**THE UGLY: ‘SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE’**

WRITING: 60
ACTING: 80
LOOK: 50
SOUND: 50
FEEL: 65
NOVELTY: 20
ENJOYMENT: 65
RE-WATCHABILITY: 60
INTRIGUE: 50
EXPECTATIONS: 50

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**The Good:**

The kid is better than you'd expect going in and turns into an important connecting link between the two adult leads.

Tim Hanks and Meg Ryan are equally great, but for different reasons. Hanks plays a very grounded, warm-hearted widower and Ryan a sensual, determined career woman. Tom Hanks is more heartfelt and truly emotional than he usually is.

That last act in New York is warm and sweet and you can't help but feel fuzzy while watching it.

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**The Bad:**

I'm allergic to comedies where people talk on top of each other during dinners and the like. It's so annoying, even if it's realistic.

A sluggish pace is good for character development, but you kinda wish that they’d arrive at the inevitable centre of the story a lot faster.

It's a pity Hanks and Ryan spend most of the film apart since they are lovely together.

I was hoping for a stronger dramatic tension, heartbreak and disappointments but those never arrive.

It feels as if the film tries to evade the inevitable for as long as possible just to fill in the runtime.

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**The Ugly:**

This film is littered with third-rate pop songs that I've never heard before.

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**VERDICT:**

_This classic rom-com has a sleepy (no pun intended) quality to it but largely holds up thanks to fine performances and an overall feelgood atmosphere._

**55% = :heavy_minus_sign: = UGLY**