Book superstore magnate Joe Fox and independent book shop owner Kathleen Kelly fall in love in the anonymity of the Internet—both blissfully unaware that he's trying to put her out of business.
Writing
Nora Ephron's dialogue sparkles—'You are what you read' is devastating.
Acting
Meg Ryan's face when she realizes? Tom Hanks' villain origin story? Chemistry for days.
Production
The Shop Around the Corner is set design porn for book lovers.
Director
Nora Ephron
Meg Ryan
Kathleen Kelly
Tom Hanks
Joe Fox
Greg Kinnear
Frank Navasky
Parker Posey
Patricia Eden
Heather Burns
Christina Plutzker
Dave Chappelle
Kevin Jackson
Jean Stapleton
Birdie Conrad
Steve Zahn
George Pappas
Dabney Coleman
Nelson Fox
John Randolph
Schulyer Fox
Hallee Hirsh
Annabelle Fox
Jeffrey Scaperrotta
Matt Fox
Cara Seymour
Gillian Quinn
Katie Finneran
Maureen, the Nanny
Michael Badalucco
Charlie
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This is a stealth remake of 1940's The Shop Around the Corner, which Ephron cheekily names Kathleen's store after. Jimmy Stewart's original was darker—Ephron made it capitalist propaganda with better banter.
The email voiceovers were recorded separately, and Hanks/Ryan weren't in the same room—making their chemistry even more impressive. Also that's Dave Chappelle as Joe's friend, because 1998 was wild.
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