Good-natured astronomer Sam is devastated when the love of his life leaves him for a suave Frenchman. He therefore does what every other normal dumpee would do — go to New York and set up home in the abandoned building opposite his ex-girlfriend's apartment, wait until she decides to leave her current lover, and then win her back.
Acting
Meg Ryan commits to chaotic Maggie with unhinged glee.
Direction
Griffin Dunne somehow makes surveillance equipment romantic.
Director
Griffin Dunne
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Griffin Dunne, the director, was primarily known as an actor in After Hours—his only other directorial feature.
This film captures peak '90s rom-com moral bankruptcy: elaborate revenge schemes = meet-cute. You've Got Mail did similar stalking-as-romance the following year.
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