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Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

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Reviews Counted: 37 Fresh: 29  Rotten:8 Average Rating: 6.8/10

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Runtime: 2 hrs

Synopsis: Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) is a good father and a successful architect. But he's also a lonely widower. One night his precocious 8-year-old son Jonah calls a late-night radio talk show seeking a cure for his father's despondency. When Sam hesitantly takes the phone and discloses the story of his... Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) is a good father and a successful architect. But he's also a lonely widower. One night his precocious 8-year-old son Jonah calls a late-night radio talk show seeking a cure for his father's despondency. When Sam hesitantly takes the phone and discloses the story of his magic-filled marriage, he proves to be a deeply feeling and gentle man. His plight profoundly moves the program's sympathetic female listeners, and thousands of women write in offering to help him `recover' from his mournful insomnia. Recently betrothed Annie Reed (Meg Ryan) is one of the many listeners touched by Sam's story. To complicate matters, she's afraid her upcoming marriage promises stability and security but no excitement. Although Annie's supposed to be driving to her future in-laws' house for the holidays, she knows that she's already fallen in love with Sam and is on the road to destiny. Academy Award Nominations: Best (Original) Screenplay, Best Song ("A Wink and a Smile"). [More]

Genre: Comedies

Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Ross Malinger, Rosie O'Donnell, Bill Pullman

Director: Nora Ephron
Screenwriter: Nora Ephron, David S. Ward, Jeff Arch

DVD Info

Release:

Sep 23, 2003

[DVD Details]

DVD Features:

  • Region 1
  • Keep Case
  • Widescreen

Audio:

  • Dolby Digital 5.1 - English

Additional Release Material:

  • Trailers
  • Audio Commentary - 1. Nora Ephron - Director/Screenwriter, Delia Ephron -
  • Associate Producer
  • Featurette - 1. LOST IN THE MOVIES
  • Music Video - 1. Celin Dion and Clive Griffin - "When I Fall In Love"

Text/Photo Galleries:

  • Talent Files

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Brian Lowry
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2/5

So overrated.

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12/09/07
Cole Smithey
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Like most of Ephron's work, this one is shallow, contrived and ineptly directed, but it stars two of America's most likable stars, Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks; purists will never forgive Ephron for taking a cheap stab at Love Affair (the Cary Grant version)

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02/08/07
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08/26/06
Peter Travers
Rolling Stone
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Sure it's contrived, but what a great romantic weeper.

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Steve Crum
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02/09/06
Derek Adams
Time Out
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2/5

Seems too precalculated to be charming and magical, and consequently ends up being overly cute.

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09/01/05
Chuck O'Leary
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3/5

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07/17/05
Emanuel Levy
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2/5

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01/02/05
Philip Martin
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette
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[T]he epitome of the modern romantic comedy...

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08/08/04
MaryAnn Johanson
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06/04/04
Sarah Chauncey
Reel.com
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3/5

Better than you might expect, but it

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05/23/04
Ken Hanke
Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC)
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4/4

Predictable, manipulative, and completely satisfying.

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01/04/04
Michael Dequina
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5/5

One of the finest of all Hollywood romantic comedies.

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10/24/03
Forrest Hartman
Reno Gazette-Journal
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3/5

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10/15/03
Rich Cline
Shadows on the Wall
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2.5/5

Contrived

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08/21/03
David Bezanson
Filmcritic.com
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4/5

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07/28/03
Tony Toscano
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Should gather a few more converts to the idea that certain people are destined for each other.

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07/12/03
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
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06/09/03
Jules Brenner
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05/20/03
Monica Hayde
Palo Alto Weekly
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