Sleepless In Seattle 1993

Vincent Canby, New York Times: Nora Ephron's Sleepless in Seattle is a feather-light romantic comedy about two lovers who meet for the first time in the last reel. It's a stunt, but it's a stunt that works far more effectively than anybody in his right mind has reason to expect. Read more

Jonathan Rosenbaum, Chicago Reader: If one can ignore all the straining for lightness here, this is watchable enough, though hardly anything resembling a tearjerker. Read more

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James Berardinelli, ReelViews: This is a dreamy, romantic fantasy whose mood falls somewhere between magic and reality. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Sleepless in Seattle is as ephemeral as a talk show, as contrived as the late show, and yet so warm and gentle I smiled the whole way through. Read more

Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine: Mostly, Sleepless in Seattle leaves you feeling restless in the audience. Read more

Time Out: The schmaltzy soundtrack is overdone, but cameraman Sven Nykvist wraps it all up in an appropriately warm glow. Read more

Brian Lowry, Variety: Ephron and fellow writers Jeff Arch and David S. Ward have conspired to make Sleepless in Seattle as purposefully schmaltzy as one can imagine, in a manner that's almost cynical. Read more

Joe Brown, Washington Post: A quick check of the exiting audience found many smiling -- and still clutching tissues. Read more

Hal Hinson, Washington Post: We fall -- and I think a lot of people will fall hard for this movie -- even though we know we shouldn't. Read more