In order to cope with the death of his wife, Maggie, a kindhearted man named Sam, moves into another town, where he can not sleep, the thing that leads his son, Jonah, to search for a woman to share him his life and helps him move into his wife's death, by making his father tell his marriage story, the thing that attracts women for his loyalty and kindness.
Ephron and fellow writers Jeff Arch and David S. Ward have conspired to make Sleepless in Seattle as purposefully schmaltzy as one can imagine, in a manner that's almost cynical.
Sure it's contrived, but what a great romantic weeper.
Peter Bradshaw
Guardian
February 13, 2014
A movie to which director and co-writer Nora Ephron brought her terrific flair, wit and nous, although she propagates the terrifying fallacy that a widower makes a wonderful romantic catch.
It's easily the hippest, frankest and funniest date movie around.
Vincent Canby
New York Times
May 20, 2003
Nora Ephron's Sleepless in Seattle is a feather-light romantic comedy about two lovers who meet for the first time in the last reel. It's a stunt, but it's a stunt that works far more effectively than anybody in his right mind has reason to expect.
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
December 09, 2007
So overrated.
Richard Schickel
TIME Magazine
February 02, 2009
Mostly, Sleepless in Seattle leaves you feeling restless in the audience.
