When Harry Met Sally...
1989 Directed by Rob Reiner
Synopsis
Can two friends sleep together and still love each other in the morning?
Will sex ruin a perfect relationship between a man and a woman? that's what Harry (Billy Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan) debate during their travels from Chicago to New York. And eleven years and later, they're still no closer to finding the answer. Will these two best friends ever accept that they're meant for each other...or will they continue to deny the attraction that's existed since the first moment When Harry Met Sally?
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Watching a film as sweet and funny as When Harry Met Sally makes me wonder what exactly happened to Rob Reiner and Meg Ryan, but more importantly it makes me wonder what on earth happened with the Rom-Com genre. I think most people will agree with me when I say it's the worst-served of them all by the soulless machinery that is Hollywood, so when I catch up on what is said to be one of the last great ones and it turns out to be exactly that it is particularly saddening. Reiner's film is cleverly written, features a damn near unrivalled on-screen chemistry on behalf of the two leads and is just...so damn likeable. The jokes are delivered so…
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"You know, I have a theory that hieroglyphics are just an ancient comic strip about a character named Sphinxy."
I am in love with this movie.
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Someone finally pulled it off. Rob Reiner made a Woody Allen film that is missing all of the things that people typically hate about Woody Allen films. As it turns out, most of the what he left out wasn't all that necessary.
I can't think of a single scene I would remove or alter in any way. The writing is effortless and real; truly masterful. What you get with When Harry Met Sally is an unassuming little film that does everything perfectly. That's something you don't see very often. In fact, this film represents everything that's missing from too much of modern storytelling: craftsmanship. Art gets all the glory, but craftsmanship is where all the real work gets done. Don't…
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Still as witty and charming as the first time I saw it, and deserves to always be placed among the essential, top rung romantic comedies. Both Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan have had respectable careers, but their performances as Harry and Sally are arguably ones they never quite matched.
Chemistry is off the charts. Stellar supporting work from Carrie Fisher and Bruno Kirby. Ended an incredible decade for Rob Reiner, whose work has progressively gotten worse since. Everyone involved was at the height of their talents, and the end result is evidence of that. A near-perfect classic.
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Part of My Favorite Movies Ever, Ever, Ever.
Part of 2013: The Year of Inspiration.Friedrich Nietzsche once said, “It is not a lack of love, but a lack of friendship that makes unhappy marriages.”
The first time I watched When Harry Met Sally..., it was because it was Mother's Day and it was my mom's favorite movie, so I decided to watch it with her. I'd never been into romantic movies, but there was something about this one that I absolutely adored.
Well, actually, everything.
The thing that makes this movie so good is Nora Ephron's delightfully honest writing. It's just perfect. Harry and Sally are two of my favorite characters ever put on film. Aside from flawlessly delivering…
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"I came here tonight because when you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with somebody, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible" - Harry Burns
Is there a better romantic comedy out there ? I really doubt it. Meg Ryan & Billy Crystal were absolutely wonderful.
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It's a new year, movie lovers, and in this episode, we take on an incredible film with crisp, spot-on, endlessly quotable dialogue, a cast that is absolutely perfect, and not one but two fantastic New Year's Eve scenes. That's right, we're talking about Rob Reiner's 1989 romantic comedy classic When Harry Met Sally.... We talk about how the film sprang from the real lives of Rob Reiner, his producing partner Andrew Scheinman and the Oscar-nominated writer Nora Ephron. We discuss the nature of the filmmaking process for this film and how smart it was to let the storytelling stand out front even though they could have easily brought out an arsenal of cinematic tools to use. Restraint can be a…
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When My head met my pillow. AHAHA
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I'm sorry but I don't care for the love lives of whiteys in their thirties.
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Last night, for the most part, I watched When Harry Met Sally again. I cannot count how many times I have watched this film. It is a favourite film of mine and a film I use to demonstrate the validity of the romantic comedy genre. This is a genre film to its core and it plays on the established conventions of romantic comedy with incredible skill. Romantic comedy is a genre with heart, and although this has changed significantly as it succumbed to the Hollywood studio system, it is important to recognise its relevance.
This story follows two friends that fall in love. It explores the idea of friendship between men and women in a time where women’s roles were…
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Only in the 1980s could someone who looks like Billy Crystal be a romantic leading man in a film. But he's great here, and has real chemistry with an extremely sweet Meg Ryan. More importantly, the writing of the film lets us get to know two very real people, who actually grow over the course of just 90 minutes. Harry is a dick at the start, and yet he becomes a sympathetic figure. And it's a lot of fun - so many "romcoms" are so light on com and heavy on the rom that it was refreshing to see that this film is actually really funny. It's ultimately a film that despite the trappings of the genre - there is no character who isn't white, straight and well-off, and you know how it's going to finish before it even starts - nails every aspect of it. It's a film that does hold up extremely well near 25 years later.
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A very funny, touching film and a rom-com that I actually enjoyed. Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan are so funny in their roles and the whole thing just comes across as so real and honest, it's like they're real people who have continuously crossed paths, struck up a friendship and fallen in love. It's a really great film, which is no surprise as it's directed by Rob Reiner, the man who gave us Stand By Me, my all time favourite film.
Also, Meg Ryan has incredible eyes. I just have to say that.
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classic!
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A really great romantic comedy that's not just some throwaway, sappy date movie. This film has something to say and it's entertaining while it says it. Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan are both so incredible in their roles that it's pretty much impossible to imagine anyone else playing these characters. When Harry Met Sally is one of those "perfect time and place" movies that has inspired every film of the same genre in one way or another ever since it came out. It's a trendsetter and, interestingly enough, came out the same year that Seinfeld debuted on TV. If you're a fan of one or the other, you'll definitely see the similarities.
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Watching a film as sweet and funny as When Harry Met Sally makes me wonder what exactly happened to Rob Reiner and Meg Ryan, but more importantly it makes me wonder what on earth happened with the Rom-Com genre. I think most people will agree with me when I say it's the worst-served of them all by the soulless machinery that is Hollywood, so when I catch up on what is said to be one of the last great ones and it turns out to be exactly that it is particularly saddening. Reiner's film is cleverly written, features a damn near unrivalled on-screen chemistry on behalf of the two leads and is just...so damn likeable. The jokes are delivered so…