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Sleepless in Seattle Review

Other Critics provided by Metacritic.com

Critics scores range from 0 to 100, with higher scores indicating more favorable reviews.

  • 4.0
    71

    out of 100

    Metascore®
    Generally favorable reviews
    based on a weighted average of all
    critic review scores.

  • 100

    out of 100

    The New York Times Vincent Canby

    Not since "Love Story" has there been a movie that so shrewdly and predictably manipulated the emotions for such entertaining effect.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    Entertainment Weekly Owen Gleiberman

    The movie is so prefab, so plastically aware of being ''corny,'' ''romantic,'' and ''old-fashioned,'' that it feels programmed to make you fall in love with it.

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  • 50

    out of 100

    USA Today Susan Wloszczyna

    Yet, when it all clicks, Ephron is able to make the familiar sparkle anew. [25 Jun 1993 Pg. 01.D]

  • 70

    out of 100

    Variety Brian Lowry

    Yet for all the enjoyable flourishes, and there are many, Ephron keeps pausing to remind us, through various contrivances, that this is a movie, making it hard for anyone to really get lost in the story.

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  • 75

    out of 100

    Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert

    Ephron develops this story with all of the heartfelt sincerity of a 1950s tearjerker (indeed, the movie's characters spend a lot of time watching "An Affair to Remember" and using it as their romantic compass).

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  • 75

    out of 100

    ReelViews James Berardinelli

    This is a dreamy, romantic fantasy whose mood falls somewhere between magic and reality.

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  • 80

    out of 100

    Los Angeles Times Michael Wilmington

    We don't make those kind of Lubitsch-Wilder-Capra movies anymore, because it's hard to kid about what goes on behind bedroom walls when the bedroom doors have long since been flung open. So Ephron invents strategies to keep us, teased, outside the boudoir. [25 Jun 1993 Pg.F1]

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For Families provided by Common Sense Media

OK for kids 11+

A fairy tale that even teens can enjoy.

What Parents Need to Know

Parents need to know that even teenagers used to edgier fare will fall for this romantic fairytale. Still, parents should know that the main characters are a widower and his young son; the mother's death echoes throughout the movie. There is some mild sexual content and profanity, as well.

  • Families can talk about how Jessica and Jonah mean well, but hide the truth from their parents when conspiring to get Jonah to New Your City in their attempt to get Annie and Sam together. Was what they did right? How could they have handled this and still been truthful with their parents? Families can also compare this movie to An Affair to Remember.

The good stuff
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    Messages: A bit of innuendo.

What to watch for
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    Violence: Not an issue

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    Sex: A couple of sexual references.

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    Language: Mild -- a few profane words.

  • consumerism false0

    Consumerism: Not an issue

  • drugsalcoholtobacco false0

    Drinking, drugs and smoking: Not an issue

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