When Harry Met Sally..

This Romantic Comedy is a Classic of Its Kind

I first watched this movie with my parents so many years ago. Romantic comedies are the kind of movies that I usually run from at full speed. They usually come across as movies that are more for women than anyone else. But "When Harry Met Sally..." is one of the few romantic comedies that broke past its intended audience to embrace a much larger audience than it had ever expected to get. It came out in the summer of 1989 (yikes! That's almost 20 years ago!) when movies like Tim Burton's "Batman," "Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade" "Star Trek V: The Final Frontier," "Ghostbusters 2," and "A Nightmare on Elm Street 5: The Dream Child" were expected to reign supreme at the box office. But in the end (despite some exceptions), movies like this and "Dead Poets Society" and "Do The Right Thing" were films that people remember more than anything others. How nice.

I gave my mother the latest special edition of "When Harry Met Sally..." for her birthday back in February, and tonight after several months, she actually took it out of its plastic wrapping for all to watch. Actually, I can't really get on my mom for that because I myself received movies from them, some of which I have not watched for years after having received them (sorry mom and dad). But anyway, let's get back on track here. "When Harry Met Sally..." remains one of the greatest romantic comedies ever made. It's "Annie Hall" for a new generation, full of wonderful performances and fantastic dialogue that we could use more of in the movies made for today.

The day we watched the new special edition of this movie was the same date of my parents' 40^th anniversary. They say they have forgotten how great this movie is. I have not.