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You've Got Mail

1998 · 119 min · Director: Nora Ephron ★ IMDb 6.8 · 249,732 ratings

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This sweet romantic comedy reunites Sleepless In Seattle stars Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks. He's the owner of a bookstore chain; she's the woman he falls for online. Both are unaware that she runs the little shop his company is trying to shut down.

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You've Got Mail (1998) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Love 35%, Humor 20%, Anticipation 15%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

  1. Love35%
  2. Humor20%
  3. Relief15%

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Love, Humor, Anticipation. Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance. AI estimate.

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Consider this title if you are looking for Love, Humor and Anticipation. Its IMDb rating of 6.8/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 68/100.

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Emotional journey

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  • Love
  • Anticipation
  • Sadness

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Dominant emotion: Humor

Dominant emotion: Love

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Dominant emotion: Anticipation

Love
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Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values.
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then peaks around 98 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensityLoveAnticipationSadness
2.5 %≈ 3′Humor38 %20 %23 %0 %
7.5 %≈ 9′Love41 %28 %28 %0 %
12.5 %≈ 15′Humor41 %21 %21 %1 %
17.5 %≈ 21′Humor39 %14 %15 %3 %
22.5 %≈ 27′Humor40 %14 %18 %4 %
27.5 %≈ 33′Tension45 %10 %20 %9 %
32.5 %≈ 39′Humor45 %11 %18 %18 %
37.5 %≈ 45′Sadness44 %15 %19 %24 %
42.5 %≈ 51′Tension46 %15 %30 %19 %
47.5 %≈ 57′Anticipation51 %16 %44 %14 %
52.5 %≈ 62′Anticipation56 %16 %45 %23 %
57.5 %≈ 68′Tension53 %20 %34 %32 %
62.5 %≈ 74′Love51 %28 %25 %42 %
67.5 %≈ 80′Sadness55 %21 %19 %50 %
72.5 %≈ 86′Sadness54 %13 %15 %49 %
77.5 %≈ 92′Sadness54 %21 %18 %46 %
82.5 %≈ 98′Love53 %36 %26 %34 %
87.5 %≈ 104′Love54 %46 %41 %18 %
92.5 %≈ 110′Anticipation65 %57 %45 %13 %
97.5 %≈ 116′Love75 %68 %33 %13 %
Man in a hole

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

Meg Ryan

Kathleen Kelly

Parker Posey

Patricia Eden

HB
Heather Burns

Christina Plutzker

Dave Chappelle

Kevin Jackson

JS
Jean Stapleton

Birdie Conrad

Steve Zahn

George Pappas

Dabney Coleman

Nelson Fox

John Randolph

Schulyer Fox

HH
Hallee Hirsh

Annabelle Fox

JS
Jeffrey Scaperrotta

Matt Fox

Cara Seymour

Gillian Quinn

KF
Katie Finneran

Maureen, the Nanny

Deborah Rush

Veronica Cash

VC
Veanne Cox

Miranda Margulies

BJ
Bruce Jay Friedman

Vince Mancini

SR
Sara Ramirez

Rose, Zabars Cashier

HS
Howard Spiegel

Henry, Zabars Shopper

Details

Directed by
Nora Ephron
Written by
Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron, Miklós László
Type
Movies
Released
1998
Runtime
119 min
Country
United States
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.8 · 249,732 ratings
Feels mostly
Love
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