. My best recommendations!
