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Conversely, without even having met her, he readily declares Annie as 'my new mom.' Parent with New Paramour: At one point, Sam dates a woman who Jonah hates.No Romantic Resolution: What happens after they meet?.The Mountains of Illinois: In 1993, Seattle had a bus tunnel, not a subway.It turns out she's Sam's sister, coming to town for a visit. Mistaken for Romance: Annie sees Jonah and Sam embracing a woman and assumes she's Sam's new girlfriend (it doesn't help that her hairstyle is identical to Victoria's, whom she saw in a photograph).

Sam seems quite close to tears of relief when he finds Jonah at the end of the film.Manly Tears: Played for laughs, when Sam and Greg tear up while reminiscing about The Dirty Dozen.Marsha that he had this reaction when he met his wife Maggie and he has the same reaction when he sees Annie. Love at First Sight: Sam confides to Dr.Downplayed, since, other than his blandness, Walter is a perfectly decent guy who lets her go willingly once she tells him about her feelings - just not the one for Annie. Not much wonder that Annie's affections get swayed by a voice on the radio. only for a later scene to reveal that she is referring to Walter's nighttime routine of medications, which leave him so tired that they don't have sex at all. Annie insists that things are like clockwork between them. Annie's mother mentions how meeting her husband was Love at First Sight but admits that it took several years for things to 'work like clockwork' in bed, so Annie shouldn't be worried if it takes a while with her fiancé Walter. Lousy Lovers Are Losers: Discussed and ZigZagged.

#MEG RYAN SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE MOVIE#

He (and his friend) spend the second half of the movie trying to get them together. Many many women mail letters, but only one really connects with him.

Kids Play Matchmaker: Jonah sees how sad his widowed father is, and calls a talk radio show to find him a wife.

He says this despite the fact that he genuinely loves Annie.

I Want My Beloved to Be Happy: When Annie comes clean to Walter, he is understanding and mentions that their relationship wouldn't be fair if she doesn't feel that he is the right person.

Held Gaze: The Anniversary Edition DVD cover shows Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan looking into each other's eyes like this because it is the quintessential 'romantic' pose.

Happily Married: All dialogue makes it obvious that Sam and his wife were this.

Door-Closes Ending: After Annie, Sam, and Jonah get on the elevator, the doors close and we cut to the outside of the Empire State Building.

After the intro, the time stamp informs the viewer that it's 18 months later.

Distant Prologue: The opening scenes establish the death of Sam's wife and his decision to move to Seattle.

Disposable Fiancé: Walter, possibly the most disposable of all disposable fiancés.

Dead Person Conversation: Maggie appears to Sam on New Year's Eve to share a drink with him.

Creator Cameo: When Annie is in the kitchen in the middle of the night listening to the 'best of' radio callers, the caller 'Disappointed in Denver' is voiced by director Nora Ephron.

She rivals Nick Sitcom brats for pushiness.

Bratty Half-Pint: Yeah, Jessica's mom needs to have a talk with her about nearly every civility you can name.

They don't meet until the very end, when boy finally meets girl, after the girl believes she has lost him. The entire movie is about them not finding each other.

Boy Meets Girl: Sam and Annie are perfect for each other - but they've never met.

Bookends: The movie starts with Sam burying his wife and ends with him meeting the woman who will likely be his second.

Blind Date: Has a montage of blind dates Sam endures.

Big 'WHAT?!': Spoken by Jessica's mother when she and Sam ask Jessica where Jonah went and she says, 'He's on his way to New York'.

Sam and Annie then spend the rest of the movie trying to find reasons not to meet. Annie Reed (Ryan), a Baltimore news reporter who's engaged to the pleasant-but-bland Walter (Bill Pullman), happens to tune in to the show and falls in love with Sam. Jonah's idea for helping his father find a new wife involves calling a radio talk show on Christmas Eve and putting Sam on the air. Hanks is Sam Baldwin, a recently-widowed architect from Chicago who's trying to start life anew in Seattle with his eight-year-old son Jonah (Ross Malinger). As director/co-writer Nora Ephron put it, 'Our dream was to make a movie about how movies screw up your brain about love and then if we did a good job, we would become one of the movies that screwed up people's brains about love forever.' The film stars Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, in their second screen pairing (preceded by Joe Versus the Volcano and followed by You've Got Mail). A 1993 Sleeper Hit * We know: Ba-dum tsshh! which infused a fluffy Romantic Comedy with a degree of Postmodernism.

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