When Harry Met Sally...

  • 1989


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Positive Reviews 36
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Average Rating 3.9/5
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3.8
What makes it special, apart from the Ephron screenplay, is the chemistry between Crystal and Ryan. Rogerebert
1.5
Rob Reiner directs with deftness and sincerity, making the material seem more engaging than it is, at least until the plot machanics begin to unwind a .. Variety
4.5
Reiner clearly likes his characters, and elicits sturdy performances from a proficient cast (Kirby and Fisher are especially fine as friends and confi .. Time Out
4.5
Their dates too gauche, too stuffy, too young cant match the joys of their incomparable friendship.
4.5
And Reiners diffidently delightful and delicately delirious direction is true and tender throughout. The Hollywood Reporter
5.0
A sweet, cheerfully vulgar, and often very funny old fashioned romantic comedy.
4.0
Ephrons tart, grown up script examines the inevitably of love finding a way despite the fight put up by this famous pair of snappy New Yorkers.
5.0
The script is an excellent breakdown of timeless conversations between the sexes...witty repartee between the two leads, and a beautifully constructed .. JoBlo
1.5
Provides plenty of material for a private seminar on the education of your sentiments about love, friendship, and sexuality. Spirituality And Practice
4.4
While theres nothing radical in the trajectory of Harry and Sallys romance, its not entirely conventional, either. ReelViews
3.8
Director Rob Reiner has a killer instinct for setting up jokes and punchlines, and is vastly aided by the performances and chemistry of Crystal and Ry .. Tv Guide
3.8
Its a familiar premise thats employed to a thoroughly (and distressingly) uninvolving extent by filmmaker Rob Reiner, with the movie suffering from a .. Reel Film Reviews
5.0
Quite possibly the greatest romantic comedy since Some Like It Hot. The Times
5.0
The fake orgasm in a deli set piece propelled Ryan into stratospheric stardom, but there are numerous other pleasures to be found in Nora Ephrons Osca .. Radio Times
1.5
Reiner and his stars, Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan, are better at displaying the foibles of human natures than exploring them. Cs Monitor
4.4
is an adult romantic comedy in a time when we dont get very many, and it has one thing going for it that gives it an enormous boost its very funny. Deseret News (Salt Lake Ci ..
2.5
When Harry Met Sally is alright as a piece of entertainment for a little while, but it is by far Reiners worst film. Internet Reviews
3.8
...consistently funny, with writing of the In a city of 8 million people, I have to run into my ex wife! calibre. Internet Reviews
5.0
Set against a bewitching Manhattan backdrop, When Harry Met Sally.. plays like Woody Allen meets 1940s screwball comedy, with a knowingly modern sensi .. Flim List
4.0
Much of the movie is inevitable, its even predictable because it sticks closely to the romantic comedy format and yet it does it so well that you dont .. Bbc
4.5
ike Harry and Sally, the movie is hardworking, spot on; it winepresses its conversation into epigrams. Time
5.0
What knocks it out of the park is the combination of Ephrons insights and Reiners matchless comic chops. Total Film
4.0
Cynically lovely and a whip smart archetype for the modern rom com. Lw Lies
5.0
This film is pure fun from start to end, and it made me want to be in love again. Montreal Film Journal
4.5
When Harry Met Sally isnt only one of the greatest romantic comedies of all time but the source of one of the greatest laughs in cinematic history. Solzy At The Movies
5.0
Its just.. If theres been a better American movie about the specifically gendered way romance works in all the years since, I cant name it, nor if the .. Alternate Ending
1.5
Fans of Billy Crystals amphibian qualities may be amused, but the rest of us have to contend with a slavish Woody Allen imitation. Chicago Reader
3.8
Reiner wants to maintain the sitcom sense of comfort and familiarity; he creates types that we somehow already know, slightly out of focus images in w .. Articles Chicago Tribune
3.8
The film doesnt clearly establish Bakers importance to those who dont remember him. Articles Chicago Tribune
5.0
Reiners film breaks the romantic comedy mold because its not so much about Harry and Sally as it is about men and women. Movie Metropolis
1.5
By the end, when everyone should be rooting for Crystal and Ryan to get together, the whole enterprise has long since soured. People
4.0
We have to give When Harry Met Sally... credit for what it did: Make one of the few romance films that bears any kind of truth without also being a da .. Filmcritic.com
3.0
Thats a pretty good joke, but Harry has an upbeat personality that doesnt suggest morbidity the way that the neuroses of Allens nebishes do. Articles Orlando Sentinel
3.8
If you love vintage Woody Allen, youll like the nouveau Rob Reiner. Articles Philly
3.1
When Harry Met Sally is funny and likable, but it will be a torture chamber for anxious singles. Articles Philly
4.5
Its sharply observant, too, about Amer ican neuroses, urban fears: Im definitely coming down with something, Harry mut ters. Archive Spectator
4.5
As played winningly by Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan, there is a quirky chemistry created in their offbeat pairing. Articles Sun Sentinel
1.5
The movies brush strokes are bright, the finished canvas is pleasing but uninspired. OutWeek
4.4
Although probably best known for its show stopping deli scene where Sally demonstrates how a woman can convincingly fake orgasm, When Harry Met Sally .. Apollo Guide
5.0
What keeps the momentum going, despite the storys predictability, is the dialogue and the chemistry, which makes for a high wire act. Arizona Daily Star
4.5
I mean, yes, basically Im a happy person.. Harry: So am I. Sally: ..and I dont see that theres anything wrong with that. Film Site
4.5
Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan are terrific together in one of the best romantic comedies of the 1980s. Boulder Weekly
4.5
Sally responds to Harrys revelation that it doesnt work this way. Film Daze



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