Sleepless in Seattle
UK Release Date: 24 September 1993
Certification: PG
Director: Nora Ephron
Cast: Tom Hanks, Ross Malinger, Bill Pullman, Meg Ryan
Rating: 47%
Review:
As I have said multiple times Tom Hanks is my favourite actor. Even if he is cast as an underwhelming character in a weak movie, he shines. And the role of Sam Baldwin in Sleepless in Seattle is exactly that. I did like the scene where Sam starts shouting at his son, Jonah. Perhaps one of Hanks' most comedic scenes. The child actor Ross Malinger is another standout in Sleepless in Seattle. For a nine-year old his character Jonah is equally charming and sarcastic.
On the other hand Bill Pullman and Meg Ryan were poor. Bill Pullman's character's laugh went right through me - it was so annoying. I didn't like Meg Ryan's character, Annie Reed, because I didn't warm to her. After all, she betrayed her fiancée for a stranger's voice on the radio.
However I did enjoy the pretence of Sleepless in Seattle. I like movies that have different storylines that come together near the end of the movie. And the way Sam Baldwin and Annie Reed's story comes together was smart.
Sleepless in Seattle was good for an hour and thirty minutes but the ending really let it down and left me on a sour note. The movie built up the climactic meeting of the two main characters as something special when all that happened was Annie and Sam held hands. Laziness from the filmmakers.
Certification: PG
Director: Nora Ephron
Cast: Tom Hanks, Ross Malinger, Bill Pullman, Meg Ryan
Rating: 47%
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| "Men never get this movie." |
As I have said multiple times Tom Hanks is my favourite actor. Even if he is cast as an underwhelming character in a weak movie, he shines. And the role of Sam Baldwin in Sleepless in Seattle is exactly that. I did like the scene where Sam starts shouting at his son, Jonah. Perhaps one of Hanks' most comedic scenes. The child actor Ross Malinger is another standout in Sleepless in Seattle. For a nine-year old his character Jonah is equally charming and sarcastic.
On the other hand Bill Pullman and Meg Ryan were poor. Bill Pullman's character's laugh went right through me - it was so annoying. I didn't like Meg Ryan's character, Annie Reed, because I didn't warm to her. After all, she betrayed her fiancée for a stranger's voice on the radio.
However I did enjoy the pretence of Sleepless in Seattle. I like movies that have different storylines that come together near the end of the movie. And the way Sam Baldwin and Annie Reed's story comes together was smart.
Sleepless in Seattle was good for an hour and thirty minutes but the ending really let it down and left me on a sour note. The movie built up the climactic meeting of the two main characters as something special when all that happened was Annie and Sam held hands. Laziness from the filmmakers.
What did you want to happen at the end of the movie? I thought them holding hands was an indicator that they would now be together as a couple.
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