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When Harry Met Sally... (1989)

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Reviews Counted:47

Fresh:43

Rotten:4

Average Rating:7.8/10

Consensus: Rob Reiner's touching, funny film set a new standard for romantic comedies, and he was ably abetted by the sharp interplay between Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan.

Runtime: 1 hr 39 mins

Genre: Comedies

Synopsis: WHEN HARRY MET SALLY... tracks a star-crossed pair as they repeatedly drift apart and meet again over a span of 13 years and gradually fall madly, deeply, passionately into friendship, a friendship... WHEN HARRY MET SALLY... tracks a star-crossed pair as they repeatedly drift apart and meet again over a span of 13 years and gradually fall madly, deeply, passionately into friendship, a friendship ever teetering on the edge of love. Harry meets Sally when they share a car ride to New York City upon graduation from the University of Chicago. A few minutes into the trip, the conversation between womanizing, neurotic Harry (Billy Crystal) and driven, equally neurotic Sally (Meg Ryan) becomes heatedly contentious. The question arises: Can a man and a woman be just friends? Harry contends this proposition is impossible, that sex will always come along to screw up the friendship. Sally is aghast and disagrees, proclaiming the idea a distinct possibility. The two part ways rather acrimoniously in New York but before long meet again and eventually decide to indeed be friends. As life's mysterious coincidences pull Harry and Sally closer together, they share mystical, tender moments, confess secrets to each other, console each other, attend major holidays together, and do all the other things couples traditionally do. The question then reemerges: Can Harry and Sally remain mere friends, or will they--must they--fall in love? And can anyone forget Ryan's classic faking-it scene in Katz's Deli? [More]

Starring: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby

Starring: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby, Lisa Jane Persky, Estelle Reiner

Director: Rob Reiner

Director: Rob Reiner
Screenwriter: Nora Ephron

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Jan 26, 1999

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Sally is special lightning-in-a-bottle stuff that every member of the production has spent precious years of their lives trying to recreate, but always failing miserably.

Full Review Source: BrianOrndorf.com | comment Comment
08/26/09
Brian Orndorf
Brian Orndorf
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Can a man and a woman be friends without worrying about having sex? Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan spend a beguiling dozen years trying to figure it out.

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This is Ephron at her best.

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Director Rob Reiner has a killer instinct for setting up jokes and punchlines, and is vastly aided by the performances and chemistry of Crystal and Ryan, as well as crisp supporting work from Carrie Fisher and Bruno Kirby.

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04/01/08
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Fans of Billy Crystal's amphibian qualities may be amused, but the rest of us have to contend with a slavish Woody Allen imitation.

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04/01/08
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Jonathan Rosenbaum
Chicago Reader
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Rob Reiner directs with deftness and sincerity, making the material seem more engaging than it is, at least until the plot machanics begin to unwind and the film starts to seem shapeless.

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02/29/08
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
Michael W. Phillips, Jr.
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Reiner's film breaks the romantic-comedy mold because it's not so much about Harry and Sally as it is about men and women.

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01/16/08
James Plath
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Cole Smithey
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Reiner clearly likes his characters, and elicits sturdy performances from a proficient cast (Kirby and Fisher are especially fine as friends and confidants to the pair).

Full Review Source: Time Out | comment Comment
06/24/06
Geoff Andrew
Geoff Andrew
Time Out

What keeps the momentum going, despite the story's predictability, is the dialogue and the chemistry, which makes for a high-wire act.

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11/18/05
Phil Villarreal
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12/26/04
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11/18/04
Randy Shulman
Randy Shulman
Metro Weekly (Washington, DC)

Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan are terrific together in one of the best romantic comedies of the 1980s.

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09/16/04
Thomas Delapa
Thomas Delapa
Boulder Weekly

A classic romantic comedy.

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09/10/04
John Venable
John Venable
Supercala.com

Overrated nonsense about two people who would never date in real life.

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Jon Niccum
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