He just keeps getting better. The supporting player performances are spot on. Comedian Dave Chappelle makes a fine best buddy foil for Hanks. Dabney Coleman, Greg Kinnear, and Jean Stapleton all bring their classic New York characters charmingly alive. The downside to this movie by a writer is its cinematic naivete.
Mail is low on visual ideas, and bereft of spectacle.
It plays more like a staged reading of an O. Henry story. I laughed, I cried. I like O.Henry stories. For more information, click here .