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Sleepless in Seattle

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• Comedy
• Romance

• 1993
• Nora Ephron
• 100 mins
• PG

Summary

Romantic comedy starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. When Sam Baldwin's wife dies, he is left to bring up his eight-year-old son Jonah alone, and decides to move to Seattle to make a new start. On Christmas Eve, Jonah rings a radio phone-in with his Christmas wish to find a new wife for his dad. Meanwhile in Baltimore, journalist Annie Reed, who is having doubts about her own relationship, is listening in.

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A star rating of 4 out of 5.

Adrian Turner

Nora Ephron, the writer of When Harry Met Sally..., came up trumps again as co-writer and director of this gloriously old-fashioned and unashamedly manipulative romantic comedy. Tom Hanks, recently widowed, moves to a new home in Seattle where he just grieves and grieves. His young son (Ross Malinger), concerned over his dad's state of mind, calls a radio phone-in and when Hanks himself goes on air, he pours his heart out. That's storyline one. Storyline two features Meg Ryan, a Baltimore journalist who hears the broadcast, recognises a kindred lonely heart and starts tracking Hanks down. Malinger becomes their matchmaker, while the Cary Grant/Deborah Kerr weepie An Affair to Remember is always on TV and serves as a touchstone, providing the inspiration for the movie's climax at the top of the Empire State Building. For nearly two hours, Ephron keeps her marvellous stars apart, a potentially dangerous tactic that works superbly. In the summer of Jurassic Park, Sleepless in Seattle proved to be a box-office smash; the team subsequently reunited for You've Got Mail in 1998.

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6.8/10

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Cast

rolenameSam BaldwinTom HanksAnnie ReedMeg RyanJonah BaldwinRoss MalingerBeckyRosie O'DonnellJayRob ReinerWalterBill PullmanSuzyRita WilsonGregVictor GarberRobTom Riis FarrellMaggie BaldwinCarey LowellBarbara ReedLe Clanche Du RandCliff ReedKevin O'MorrisonDennis ReedDavid Hyde Pierce

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rolenameDirectorNora Ephron

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Theatrical distributor

Park Circus

Released on

2014-02-14

Languages

English

Guidance

Edited for language.

Available on

video and DVD

Formats

Colour

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