You've Got Mail (1998)

Highly Overrated But Still Good

Instead, you get a movie that's enjoyable enough, but leaves you feeling like it could have been much, much more.

a film so unique, intoxicating and bizarre that it not only demands another viewing, but is also forgivable as a satirical comedy where the jokes eventually take the back seat.

One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

I've been crying and laughing while watching this movie since 1998 and it's 2018. It's funny and emotional. They have so much chemistry together. Hopefully I'll be able to watch this when I'm older like I see my mother watch all the older movies on tcm.

If you saw this movie in the late 90's you could be totally forgiven for claiming, perhaps somewhat absurdly, that it was one of the best modern love stories ever filmed.If you were born after this movie came out it would be almost impossible for you to really get it. This movie has aged worse than almost any movie I've ever seen. I liked it a lot when it first came out, and I still liked it just fine when I recently re-watched it. But I can remember those times. Younger people are more likely to be able to empathize with Romeo and Juliet than this movie that takes place hundreds of years closer to modern times.I can't give this movie the title 'classic' because a movie has to hold up for a lot longer than this movie did. But if you're over thirty-ish and have never seen it you might enjoy some fond memories of those times almost as much as the movie itself.Really good movie. I loved it. But I can easily understand how younger people might disagree.

This movie is the ultimate heart-warming movie. Charming dialogues, beautiful actors and small doses of well-written humour make this movie an ode to the endless possibilities New York has to offer. Absolutely great movie to watch with family, as it truly brings people together. Each character is great - even the children - and You've Got Mail truly explores and portrays (with comedic but not in-your-face stereotypes) the different people that inhabit Manhattan: the intellectual, the businessmen, the rich families, the struggling young adults, the idealists... All with the message that appearances don't always make personality. The songs are great and the clothes are simple yet add character to the movie.

(My spoilers are more on the foregone conclusion, 30 second trailer type, by the way)This is one of those movies that you have to see whenever its on. One of those, 'wait let me record this, because I want to catch all the goodness that I feel each time I watch it' flicks. And Nora Ephron is so good at that.Though there are things I'd change. Yes, there are. Let's face it--it's just dated . And I'm not even talking about AOL. I can live with that. But not that Cranberry's song. And the two leads significant others were so annoying and pointless. But it is essentially every Romantic Comedy on earth. They hate each other, there's tension, and in the end they kiss. And maybe I need a few more re-watches but I'm pretty sure Tom Hanks was a prick. But an enjoyable, Tom Hanksy prick. And there's so many good lines and moments in this movie. I enjoy it and I think you will too. I give it a seven because Tom Hanks character was kind of a prick, and it was just not as timeless feeling as I'd like, veering closely to the a cookie cutter RomCom a la Katherine Heigl, for me. I feel this way probably because Meg's character is much more insipid as opposed to past similar roles she's played. But maybe I just need another re-watch...