Review of Sleepless in Seattle (1993) by Guido M — 23 Jul 2012

"Funny but way too predictable, Sleepless is a timeless classic that marks the beginning of this type of movies".

Nora Ephron made her debut with "When Harry Met Sally", a movie that even though it was very similar to Woody Allen's "Annie Hall", was a huge success thanks to the chemestry and laughs apported by the two leads, and the delightful mind of Nora Ephron in the writing. Now she is back with Sleepless in Seattle, famous for the scene in the top of the Empire State.

Now, obviously we know how this is going to end but....Do we know what will happen? Yes. As all Nora Ephron's movies, they are charming but they cannot escape the typical Romantic comedy clichà (C)s or aren't treated with such simplicity as that jew with glasses who never dissapoints.

Sleepless in Seattle, indeed, still has a good, solid script that mantains the movie's plot, and the two leads do not shine like the Ryan-Crystal combination in When Harry Met Sally, but do their best to keep this movie working.

The movie tells the story of Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks), a Seattle widower who enters a Radio shows because of his son, Jonah Baldwin (Ross Malinger). Jonah told the show that his christmas wish was to have a new mother for his father. Sam talks about his wife in the show, and millions of women in United States get touched by him but especially Annie Reed (Meg Ryan), a future bride from Baltimore who obsesses with this guy even when she is going to the shrine soon.

Sleepless in Seattle is sweet, really sweet and sticky, as a caramel candy, and that's good and bad, but sure it's fun.