Word: hankses
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) is an architect in Seattle, a recent widower unable to overcome his bereavement. Annie Reed (Meg Ryan) is a no-nonsense newspaperwoman in Baltimore, about to settle for a marriage more convenient than stirring.
To compensate, she creates, as it were, sub-conflicts. Annie's fiance (Bill Pullman) is shown to be, quite literally, a drip (allergies make his nose run); the woman Sam takes up with (Barbara Garrick) has a grating laugh. The movie condescends to both of them rather unfunnily. And, anyway...
It's all about "magic"--the myth of love at first sight--which reduces love and romance to superficial attraction. Hanks sees Ryan on an airport runway and instantly he's in love. Not a word. Not a shared experience. Meg Ryan is blonde and gorgeous. Falling in "love" with...
The writer and filmmaker, Nora Ephron, who also did "Sally," desperately needs a new idea. This movie even ends in a very familiar way. In New York City. With a love song playing. And a long climb to the top of some building. By the time Ryan gets to top...
When Ryan and Hanks finally get together, the twosome evokes the on-screen chemistry they had in "Joe Versus the Volcano." Which is to say: None. Watching these two actors together is about exciting as watching the interaction between Alka-Seltzer and water.