What It's About:
Harry Burns meets Sally Albright after they both graduate from the University of Chicago; they share a ride back to New York City. Along the way, we learn that Sally is naive, idealistic, and has not yet had great sex (Sheldon doesn't count). Harry, on the other hand, is shallow and misogynistic, and he lives by the theory that men and women can't be friends because the sex always gets in the way. They meet again five years later on a flight, where they once again strike up a conversation in which he offends her in about sixteen different ways. Five more years later, they meet in a New York bookstore and strike up a genuine friendship, with no sex in the way. Until sex gets in the way. Then they're not friends. Then he chases her down on New Year's Eve to deliver the best romantic line in a movie since Casablanca: "When you realize you want to spend the rest of your life with someone, you want the rest of your life to start as soon as possible." Cue the music!
Why It's Worth Watching:
Please. It's the best romantic comedy of the modern era, and it's right up there on the Mount Rushmore of movie romances. It's certainly in the conversation for the best movie of Rob Reiner's career (not to mention probably Nora Ephron's funniest and most insightful script). Billy Crystal (Harry) and Meg Ryan (Sally) are pitch-perfect in every way, and they are matched scene-for-scene with best friends Jess (Bruno Kirby..."You made a woman meow?") and Marie (Carrie Fisher, who steals every scene, naturally). Paired up with a Harry Connick, Jr. jazz soundtrack that reflects the wit and sophistication of the film, this is the perfect Valentine movie.
What's in it for Her:
What's in it for Him:
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY!
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