Meg Ryan

Billy Crystal

Bruno Kirby

Carrie Fisher

Steven Ford

Lisa Jane Persky

Michelle Nicastro

Gretchen Palmer

Robert Alan Beuth

David Burdick

Joe Viviani

Harley Jane Kozak

Joseph Hunt

Kevin Rooney

Franc Luz

Tracy Reiner

Kyle T. Heffner

Kimberley LaMarque

Stacey Katzin

Estelle Reiner

John Arceri

Peter Day

Connie Sawyer

Kuno Sponholz

Charles Dugan

Katherine Squire

Al Christy

Frances Chaney

Bernie Hern

Jane Chung

Rose Wright

Aldo Rossi

Dona Hardy

Peter Pan

Bob Ader

Nicholas Glaeser

Randy James

Stanley Moore

Larry Sherman

Marilyn Spanier

John Speredakos

Terry Vaughan

Anthony Welch

Nora Ephron

Steve Nicolaides

George R. Nelson

Andrew Scheinman

Barry Sonnenfeld

Jeffrey Stott

Robert Leighton

Rob Reiner

Gloria Gresham

Marc Shaiman

Jane Musky

Thomas Richard Sharp

Mark A. Baker

Janet Hirshenson

Jane Jenkins

Sabrina Wright-Gilliar

Joseph A. Campayno

Stephen Abrums

Mel Metcalfe

Ken Chase

Larry Singer

Peter Montagna

William A. Farley

Charles L. Campbell

Terry Porter

Barbara Lorenz

Louis L. Edemann

Robert Eber

David J. Hudson

Jennifer L. Parsons

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When Harry Met Sally...

Castle Rock Entertainment

Nelson Entertainment

United States of America

English

new york city

friendship

husband wife relationship

orgasm

restaurant

platonic love

diner

central park

central park, new york city

romantic

Well worth a watch, as anticipated.

<em>'When Harry Met Sally…'</em> is one of those films that I've heard a tonne about but without finding out anything tangible about the plot, the only thing in that regard that I knew was the Katz's Delicatessen location - not even the full scene, just the famous quote (out of context) from Estelle Reiner. Of course as a romcom drama you know mostly what you're gonna get, but this does have more to it in fairness; big fan of the time jumps, e.g.

Billy Crystal is great value throughout, amusing and even touching at moments. Same goes for Meg Ryan, naturally, who I know of only by name; I never remember her face for some odd reason. Carrie Fisher and Bruno Kirby, meanwhile, make for strong supports to the two leads.

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Were it not for the now legendary scene in the diner - and, for me, the lovely follow-up from the observing woman at the next table to the waitress, this would just be another quickly-paced, run-of-the-mill, romantic comedy that's exceedingly heavy on the dialogue. It's all about the evolution of the relationship between "Harry" (Billy Crystal) and "Sally" (Meg Ryan). They've been friends since God was a boy, but always preferred to date other people. Now clearly, as we progress through this feast of relationship mishaps, that isn't really working and they come back to their perennial question. Would them having sex ruin a beautiful friendship? The story is set across quite an extended timeframe, and that allows Rob Reiner to reset the episodic nature of the comedy and introduce new partners for us to appreciate, like and loathe as the punchline to the story becomes as obvious as the sun in the sky. The writing is witty and pithy at times, yes, but there's just way too much of it and even though there's a semblance of chemistry between Ryan and Crystal on screen, I just found the whole thing just a bit too obvious. It's not a bad watch, and I know I'm very much in the minority of opinion here, but this is really only a standard vehicle for two averagely talented stars, one of whom can "yes, yes, yes..." with the best of them.

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A review by Peter89Spencer

Written by Peter89Spencer on Sun Feb 14 2021

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