Desperate to find his dad Sam a date, a young boy calls into a radio show and catches the attention of Annie, a journalist who wants to meet Sam atop the Empire State Building.
Nominated for 2 Oscars. 4 wins & 19 nominations total
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
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.
– Vincent Canby,
New York Times,
20 May 2003
fresh:
It's easily the hippest, frankest and funniest date movie around.
– Peter Travers,
Rolling Stone,
26 Aug 2006
rotten:
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.
– Brian Lowry,
Variety,
22 Jul 2008
rotten:
If one can ignore all the straining for lightness here, this is watchable enough, though hardly anything resembling a tearjerker.
– Jonathan Rosenbaum,
Chicago Reader,
2 Feb 2009
rotten:
Mostly, Sleepless in Seattle leaves you feeling restless in the audience.