Proof of Life

"...Pamela Reed, David Caruso, David Morse, Russell Crowe and Meg Ryan. I seem to remember hearing something about romantic..."

Dec. 8, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Love, Simon

Coming-out story remembers the romance.

"...of one day meeting him. Like Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan before them, Simon and Mr. Right finally meet,..."

March 16, 2018 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Adrenaline Drive

"...Adrenaline Drive feels for all the world like a Meg Ryan/Billy Crystal heist comedy transposed to the Far East...."

July 7, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

The Women

This remake of the 1939 George Cukor film isn't particularly fun or funny.

"...Directed by: Diane English. Starring: Meg Ryan, Annette Bening, Eva Mendes, Debra Messing, Jada Pinkett..."

Sept. 12, 2008 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

In the Cut

Jane Campion's erotic thriller In the Cut dulls its cutting edge.

"...Directed by: Jane Campion. Starring: Meg Ryan, Mark Ruffalo, Jennifer Jason Leigh, Nick Damici and..."

Oct. 31, 2003 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

French Kiss

"...Directed by: Lawrence Kasdan. Starring: Meg Ryan, Kevin Kline, Timothy Hutton, Jean Reno, Francois Cluzet..."

May 5, 1995 Movie Review by Hollis Chacona

I.Q.

"...Directed by: Fred Schepisi. Starring: Meg Ryan, Tim Robbins, Walter Matthau, Stephen Fry, Lou Jacobi,..."

Jan. 6, 1995 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Prelude to a Kiss

"...Directed by: Norman René. Starring: Meg Ryan, Alec Baldwin, Sydney Walker, Patty Duke, Ned Beatty..."

July 17, 1992 Movie Review by Kathleen Maher

You've Got Mail

The joke of Nora and Delia Ephron's screenplay is that the one, true love of your life may walk right past you on the sidewalk, and you'll never know it.

"...Directed by: Nora Ephron. Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Dave Chappelle, Jean Stapleton, Parker Posey,..."

Dec. 18, 1998 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Kate & Leopold

"...Directed by: James Mangold. Starring: Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Breckin Meyer, Liev Schreiber, Natasha Lyonne,..."

Dec. 28, 2001 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Hanging Up

"...Directed by: Diane Keaton. Starring: Diane Keaton, Meg Ryan, Lisa Kudrow, Walter Matthau, Cloris Leachman and Adam..."

Feb. 25, 2000 Movie Review by Russell Smith

When a Man Loves a Woman

"...Directed by: Luis Mandoki. Starring: Meg Ryan, Andy Garcia, Tina Majorino, Lauren Tom and Ellen..."

May 13, 1994 Movie Review by Robert Faires

Against the Ropes

Like a lot of sports movies, this biopic about boxing promoter Jackie Kallen is better than it has to be but not as good as it ought to be.

"...Directed by: Charles S. Dutton. Starring: Meg Ryan, Omar Epps, Charles S. Dutton, Tony Shalhoub, Timothy..."

Feb. 20, 2004 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Courage Under Fire

"...Directed by: Edward Zwick. Starring: Denzel Washington, Meg Ryan, Lou Diamond Phillips, Michael Moriarty, Matt Damon, Regina..."

July 12, 1996 Movie Review by Alison Macor

Wrapped and Ready

"...Robin Wright Penn, Chazz Palminteri, Garry Shandling, Anna Paquin, Meg Ryan...."

Nov. 27, 1998 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

I Want You Back

Charlie Day and Jenny Slate add charm to a stalker rom com

"...Addicted to Love, the off-kilter 1997 romcom in which Meg Ryan and Matthew Broderick played dumped weirdo who team..."

Feb. 11, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

After a Fashion

Our Style Avatar has a mystery date with a "gladiator" … or does he?

"...I even considered having myself made over to resemble Meg Ryan, in hopes that I would catch his eye,..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Just Like Heaven

This romantic comedy about a winsome, charming ghost and the man who loves her sidesteps abundant potential clichés through sheer dint of the acting skills on display.

"...Comedy Battle Royale: upstart Reese Witherspoon or grand champion Meg Ryan? Odds are still on Ryan by a perky,..."

Sept. 16, 2005 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

7 Days

COVID rom-com is a breezy look at modern arranged marriages

"...with each other due to a narrative obstruction. For Meg Ryan and Billy Crystal, it was that getting-to-know-you road..."

March 25, 2022 Movie Review by Richard Whittaker

Molly Burch on Romance Movies and New Album Romantic Images

Local singer-songwriter reveals her favorite rom-coms and rom-drams

"...rom-com, the classic "meet me there." I love how Meg Ryan falls for Tom Hanks through hearing him talk..."

July 30, 2021 Music Feature by Rachel Rascoe

Home Again

a lifestyle comedy with a soupçon of pain

"...work without much success. To be fair, not even Meg Ryan’s nose-scrunch, Kate Hudson’s sass, or Julia Roberts’ million-dollar..."

Sept. 15, 2017 Movie Review by Steve Davis

A Four Letter Word

This tale of an unapologetically promiscuous New Yorker settles for the easy trifles of romantic comedy.

"...David, Cory Grant, Steven M. Goldsmith, J.R. Rolley, Virginia Bryan, Jeremy Gender and Allison Lane. We humans go to..."

May 23, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

Failure to Launch

This date movie is dude-friendly by design, but all its attention to hairdos and cute outfits does not make up for its lack of romantic spark.

"...romantic heroine (say what you will about her, but Meg Ryan could do it), but the movie doesn’t really..."

March 10, 2006 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

Bewitched

Again Kidman goes for another nose-centric role, yet Nora Ephron's very meta remake of the old TV show still misfires.

"...just as unlikely is everyone’s astonishment at Jack’s movie-star megalomania (the film is set in Hollywood – antics like..."

June 24, 2005 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Under the Tuscan Sun

Bella Italia substitutes for the Caribbean in this clunky but enjoyable version of How Frances Got Her Groove Back, starring Diane Lane.

"...buy Lane as a cutely neurotic urbanite, à la Meg Ryan, who’s afraid of pigeons and snakes and loud..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Movie Review by Marrit Ingman

State and Main

Mamet's story about a big-budget Hollywood production that steamrolls into a little Vermont town is told with a gentle smirk.

"...sprinkle an impossibly cute child/dog/gay best friend; stir in Meg Ryan and blend on high for a homogenous brew.)..."

Jan. 12, 2001 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Miss Congeniality

America's Sweetheart plays a detective who goes undercover to vie in a beauty pageant.

"...wonky, tomboy spirit with the apparent ease of Bullock (Meg Ryan has come close, but Bullock's combined girl-next-door meets..."

Dec. 20, 2000 Movie Review by Marc Savlov

Love & Sex

"...to find a place somewhere in between the latest Meg Ryan sapfest and this new breed of coarseness (Whipped..."

Sept. 28, 2000 Movie Review by Kimberley Jones

Hot Movie Previews

Sneaking Into Summer

"...D: Griffin Dunne; with Meg Ryan, Matthew Broderick, Kelly Preston, Tcheky Karyo, Maureen Stapleton...."

May 23, 1997 Screens Feature by Marjorie Baumgarten

Sleepless in Seattle

One of the signature love stories of the Nineties, Sleepless in Seattle basks in the idea of romantic love while also tweaking the notion.

"...Directed by: Nora Ephron. Starring: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Bill Pullman, Ross Malinger, Rosie O'Donnell, Rob Reiner..."

June 25, 1993 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

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