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Sleepless in Seattle

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UK Release Date: 24 September 1993 Certification: PG Director: Nora Ephron Cast: Tom Hanks, Ross Malinger, Bill Pullman, Meg Ryan Rating: 47 % "Men never get this movie." 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 t he 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