What I like about Sleepless, aside from the pure artistic economy, is the heart, soul, and humor of it all. So one might ask, since we know what will happen why bother watching? Of course, the answer is, "For the same reason we watch The Bourne movies or A Christmas Story time after time." They inspire or entertain us, help us look on the bright and hopeful side. Like that 1957 gem, this one brings together two very classy individuals in the city of New York at the end of a hectic emotional voyage of discovery. Speaking of which, An Affair to Remember-the ultimate chick flick starring Cary Grant and Deborah Kerr-should get billing as a Sleepless cast member. One who we know will be another great love as he felt for his late wife, ".like magic." The remainder of the movie sees the tender development of their connection into a less-and-less remote affair. he's "sleepless." One night Jonah calls into a nationwide nighttime radio show that concerns itself with personal problems, more or less tricking his father into expressing all the angst of his situation on the air.Īnnie, a reporter in Baltimore, is in the audience, along with thousands of women who feel his pain. The death of his first wife, the love of his life, "a great and perfect thing." After Sam moves to Seattle with his boy Jonah (Ross Malinger), he's still having trouble forgetting. Not giving anything away, everyone knows the film tells the story of a great and hopeful long-distance love connection between Sam and Annie Reed (Meg Ryan) following Not only efficient, but lyrical, considering the subject matter. The economy is startling, like a mathematical proof or solution to a chess problem by Bobby Fisher. On this latest occasion, I realize that the opening sequence of scenes-from the funeral for Sam Baldwin's (Tom Hank's) wife, the reception, to the scene at work in Chicago where he tells his supervisor he's leaving for Seattle for a complete change of life-sets up the whole movie in about three minutes. Sleepless is an objectively dynamite movie from every angle: writing, directing, acting, music, cinematography. Looking at the IMDb page for Sleepless, I'm amazed that it's rated-by the general public-at only 6.6 out of 10! (To give you a comparison, the movie I reviewed last week, Last Chance Harvey, comes in at an even 7.0.) It's as if people, like the critics, don't want to cave in to the overtly sentimental quality of this story for fear they'll be less than objective. someone who can provide a better view for being part of the scenery. But that's all right, because I feel my blue collar in these matters puts me in the category of a longshoreman philosopher (ref. And I certainly lack the technical grasp of the filmmaker's art that most critics will acquire in their formal education and journalistic experience these days. ![]() ![]() Reviewing such cultural icon as Sleepless in Seattle is always a challenge- though more of a challenge for (more) professional movie critics who often seem to go to lengths to prove they don't pander to popular opinion simply because it is so popular. ![]() I was just taking her hand to help her out of a car and I knew. I knew it the very first time I touched her. Sam Baldwin: Well, how long is your program? Well, it was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were suppose to be together. This page:ĭoctor Marcia Fieldstone: Tell me what was so special about your wife? Please go to the new Coffee Coaster site implemented more gracefully in Wordpress.
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