I am not ashamed to admit, I love this movie. Its cute settings, clever dialogue, and sweet romance never fail to warm my heart. Now that the internet has assisted my own romantic history, I like it even more. Since my family is snowed in, we might as well retreat to New York's Upper West Side with Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.
1:12 As the clunky CGI West Side credits begin, we all agree that this record of early internet material culture will be required viewing for all of our future children.
16:00 Movies like this are what make me want to go back to New York City
17:00 Aww they bond over smug observations about Starbucks customers
17:30 I've had many a grin like that, where something reminds you of your guy, and you wistfully space out remembering him.
18:13 Oh gross sweater, Meg Ryan
19:34 Greg Kinnear is also smug and hyper-literate
21:30 HELLO NEW JERSEY!
23:36 Aww the fall festival. The seasons are so alive in this film.
24:57 Roald Dahl book at storytime. Must find at local library.
25:13 Betsy-Tacy-Tib and connoisseurship of antique book illustrations
27:19 General sibling freak out about pop-up dinosaur book. We had the same one!!
30:37 Guggenheim-esque spiral staircase with skylight?
33:01 Well-stocked bookshelves appear in every apartment here.
38:15 Foucault reference!
40:32 Print media is so dying. All the characters in this film should enjoy their publishing/journalism jobs while they can.
42:31 Sara Ramirez cameo as grocery cashier. Another relic - cash only lines. What store doesn't let people use their credit cards in every lane?
53:16 Oh Dave Chappelle making jokes about food stamps. This movie wins at minority character actors.
53:59 "I said we were a godammed piazza!"
54:26 Price Club, another bygone element of the late 1990s. Holy Cow this was made in 1998 - this film is over a decade old! Poor Meg Ryan's face has only gotten scarier.
59:17 "Until I reach that level when it becomes absolutely imperative for me to leave."
1:00:31 Rewind to rewatch "She HAD to be!!!!"
1:05:41 "It's like they're an entire generation of cocktail waitresses." Oh Nora Ephron, just wait until Reality TV is invented.
1:06:31 When they "meet", both parties reveal how much they idolize their pen pal. "She is the most adorable creature I have ever come in contact with." "There is not a cruel or careless bone in his body." Alas, at this moment, they are only infuriated with the person before them.
1:18:23 Birdie's secret wealth and affair with Generalissimo Franco are stupid random plot points.
1:20:09 Noel Streatfield's shoe books FTW.
1:26:40 Elevator scene, the reason we stated watching this in the first place. I miss our antique museum elevators already!
1:32:10. Meg Ryan walks down the street with the defunct shop's bell. Dad says "Bring out your dead."
1:33:37 Arrrgh incorrect use of ironic.
1:36:21 Meg Ryan takes echinacea for her cold. Is that in vogue anymore?
1:51:22 "I have to go" is a ridiculously cliche chick flick phrase. Meg Ryan says it at the critical moment of all her films. (See: Sleepless in Seattle, Kate and Leopold.)
1:52:11 Dad: "Oh look, she changed from a gray thing into...a gray thing." I agree, oatmeal is not a good color for meeting a cute guy.
Annnnd roll end credits.
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