Sleepless in Seattle director Nora Ephron originally made a name for herself as the writer of romantic comedies such as Heartburn and When Harry Met Sally. She continues the genre with You've Got Mail, marking her second collaboration with actors Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan. The story brings romance and courtship into the electronic age of the World Wide Web via e-mail and chat rooms. Joe Fox (Hanks) and Kathleen Kelly (Ryan) live and work blocks from each other on New York City's Upper West Side. Their lives are practically intertwined. They both shop at the same place, frequent the same coffee shop, and even own competing bookstores on the same street. They also both have significant others of their own. Joe has the overly hyper book editor Patricia Eden (Parker Posey), while Kathleen lives with the scholarly newspaper columnist Frank Navasky (Greg Kinnear). Then they meet in a chat room. Though they keep their identities secret (they're known only by screen names "NY152" and "Shopgirl"), they tell each other everything about their lives, including their private feelings, which slowly turn into affection for each other. When Joe decides to open a new branch of his "Foxbooks" chain that risks putting Kathleen's "Shop Around the Corner" out of business, the tension between them escalates. Surely her boutique business will be lost to the conglomerate with a built-in newsstand and coffee bar. When Joe sees Kathleen waiting for him in the restaurant where they agreed to meet up, he puts two and two together, but cannot face her, given their agreement not to reveal each others' names and professions. How can he reveal himself to her now, knowing that he is the cause of her misery? Hopefully, love will conquer all. Chris Gore, Rovi
- Genre: Romance
- Category Workplace Comedy, Romantic Fantasy, Romantic Comedy, Period Film, Musical Romance, Urban Comedy, Film-Opera
- Theme: Actor's Life, Looking For Love, Opposites Attract, Love Triangles, Otherwise Engaged, Star-Crossed Lovers, Serendipity, Supernatural Romance
- Studio: Warner Home Video
- Run Time: 05 hr 59 min
- Language: English, Spanish, French
- Subtitle Language: French, English, Spanish
- Picture Format: pan_and_scan, widescreen
- Release Date: May 1, 2007
- Lead Actor: Keanu Reeves, Tom Hanks, Emmy Rossum, Meg Ryan, Gerard Butler
- Supporting Actor: Annabel Porter, Ramin Karimloo, Lee Sellers, Alison Skilbeck, Oliver Chopping, Halcro Johnston, Judith Paris, Miles Western, Imogen Bain, Chris Overton, Laura Hounsom, Paul Brooke, Murray Melvin, Kevin McNally, Victor McGuire, Heather Burns, John Randolph, James Fleet, Lynn Collins, Jennifer Ellison, Dabney Coleman, Dave Chappelle, Willeke van Ammelrooy, Simon Callow, Steve Zahn, Ebon Moss-Bachrach, Jean Stapleton, Minnie Driver, Christopher Plummer, Miranda Richardson, Shohreh Aghdashloo, Greg Kinnear, Dylan Walsh, Patrick Wilson, Parker Posey, Sandra Bullock, Lee Jerova, Leigh Daniels, Kirsty Tapp, Julian Poole, Jonathan Kitchen, Joanna Ernest, Dawn Collins, David Langham, Damien Lee Stirk, Damian Jones, Beth Sheather, Alexander Cameron, Adam Pudney, Annika Strandberg, Vanessa Perroncel, Terry Kelly, Stephen B. White, Sebastien Torkia, Scott Wyer, Ruben Halse, Richard Bayliss, Rebekah Dobbins, Pippa Raine, Pia Driver, Michael Mansbridge, Marcus Tesch, Mandy Holliday, Maddy G. Harris, Lorena Randi, Liesl Dowsett, Amy Lawson, Ashley Wallen, Andrew Charles Corbett, Ben Gant, Brian Wheeler, Carlos Otero, Chris Jarvis, Damien Jackson, Deborah Bundy, Guilia Florimo, Isabel Lesto, Jackie Marks, James Pullman, Jeff Moore, Jesika Cannon, Lorraine Stewart, Lucy Casson, Margaret Preece, Marilena Nicolaon, Melanie Perks, Pascal Langdale, Rachael Crocker, Ralph Broadbent, Ryan Jenkins, Timothy Kipling, Clinton Goldsmith, Robert Purvis, Aaron Sillis, Alec Mann, Annalene Beechey, Ben Garner, Blake Clayfield, Casper Cornish, Claire Goodman, Gabriel Noble, Gavin Lee, Gavin Wilkinson, Georgina Hagerty, Graeme Crowther, Janine Davis, Joanna Woodliffe, Jonathon Hill, Julia Worsley, Lee Chapman, Lisa Stevens, Lucy Potter, Luis Gallo Mudarra, Mark Carroll, Paul Micha, Philip Catchpole, Rod Buchanan, Sandra Ramirez, Sarah Frasca, Simone De La Rue, Sophie Louise Dann, Tom Tanscy, Tricia Deighton, Tristan Keyte, Valerie Cutko, Tess Cunningham, Stephen Berkeley, Sophia Hurdley, Remy Martyn, Paul Costin, Nathan Clarke, Miles Elkington, Michael Small, Matthew Draper, Maryam Pourian, Kathryn Dunn, Juliet Gough, Jose Tirado, Jonathan D. Ellis, John Griffiths, Greet Botterman, Graham McDuff, Gem Collingwood, Elena Buda, David Arneil, Dave Tosh, Chris Worsey, Caroline Lynn, Candice Evans, Ciarán Hinds
- Director: Joel Schumacher, Nora Ephron, Alejandro Agresti
