Sleepless in Seattle
1993 · 105 min · Director: Nora Ephron
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
After his wife Maggie passes away, Sam Baldwin and his 8-year-old son Jonah relocate from Chicago to Seattle to escape the grief associated with Maggie's death. Eighteen months later Sam is still grieving and can't sleep. Although Jonah misses his mother, he wants his father to get a new wife despite Sam having not even contemplated dating again. On Christmas Eve, Sam (on Jonah's initiative) ends up pouring his heart out on a national radio talk show about his magical and perfect marriage to Maggie, and how much he still misses her. Among the many women who hear Sam's story and fall in love with him solely because of it is Annie Reed, a Baltimore-based newspaper writer. Annie's infatuation with Sam's story and by association Sam himself is despite being already engaged. But Annie's relationship with her straight-laced fiancé Walter is unlike her dream love life in the movie An Affair to Remember (1957). She even writes to Sam proposing they meet atop the Empire State Building on Valentine's Day. Back in Seattle, Sam has received hundreds of letters from women wanting to meet him. Jonah is excited by one letter in particular from Baltimore and will do whatever he needs to to get his father and Annie together. However, old fashioned Sam wants his future love life to be based on meeting a woman the traditional way and he, in turn, becomes infatuated with an unknown woman he spots a few times in Seattle. Will magic happen twice in Sam's life, and if so will it be with this unknown woman or Annie?
Emotional fingerprint
Sleepless in Seattle (1993) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Love 30%, Hope 25%, Humor 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
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The strongest emotional signals are Love, Hope, Humor. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.
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Consider this title if you are looking for Love, Hope and Humor. Its IMDb rating of 6.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.
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Emotional journey
- Love
- Hope
- Sadness
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Humor
Dominant emotion: Love
Dominant emotion: Hope
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Love | Hope | Sadness |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Sadness | 59 % | 17 % | 18 % | 47 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 8′ | Humor | 49 % | 25 % | 19 % | 26 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 13′ | Love | 51 % | 41 % | 26 % | 32 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 18′ | Sadness | 57 % | 44 % | 31 % | 42 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 24′ | Humor | 49 % | 33 % | 25 % | 32 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 29′ | Sadness | 42 % | 27 % | 23 % | 30 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 34′ | Hope | 42 % | 26 % | 25 % | 25 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 39′ | Humor | 46 % | 29 % | 29 % | 13 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 45′ | Hope | 53 % | 40 % | 33 % | 21 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 50′ | Sadness | 57 % | 42 % | 28 % | 35 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 55′ | Humor | 52 % | 25 % | 20 % | 20 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 60′ | Humor | 47 % | 16 % | 20 % | 6 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 66′ | Hope | 46 % | 30 % | 29 % | 11 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 71′ | Love | 49 % | 39 % | 34 % | 16 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 76′ | Humor | 49 % | 33 % | 27 % | 20 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 81′ | Love | 48 % | 25 % | 23 % | 23 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 87′ | Tension | 56 % | 23 % | 25 % | 25 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 92′ | Tension | 63 % | 31 % | 35 % | 26 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 97′ | Hope | 64 % | 49 % | 49 % | 16 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 102′ | Love | 64 % | 60 % | 53 % | 7 % |
Cinderella
Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Barbara Reed
Cliff Reed
Betsy Reed
Uncle Milton
Details
- Directed by
- Nora Ephron
- Written by
- Nora Ephron, David S. Ward, Jeff Arch
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 1993
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Love
- Data updated
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