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| When Harry Met Sally... [1989] | ![When Harry Met Sally... [1989]](http://ecx.images-amazon.com/images/I/514Q9T9SWXL._SL160_.jpg)
 enlarge | Director: Rob Reiner
Actors: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher, Bruno Kirby, Steven Ford
Category: Video
Buy Used: £0.74
Avg. Customer Rating:  20 reviews
Sales Rank: 42533
Language: German (Original Language)
Media: VHS Tape
Running Time: 96 minutes
EAN: 9002986641193
ASIN: B00005RDPK
Theatrical Release Date: July 21, 1989
Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days
Condition: Ships from the USA - please expect 7 - 21 business days for delivery.
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Amazon.co.uk Review
Nora Ephron wrote the brisk screenplay for this 1989 romantic comedy, director Rob Reiner made a nicely glossy New York story (very much in a Woody Allen vein) out of it, and Billy Crystal's unstoppable charm made it something really special. Crystal and Meg Ryan play longtime platonic friends who keep dancing around their deeper feelings for one another. Bruno Kirby and Carrie Fisher are their respective pals who fall in love and get married. Ryan doesn't get a lot of funny material apart from her famous faked orgasm scene, but her performance is typically alive and intuitive, and she more than holds her own with Crystal's comic motor mouth and sweet sentimentality. Reiner is on comfortable ground, liberated from the burden of making serious statements in the lead-footed manner of subsequent features. --Tom Keogh
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When Harry Met Sally September 14, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
'When Harry Met Sally' is fundamentally a chick flick with a 'will they, won't they' storyline and yet it's smart and snappy dialogue elevates it to the classic it has now become. Focusing on the relationship dynamics between men and women and from the perspective of the cynical and jaded Harry (Billy crystal) and the optimistic, slightly naive Sally (Meg Ryan), this film offers so many humorous insights that it literally is one hilarious moment, followed by a touching moment, followed by a strangely insightful moment and then back to a humourous one again. The assorted couples who introduce the various 'chapters' are also completely endearing and add an extra touch to the overall film. This is a short but perfectly pitched movie and coupled with the wonderfully jazzy soundtrack, that includes 'It Had To Be You' by Harry Connick Jr, it really has all it's bases covered. One of those movies that can be enjoyed by both men and women and at the current price on amazon (2.98) one not to be missed. Well worth a buy.
 men and women can't be friends June 19, 2008
I'm probably the last person on the planet to see this movie but just in case there are others out there - it is definitely worth viewing. One of those classics that will never die, 'When Harry Met Sally' is cute and funny. You get two awkward (in their own way) people who bump into each other several times over the years and start off hating each other and then growing to be good friends. The friendship is quirky and adorable as they are each others best friend. That is until deeper feelings start to get in the way, prooving the theory that men and women can't be friends.
'When you realise that you wanna spend the rest of your life with someone, you want the rest of your life as soon as possible.' March 28, 2008
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
Some have called 'When Harry met Sally' the greatest chick flick of all time. I disagree; it is certainly better than any chick flick I have ever seen, but it is no chick flick. In fact the film combines all the best elements of books like High Fidelity and Birdget Jones' Diary which both men and women should enjoy.
Among the best scenes for me as a man are Harry talking to his best friend at a baseball match, but still going through the motions of the Mexican wave. It's something most women just don't get. And then there is the classic moment when Sally consoles Harry after a bad date by saying that it will probably be ages before either of them are ready to sleep with anyone again to which he replies: 'Oh I went to bed with her!'
It is a great love story and a great comedy, and the segments with old couples telling the story of how they met (based on the real life stories of the crew's families) are brilliant, and will have you look back on when you met your significant other.
The documentary that comes with it is a great look back at the film as well and is the perfect compliment to this timeless classic.
No, this is no chick flick, and yes, women should probably love it, but men should too. Maybe all men need to take a queue from arguably the most famous one liner of all time and 'have what she's having.'
I'll have one of them too !!! December 23, 2007
3 out of 3 found this review helpful
"When Harry met Sally" is full of truths about life. It shows us why men and women can't live with each other, but it also shows how much they need each other.
The wisdoms of Harry (Billy Chrystal) have certainly influenced a whole generation. And Sally's (Meg Ryan) faked orgasm in a restaurant is a magic movie moment.
Though I still don't believe Billy's basic message (men and women can't be friends, the sex part always gets in the way), I deeply love this movie for all its unforgettable moments. At least part of this is very real. And that's the reason the film's happy end is so very moving...
Romantic comedy the way it should be done December 13, 2007
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
Perhaps the last truly great romantic comedy, 'When Harry Met Sally' has truly stood the test of time.
Most movies made in 1989 are condemned (at least for now) to being little more than kitch memorabilia. The movie world owes Rob Reiner a favour for the fact that his fine film is truly timeless. Part of this is due to the fact that it is set over a fifteen year period. Part of it is due to the fine easy listening score. Most of it is due to a very refined director extracting two brilliant performances from a flawless script and a perfectly cast couple of actors.
Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan are the titular two, and neither have ever been better. The observation of their relationship is utterly convincing and completely engrossing. Beyond this, there are subtleties that neither actor has ever shown before or since. There are moments early in the film where we can see Sally is falling for Harry (for example, her response to Harrty telling her he is pleased she is going on a date with another man) but these moments are never overplayed. The credit for this is due as much to Reiner as it is to Ryan, as it is his pacing of the film that really allows the actors to embrace their characters.
I feel it is worth pointing out here that Reiner's other movies of the time have equally outlasted much of Hollywood's output. 'Satnd By Me', 'This Is Spinal Tap', 'The Princess Bride' and 'Misery' - films that could scarcely be more different in style and tone - all remain bonafide classics. One has to wonder what went wrong...
All things considered, it's hard to think of another film from this era of film-making as satisfying and consistently enjoyable as 'When Harry Met Sally'. The fact that this is a romantic comedy made at the tail end of the worst decade cinema has ever known, is all the more reason to commend it.
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