Sleepless in Seattle

1993

1h 45m

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6.7/10

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After the death of his mother, a young boy calls a radio station in an attempt to set his father up on a date. Across the country, an engaged woman becomes convinced that they belong together, despite their never having met. Will their paths collide despite the odds?

Directors

Nora Ephron

Writers

David S. Ward(screenplay by)

Jeff Arch(screenplay by)

Nora Ephron(screenplay by)

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Meg Ryan

Tom Hanks

Ross Malinger

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Annie Reed

Sam Baldwin

Jonah Baldwin

Walter

Becky

Victoria

Jay

Jessica

Suzy

Greg

Rob

Maggie Baldwin

Barbara Reed

Cliff Reed

Dennis Reed

Betsy Reed

Irene Reed

Harold Reed

Directors

Nora Ephron

Writers

David S. Ward(screenplay by)

Jeff Arch(screenplay by)

Nora Ephron(screenplay by)

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6/10

“It’s easier to get killed by a terrorist than to get married at over forty!” Maybe a bit of an overstatement, but it’s the sentiment here as recently widowed “Sam” (Tom Hanks) moves to Seattle with his son “Jonah” (Ross Malinger) to start again. Unable to shake off the effects of his grief, it falls to the young lad to galvanise his dad into meeting someone new, and so he arranges a late night radio catharsis which is heard by “Annie” (Meg Ryan). She is entangled with the nice but dull “Walter” (Bill Pullman) but as she begins to let romantic fantasies about “Sam” take over she revisits her favourite Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr film “An Affair to Remember” and comes up with the idea of writing to him asking for a rendezvous atop the Empire State Building. Meantime, following on from his heart-rending broadcast, “Sam” has had plenty of correspondence from ladies but he is bent on a more traditional courting approach and so again it falls to his young son to expedite matters with one “Uncertain from Baltimore”. Can he play Cupid and even if he does, is their any chance that dad will like her, that she is actually “Annie” and that someone might wonder why an unaccompanied eight year old is flying across the USA? It’s like a short story that’s been stretched to feature-length, and though the premise is quite engaging the rather pedestrian execution from all but the young Malinger actually made me realise just how good the Kerr/Grant combo actually was. Some of the writing has an observational realism and wit to it; it does benefit from a classy soundtrack with some Jimmy Durante topping and tailing the romance, and there are lots of shots of an attractive New York skyline, but these two characters didn’t really do anything for me and as the scenario started to contrive it’s fairly obvious conclusion I lost interest. It’s an easy watch but like almost everything with Meg Ryan in, is fairly bland.

Geronimo196721 Jun, 2025