A really odd story but it’s one of the romance classics.
Sleepless In Seattle is the story of a widowed man (Tom Hanks) who finds love again with the help of his son, who calls a radio station seeking help to get his father a new wife. When Annie Reed (Meg Ryan) hears Sam Baldwin speak about his late wife Maggie on live radio, she instantly catches feelings for him. The only problem is Annie’s recently engaged and lives almost 3,000 miles away in Baltimore. After hearing her mother talk about how she fell in love with her father, she realizes her fiancé isn’t the one for her. So, she sends Sam a letter, telling him to meet her at the top of the Empire State Building on Valentine’s day.
The Pros
The best thing about this movie is definitely the cast. Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks in an early 90s romance is one of the best couples at the time to have casted. Not to mention Jonah has a lot of funny kid moments throughout which I think the writers took advantage of to sneak in some kid laughs.
I’m definitely partial to any movie that sets in the Pacific Northwest, so I was big on the Seattle scenery in the scenes but I also appreciated how they didn’t overdo it. The boat house was an interesting decision for Sam’s Seattle house and the West Seattle scenes were cool.
The Cons
This was a weird story. Between Annie flying 3,000 miles to stalk Sam and falling for a guy who she didn’t even know all while she was engaged to a successful guy, just weird. Credit to directing, editing, acting, and everything that comes with making a movie good, because the blueprint of the story is so odd. Even though they made up for it somehow, It will always linger in my mind about how weird the story is and that is a con.
Sleepless in Seattle is really only a movie worth revisiting if you’re from Seattle. The Score is a 68.