Sleepless in Seattle (1993)

This was a delightful romcom.
Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) is a lonely widower who needs a change of pace so he and his young son, Jonah (Ross Malinger) move to Seattle.
Annie Reed (Meg Ryan) is a journalist who just got engaged to her co-worker, Walter (Bill Pullman) who is allergic to everything. Though she is content, everything isn't special. She longs for that magic.
Because Annie lives in Baltimore, you might wonder how the two ever meet. They don't, not until the film is more than halfway over. Jonah calls in to one of those call-in radio shows which airs nationwide. Jonah knows that his father is lonely and he wants his dad to get back out there. Annie overhears this call and hears Sam gush about his late wife and before she knows it, she is driving to Walter's parents house in tears. There is just something about his story. Sam is dubbed sleepless in Seattle as Sam cannot sleep as he misses his wife so much.
Annie longs for something more in her relationship, though she and Walter are perfectly comfortable together, but there are not surprises, everything is predictable.
However, Sam does get back out there, as many women from across the country want his hand in marriage. But he starts seeing this interior designer, Victoria (Barbara Garrick) who is fine, but Jonah already has his heart set on Annie, even though she has only written them a letter. She does come and visit, for her story, of course, but can't even talk to him, as they are both dumbstruck. Neither can take their eyes off each other.
But she returns home and Sam continues seeing Victoria. Then Jonah does something crazy. As Annie promised in her letter that she never meant to send, she promised that she would meet them on the top of the Empire State Building, exactly what was promised in the dreadful romance film from the 1950s, An Affair to Remember. So Jonah, with the help of his snarky friend, Jessica (Gaby Hoffmann), books a ticket to New York and sets off, forcing his father to change his plans and go after him. Annie breaks up with Walter, wondering if there was something better out there.
Annie manages to make it to the top, only to miss Sam and Jonah but fortunately, just as I predicted, Jonah left his backpack there, forcing them to return and run into Annie. Sam grabs her hand and just can't let go. They all leave, going down the elevator together.
Yeah, it was a great film, genuinely funny, until the ending. I certainly hope that they get together but Sam was rightly skeptical, pointing out on the map how far away Baltimore was from Seattle. There is no epilogue so who truly knows what does happen despite something special existing between the two of them.
Now, for the funny moments. Sam opens a letter from a woman who wants him and proclaims that her photo looks like his third grade teacher and that turns out to be true. Then, when Jessica is booking Jonah his ticket, she says that she is going to say his age is twelve so they will leave him alone (he is actually eight). No one will question that because it is in the computer so therefore, it is the truth.
Certainly, this was a good film, almost a great one, if only the ending had gone differently, but Hanks and Ryan are brilliant together and the rest of the supporting actors are great also. The film also has a real feel about it, and that is something that cannot be faked. Grade: A-