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You've Got Mail (1998) Movie Reviews

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Movie critics combined give You've Got Mail (1998) a score of 2.9133 out of 4

based on (181) reviews

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Excellent

(27)

Very Good

(126)

Good

(25)

Fair

(2)

Poor

(1)

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Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)

Of all the delights to be had while watching the enchanting romantic comedy You've Got Mail , none gave me more joy than the performance of co-lead Meg Ryan....read the complete You've Got Mail (1998) review at Mr. Brown's Movies (Michael Dequina)

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filmcritic.com

You’ve Got Mail is about a woman named Kathleen Kelly (Meg Ryan), who’s children’s book store is in danger of being put out of business because of a new Barnes and Noble type book super store, owned by Joe Fox (Tom Hanks). When they meet each...read the complete You've Got Mail (1998) review at filmcritic.com

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Jump Cut. Magazin für Film und Kritik

Die Geschichte als solche, kleine engagierte Buchhändlerin (man darf dabei übrigens an 'Ellen' denken, nur daß hier jetzt wieder alles seine heterosexuelle Richtigkeit hat) im aussichtslosen Kampf gegen den kapitalistischen Großbuchhändler, ist...read the complete You've Got Mail (1998) review at Jump Cut. Magazin für Film und Kritik

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IMDB.com

wholeheartedly adopted CGI as compensation for their own creativeshortcomings, PCs, virtual reality and Internet in Hollywood movieswere portrayed as something sinister and inhuman. Most of thosefilms belonged to horror and thriller genres. One of the...read the complete You've Got Mail (1998) review at IMDB.com

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filethirteen.com Review

Ridiculous fluff that might be tolerable if it wasn't completely unbelievable. No, I take that back; The real problem is that it simply wastes talent. Only Meg Ryan is fun and sweet and likable here. Tom Hanks is wasted in a thankless role as her asshole...read the complete You've Got Mail (1998) review at filethirteen.com Review

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