Plot:
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.
The owner of a large bookstore chain starts putting the owner of a small
local bookstore out of business. Meanwhile they have been corresponding
over the internet without knowing who either of them are. They can't stand
each other in person but over the internet they are very attracted. He
finds out who she is but she doesn't know. He starts to like her more but
she still hates him. He has to fix it.
A modern day remake of "Shop Around The Corner" with Kathleen and Frank
working in rival stores, hate each other by day, but discover each other
over the Internet, unknowingly.
Kathleen Kelly, owner of a little and famous bookstore for children's books,
has an affair. Being together with Frank Navasky, a well-known journalist,
she betrays him by e-mailing secretly and anonymously with a (also betraying)
man whom she met in a chat room. Suddenly, her business gets endangered by
the opening of Fox Books discount store just "around the corner". She meets
Joe Fox, son of the owner, and soon gets annoyed by his arrogant way of
managing business matters. Although getting advice by her anonymous mail-pal,
she has to close down her store. But Joe Fox's life suddenly gets out of
control when he learns that his anonymous mail-pal is nobody other than
Kathleen Kelly.
Actors:
Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Dave Chappelle, Katie Sagona, Greg Kinnear,
Parker Posey, Steve Zahn, Dabney Coleman