


Margaret: First, no children prefer the prequels. Sleepless in Seattle - while not a timeless classic - still holds up as a frothy, heartwarming delight, while, if I were Gene Shalit (and oh God, why can’t I be?), I would say, “ You’ve Got Mail? More like Return to Sender!” (RIP Saturday U.S. But guess what: I watched it and Sleepless again this week, and my case stands. When I revealed that I was actually on a bad date for that screening, you and your Mailies accused me of being tainted.
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What kind of madness is this? I distinctly remember attending a media screening of the movie in 1998 (in the very same Lincoln Square theater in which Meg Ryan and Greg Kinnear fight in the movie) and finding it an interminable cutesy-thon (complete with Meg Ryan bippity-boppity-booing around in pajamas like she was starring in a body-switching movie with an Olsen twin) that made no logical sense. And I had an up-is-down-down-is-up reaction that lasts to this day. When I said it was simply an unsuccessful reunion that existed only to milk residual good feelings to the cast (the Fierce Creatures to Sleepless in Seattle’s A Fish Called Wanda), all women - nearly to a one! - winced and declared that Sleepless in Seattle was actually not very good.
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Josh: A couple of years ago, when Mindy Kaling declared You’ve Got Mail the ultimate rom-com, I assumed it was just a personal, wrongheaded quirk - like children who prefer the Star Wars prequels over the original trilogy - but then in our staff meeting, a bunch of you began citing the movie yourselves as the ne plus ultra of romantic comedies. Which is better? Which is truer? And do children really like the new Star Wars movies? Here, on Valentine’s Day, Wolk and Margaret Lyons pit Ephron against Ephron in an exploration of the Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan romance staples You’ve Got Mail and Sleepless in Seattle.


Horrified, staffers begged him to explain this insane position, and they later discovered that he prefers Sleepless in Seattle. Ward Screenwriter Delia Ephron Associate Producer Gary Foster Producer Gershon Ginsburg Art Director James W.A few months ago, Vulture staffers discovered a terrifying truth about their noble leader: Josh Wolk does not like You’ve Got Mail. Set Designer Charley Beal Art Director Clay Griffith Set Designer David S.
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Marcia Fieldstone Linda Wallem Loretta LaTanya Richardson Harriet Tom McGowan Keith Dana Ivey Claire Brian McConnachie Bob Matt Smith Mailman Victor Morris Seattle Maitre D' Donald Lee Seattle Detective Diane Sokolow Tiffany Saleswoman Hannah Cox Jessica's Mother Rich Hawkins Jessica's Father Michael Badalucco New York Taxi Dispatcher Jeff Mazzola New York Taxi Dispatcher Philip Levy Taxi Driver Julie Janney Cynthia John Boylan Elevator Man Sidney Armus Information Booth Man Crew Nora Ephron Director, Screenwriter Charles Daboub, Jr. Cast Tom Hanks Sam Baldwin Meg Ryan Annie Reed Bill Pullman Walter Ross Malinger Jonah Baldwin Rosie O'Donnell Becky Gaby Hoffmann Jessica Victor Garber Greg Rita Wilson Suzy Barbara Garrick Victoria Carey Lowell Maggie Baldwin Rob Reiner Jay Juliet Taylor, Casting Sarah Trigger Le Clanche DuRand Barbara Reed Calvin Trillin Uncle Milton Tom Riis Farrell Rob Kevin O'Morrison Cliff Reed David Hyde Pierce Dennis Reed Frances Conroy Irene Reed Tom Tammi Harold Reed Caroline Aaron Dr.
