You’ve Got Mail is allegedly a romantic comedy, but to accept that you have to ignore the obvious point that both main characters are in serious relationships when they meet first in a chat room online then later in person. Granted, both break up with their respective partners before they enter a physical relationship, so I guess it’s not actually infidelity. Still, what could have been a delightful love story seems a little emotionally bankrupt because their partners are unaware of the other people involved in their relationships.
Then there’s the title which is total product placement for AOL, sigh. Great cast including: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Parker Posey (amazing in well, everything), Jean Stapleton (All in The Family), Greg Kinnear, Steve Zahn (Ever see Happy, Texas? You should), Dave Chappelle, Dabney Coleman, Sara Ramirez (unknown then, now Dr. Torres on Grey’s Anatomy), Jane Adams, John Randolph, and Michael Badalucco (The Practice). I’m conflicted because I really do like the movie itself. 
Quite entertaining updated version of the 1940 Jimmy Stewart, Margaret Sullivan classic, The Shop Around The Corner, both based on the play Parfumerie (Miklos Laszlo).
The adorableness of Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan do make it work.
It never hurts to have your script by Nora and Delia Ephron, mistresses of witty repartee.
And it’s about books. What could ever be bad about books?
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I loved this movie.
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You Got Mail is a wonderful movie! Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan are great in it! Maybe it’s a redone 1940 movie of The Shop Around the Corner with Jimmy Stewart and Margaret Sullivan, but is still a great movie!
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