Movie Review Land: Meg Ryan

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GENRE: Comedy/ Romance
MADE: 1994
CAST: Tim Robbins, Meg Ryan, Walter Matthau
DIRECTOR: Fred Schepisi
WRITER: Andy Breckman, Michael Leeson

PLOT: Catherine Boyd is Albert Einstein's niece and Ed Walters is in love with her, the only problem is that Ed is not a great physicist.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE: You've Got Mail, French Kiss, Addicted To Love

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WHEN A MAN LOVES A WOMAN

GENRE: Drama/ Romance
MADE: 1994
CAST: Meg Ryan, Andy Garcia, Ellen Burstyn
DIRECTOR: Luis Mandoki
WRITER: Ronald Bass, Al Franken

PLOT: A wife and husband go through the toughest time in their marriage and family life when Alice the wife must confront that she is an alcoholic.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE: Love Liza, 28 Days, Rachel Getting Married

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FRENCH KISS

GENRE: Comedy/ Romance
MADE: 1995
CAST: Meg Ryan, Kevin Kline, Timothy Hutton
DIRECTOR: Lawrence Kasdan
WRITER: Adam Brooks

PLOT: When Kate's fiancee takes up with another woman in France, Kate flies to France to get him back, things prove to be much harder than expected when her belongings get stolen and she enlists the help of con-man Luc Teyssier.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE: Addicted To Love, You've Got Mail, Under The Tuscan Sun

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ADDICTED TO LOVE

GENRE: Comedy/ Romance
MADE: 1997
CAST: Meg Ryan, Matthew Broderick, Kelly Preston
DIRECTOR: Griffin Dunne
WRITER: Robert Gordon

PLOT: Maggie and Sam both get jilted by their significant other and find they have a common goal to make their exes suffer.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE: French Kiss, You've Got Mail, When Harry Met Sally

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YOU'VE GOT MAIL

GENRE: Comedy/ Romance
MADE: 1998
CAST: Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear
DIRECTOR: Nora Ephron
WRITER: Miklos Laszlo, Nora Ephron, Delia Ephron

PLOT: When Joe Fox, a multi-millionaire has a multi-millionaire plan to open up a Fox Books right around the corner from a charming independent children's bookstore owned by Kathleen Kelly, he wipes her out putting her out of business. Face to face the two become fast rivals while on the internet unbeknown to them, they find themselves falling in love.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE: Julie & Julia, Sleepless In Seattle, When Harry Met Sally, When A Man Loves A Woman, Pride & Prejudice

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THE DOORS

GENRE: Biographical, Drama, Music
MADE: 1991
CAST: Val Kilmer, Meg Ryan, Kyle MacLachlan
DIRECTOR: Oliver Stone
WRITER: Randall Jahnson, Oliver Stone

PLOT: A biographical film of Jim Morrison and The Doors.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE: Walk The Line, Ray, I'm Still Here

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WHEN HARRY MET SALLY

GENRE: Comedy/ Romance
MADE: 1989
CAST: Billy Crystal, Meg Ryan, Carrie Fisher
DIRECTOR: Rob Reiner
WRITER: Nora Ephron

PLOT: When Harry met Sally for the very first time they didn't like each other. When Harry met Sally the second time they still didn't like each other. When Harry met Sally the third time they became friends.

PARALLEL UNIVERSE: Sleepless In Seattle, You've Got Mail, Addicted To Love