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Michael O'Sullivan Washington Post (Top Critic)

This film made me feel like a Christmas goose being fattened for slaughter. Its force-fed diet of whimsy cloyed long before the eagerly anticipated romantic payoff arrived to put me out of my misery.
Full Review » 12 years ago
J. Hoberman Village Voice (Top Critic)

Not only about PCs; it appears to have been dictated by one.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jeff Millar Houston Chronicle (Top Critic)

Mail may not be as romantic as Sleepless, but it's wittier.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Michael Wilmington Chicago Tribune (Top Critic)

The whole movie goes bland and flat as a fast-food knish or a blank computer screen.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Jeff Strickler Minneapolis Star Tribune (Top Critic)

A love story destined to be remembered as one of the best of the decade.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Susan Stark Detroit News (Top Critic)

75

It lacks the freshness of the first film, but it's still a charmer.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Robert Horton Film.com (Top Critic)

Like e-mail, this movie is a message delivery system, no more.
Full Review » 12 years ago
Rick Groen Globe and Mail (Top Critic)

63

Fully-stocked, well-oiled and soulless, You've Got Mail sure feels like a franchise operation -- all that's missing is a greeter and a discount card.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Jack Mathews Los Angeles Times (Top Critic)

60

There's no denying the chemistry between Hanks, whose comparisons to Jimmy Stewart are becoming annoyingly accurate, and Ryan, whose schoolgirl cuteness is finally taking on a layer of matured confidence.
Full Review » 11 years ago
Peter Canavese Groucho Reviews

75

The well-honed dramedic performances by endearingly mock-cranky Hanks and quirky, cryin' Ryan add just enough weight to what might otherwise float away...[Blu-ray]
Full Review » 1 year ago
Nell Minow Common Sense Media

80

Predictable-but-sweet romantic comedy.
Full Review » 1 year ago
Scott Nash Three Movie Buffs

75

Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan and America Online. Could you be anymore 1990s?
Full Review » 2 years ago
John J. Puccio DVDTown.com

70

...you've got a lot of saccharine sweetness in the film, but it's a good kind of sweetness, a gentle, loveable, delightful sweetness.
Full Review » 4 years ago
Robin Clifford Reeling Reviews

50

You've Got Mail is not as saccharine as I expected, but the sugar-coated love story offers us nothing new or original.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Garth Franklin Dark Horizons

40

There's no denying the on-screen chemistry between Hanks and Ryan, but still it never really seems to spark as much as it did in Sleepless in Seattle.
Full Review » 7 years ago
Jim Shelby Palo Alto Weekly

75

There is something marvelously contrived about this classic situation: two attractive and incongruous characters who don't know what we know:They belong with each, and when the heck will they get together?
Full Review » 9 years ago
John R. McEwen Film Quips Online

70

You've Got Mail is probably not as engaging as Sleepless, with which it will inevitably be compared, but it has its moments.
Full Review » 9 years ago
Jeffrey M. Anderson Combustible Celluloid

75

It's a good date movie, and I recommend it. But don't forget to rent The Shop Around the Corner.
Full Review » 10 years ago
James Rocchi Netflix

80

This film enchanted me, and even if it did work for me slightly better as a comedy than as a romance, it's still a great comedy -- and Ryan and Hanks are teriffic.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Kevin N. Laforest Montreal Film Journal

88

Yes, You've Got Mail isn't strikingly profound or groundbreaking, but it's one of these movies that just make you feel real good.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Ruthe Stein San Francisco Chronicle

75

Every time You've Got Mail is about to choke on its own cleverness, it's resuscitated by its extremely likable -- oh heck, let's just call them lovable -- stars.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Christine James Boxoffice Magazine

60

Nora Ephron and Delia Ephron's screenplay is adequately warm and funny, and the characters sufficiently charming, to draw audiences in to the unlikely but ultimately engaging love affair.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Pablo Villaca Cinema em Cena

40

Um filme carente de atrativos como os que fizeram de 'Sintonia de Amor' uma pequena obra-prima entre as comedias romanticas.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Charlotte O'Sullivan Sight and Sound

You've Got Mail has much in common with Sleepless in Seattle but ultimately pales by comparison.
Full Review » 10 years ago
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat Spirituality and Practice

This slick and entertaining film scores some salient points about the mixed attractions of online dating and the perils of modern relationships.
Full Review » 10 years ago