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You've Got Mail

year 1998decade 90sdirector Nora Ephrongenre Comedygenre Romancegenre Drama
host Juliet Litmanhost Amanda Dobbins
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Most Rewatchable Scene · 13:44

The opening montage and Zabar’s encounter

Amanda Dobbins: One participant chooses the opening New York montage, especially the leads passing each other, the Cranberries cue, and the Zabar's cash-only encounter.

Amanda Dobbins: The montage is praised for establishing a precise Upper West Side world, teaching a newcomer what to value about New York, and stating the movie's comforting terms immediately.

The film

You've Got Mail (1998)

Directed by Nora Ephron · Comedy

119 minutes

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Cast

Selected cast credits · Film reference

Tom Hanks Joe Fox
Meg Ryan Kathleen Kelly
Katie Sagona young Kathleen Kelly
Parker Posey Patricia Eden
Jean Stapleton Birdie Conrad
Dave Chappelle Kevin Jackson
Steve Zahn George Pappas
Dabney Coleman Nelson Fox, Joe's father
Greg Kinnear Frank Navasky
Heather Burns Christina Plutzker
John Randolph Schuyler Fox, Joe's paternal grandfather
Deborah Rush Veronica Grant
Hallee Hirsh Annabel Fox, Joe's paternal aunt

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29:49

Half-Assed Internet Research

The original Warner Bros. promotional website remains online, and period criticism focused partly on product placement.

The original Warner Bros. promotional website remains online, and period criticism focused partly on product placement.

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 00:29:49Read transcript
  • The 1998 Warner Brothers promotional website still existed at review time and opened with an AOL intro into the movie's original marketing. — Juliet Litman
  • The panel wonders how audiences found a film URL before modern search and notes that building such a site would have been a substantial period marketing project. — Juliet Litman
  • Contemporary critics were described as harsh on the movie, with some objecting to its AOL and Starbucks product placement. — Amanda Dobbins
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47:19

Picking Nits

The Zabar’s cashier’s accent and the joke about her English

The Zabar’s cashier’s accent and the joke about her English

In the discussion (2)
Approx. transcript time · 00:47:19Read transcript
  • The only stated nitpick is the cashier's unidentified accent and a joke that depends on her supposedly weak English. — Juliet Litman
  • The panel says the scene would not pass now and feels especially conspicuous in a movie with little other representation. — Juliet Litman
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50:29

Probably Unanswerable Questions

Could the children’s store survive? Why is Dave Chappelle there? Is the Fox family still wealthy?

Could the children’s store survive? Why is Dave Chappelle there? Is the Fox family still wealthy?

In the discussion (3)
Approx. transcript time · 00:50:29Read transcript
  • The economics of the Shop Around the Corner are questioned, then partly defended by the existence of independent bookstores and the real storefront's earlier life as a cheese shop. — Juliet Litman
  • Dave Chappelle's presence in this supporting role is called hard to explain despite his growing 1990s film career. — Juliet Litman
  • The panel asks whether the Fox family remains rich after online retail pressure and imagines they would have sold their boats. — Amanda Dobbins
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