You’ve Got Mail came out in 1998. I was 8 the first time I saw it and instantly fell in love with the complicated love story that played out in my favorite city in the world – New York. I used to watch it every Saturday and Sunday morning, fantasizing about the day I would move there myself and find my own twisted romance.
It really is the ultimate romantic comedy, wherein two enemies fall in love without knowing who the other one truly is, thanks to technology (Tom Hanks finds out about halfway through, but Meg Ryan does not know until the end). Even though the movie came out a few decades ago, the element of technology was responsible for connecting Meg Ryan’s and Tom Hanks’ characters – two people who probably would have never been able to reconcile their differences otherwise. Ironically, not much has changed. The way we communicate greatly effects our platonic and romantic relationships, and in the case of Kathleen Kelly and Joe Fox, it changed everything.
Every time I watch it, I fall deeper and deeper in love with New York and the possibilities it contains. Take a break from being cynical and watch it with me.
(A silly scene from the movie, as seen from my bed)
if only bitches would listen 
You’ve Got Mail is the greatest romantic movie of the 1990s and it gets better with multiple viewings.
I don’t care what all the elitists say, there’s an incredible warmth to this film: from Tom and Meg, to the care-free soundtrack and the richly beautiful New York cinematography.
I love your article, because I love when people say what a film means to them (because of their memories and life experience) – rather than doing the 95th audition for the local paper’s film pages.
Thanks for brightening my Monday.
This is one of my all time favourite movies too- the setting in New York, the music, the actors and the storyline. I re-watch it all the time and fall in love all over again. Great post!