Review of You've Got Mail (1998) by Abhishek T — 04 Nov 2009

1998. no facebook. or it would have been different.

This review of You've Got Mail (1998) was written by Abhishek T on 04 Nov 2009.

You've Got Mail has generally received positive reviews.

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