Plot Summary: After the death of his wife, Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) moves to Seattle with his son, Jonah (Ross Mallinger). When Jonah calls in to a talk-radio program to find a new wife for his father, Sam grudgingly gets on the line to discuss his feelings. Annie Reed (Meg Ryan), a reporter in Baltimore, hears Sam speak and falls for him, even though she is engaged. Unsure where it will lead, she writes Sam a letter asking him to meet her at the Empire State Building on Valentine's Day.
*Recognition: Nominated for Best Original Screenplay and Song; AFI's 10 Top 10 as #10 in Romantic Comedy Film category and in AFI's 100 Years...100 Passions at #45
What is this movie is about?: What is real love especially in the context of loss.
Best Performance: Tom Hanks/Nora Ephron/Ross Malinger
Best Minor Performance: Ross Malinger/Bill Pullman/Rosie O'Donnell
Most Charismatic Award: Ross Malinger/Rob Reiner
Best Scene: Jonah calls the Radio Station
Favorite Scene: Sam and Annie say hello/An Affair to Remember-The Dirty Dozen
Most Indelible Moment: Sam and Jonah on the phone together/Empire State Building
Best Line:
Sam Baldwin: “It was a million tiny little things that, when you added them all up, they meant we were supposed to be together, and I knew it. I knew it the first time I touched her. It was like coming home, only to no home I’d ever known. I was just taking her hand to help her out of a car and I knew it. It was like magic.”
Honorable Mention:
Annie: “Now that was when people knew how to be in love. They knew it! Time, distance; nothing could separate them because they knew. It was right. It was real. It was…”
Becky: “...a movie. That’s your problem. You don’t want to be in love, you want to be in love in a movie.”
Funniest Line:
Sam Baldwin: What is "tiramisu"?
Jay: You'll find out.
Sam Baldwin: Well, what is it?
Jay: You'll see!
Sam Baldwin: Some woman is gonna want me to do it to her and I'm not gonna know what it is!
Jay: “Well, this is fate! She’s divorced, we don’t want to redo the cabinets, and you need a wife. What do they call it when everything intersects?”
Sam: “The Bermuda Triangle.”
The Stanley Rubric:
Legacy: 7.67
Impact/Significance: 7.83
Novelty: 7.83
Classic-ness: 6.33
Rewatchability: 6
Audience Score: 7.5
Total: 43.16
Remaining Questions:
What happens immediately after they get on the ground?
Is Sam an actually good dad?