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Sleepless in Seattle

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Sleepless in Seattle is a great movie on many levels. It is basically parody on "Love Story" with a few changes. Naturally if you notice the cast you already have half of the formula figured out. But the beauty in this movie is in the details.

A recent widower Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) and his son (Ross Malinger) moves across the country to Seattle to get away from old memories. His kid tells the father's story on a Christmas talk radio show and says that his dad needs a new wife. You hear heartstrings of women listeners twanging and more than a few closes in for the kill.

This is a good movie as it can be watched with your family because there is no rated R scenes or anything like that. I did have some good laughs. Definitely worth a watch.

I watched this movie on a long plane flight and I was greatly tempted to jump without a parachute. Don't get me wrong even though I'm a guy I like romantic movies but this is to romantic movies what Kenny G is to good jazz. They roll out every cliche in the book and then some. But then of course we at least have the subtle nuanced acting of Tom Hanks, unfortunately he doesn't come up to the high standard he set in Bosom Buddies. Oh for the days when TV actors couldn't make it in Hollywood and when scripts were written by writers rather than focus groups.