![]() Annie Reed, a reporter in Baltimore, hears Sam speak and falls for him, even though she is engaged. When Jonah calls in to a talk-radio programme to find a new wife for his father, Sam grudgingly gets on the line to discuss his feelings. ![]() Here is a look at where some of the movie's biggest stars, including Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan, are now. So here, without further ado, are the 40 things I noticed rewatching the Nora Ephron masterpiece as a fully grown woman. After the death of his wife, Sam Baldwin moves to Seattle with his son, Jonah. The classic romantic comedy 'Sleepless in Seattle' is celebrating its 30th anniversary. Weirdly, the two characters I liked most on the rewatch were the ones I found putrid as a child: Sam and Annie's initial other halves. ![]() And they weren't the only ones - even adorable little Jonah, Sam's son, came off as a real jerk. In short, I found I'd gone from completely doting on the two leads when watching it first time round as a kid to finding them the absolute worst watching again an adult. They were replaced by a guy who has a, let's say, old-fashioned attitude towards women, and a woman who is pretty damn morally dubious with regards to her relationship to her fiancée, who she proceeds to string along for months while pursuing another man. When Jonah calls in to a talk-radio program to find a new wife for his father. Rewatching it as an adult felt wildly different: gone were the two indisputably adorable, 100 percent morally sound leads I remembered. After the death of his wife, Sam Baldwin moves to Seattle with his son, Jonah. Acting careers take off at any age, as any celebrity can tell you. I'd nostalgically remembered this movie as being the pinnacle of sugary-sweet romance. Learn more about 'Sleepless in Seattle' actor Ross Malinger's reason for leaving acting in his childhood. Which meant this film was way overdue a rewatch.Īnd what a rewatch it was. Penned by the brilliant Nora Ephron, who was behind movies like When Harry Met Sally, You've Got Mail, and Julie & Julia, this 1993 film is arguably the definitive romantic comedy of the '90s, mostly because it revolves around a singularly smart trick: the two romantic leads never properly meet until the last moments of the movie. If you have a weakness for romantic comedies (which I very much do), I'm guessing you've already seen the classic Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan movie, Sleepless In Seattle.
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