A little dated...?

Rating: Null/10 (23 May 2004)

When I saw this film, my instant thought was 'oh my god, this is so overrated'. But, when thinking about it more, I think that it's just not aged particularly well and maybe I'd have appreciated it more if I'd the age I am now in 1989.
Despite this, I thought the script still sparkled - there are some genuinely funny (and strikingly truthful) lines sprinkled about. I was surprised that the fake orgasm scene, even though it has been played SO often, remained laugh-out-loud funny. Thought Billy Crystal was great but I wasn't all that taken with Meg Ryan - possibly because all that wide-eyed innocence doesn't wash with me having seen her surly and quite frankly, rude appearance on Parkinson. And I wasn't all too sure about the 'real-life couples' bits.
However, come the end, I was crying - it was genuinely touching, after all, and as a romantic comedy, is a lot funnier, smarter and more salient than many of its modern-day counterparts.