The film grossed $92.8 million in North America, and was released to critical acclaim. Ephron received a British Academy Film Award, an Oscar nomination, and a Writers Guild of America Award nomination for her screenplay. The film is ranked 23rd on AFI's 100 Years. 100 Laughs list of the top comedy films in American cinema and number 60 on Bravo's "100 Funniest Movies". In early 2004, the film was adapted for the stage in a production starring Luke Perry and Alyson Hannigan. In 1977, Harry Burns and Sally Albright graduate from the University of Chicago and share the drive to New York City, where Sally is beginning journalism school and Harry is starting a career. Harry has been dating Sally's friend Amanda. During the drive, Harry and Sally discuss their differing ideas about relationships Sally disagrees with Harry's assertion that men and women cannot be friends as "the sex part gets in the way". At a diner, Harry tells Sally she is very attractive, and she angrily accuses him of making a pass at her. They part in New York on unfriendly terms.įive years later, in 1982, Harry and Sally find themselves on the same airplane flight. Sally is dating Harry's neighbor Joe, and Harry is engaged to Helen, which surprises Sally. Harry suggests they become friends, forcing him to qualify his previous position about the impossibility of male-female friendships. They separate, concluding that they will not be friends. In 1987, Harry and Sally run into each other again in a bookstore - ironically five years later. Vegetable scraps, coffee grounds, adult diapers.They have coffee and talk about their previous relationships Sally and Joe broke up because she wanted a family and Joe did not want to marry, and Harry's wife Helen left him for another man. I can almost pick up the scent of his skin. “Find anything of interest?” He strolls closer and stops until we have maybe ten paces between us. “It gives me a few extra inches of height to look through your garbage.” Stilts.” He gestures at my sky-high shoes. The laugh blasts out of me like bah.I’m breaking one of my rules by grinning at him, but I can’t seem to stop. “I was going to run down the middle of the street like the Terminator.”
“What, on foot?” I come closer by another six paces. “Where are you actually going?” My voice rings down the empty street. I hold my hands up to show I’m not armed. It doesn’t come out the way I’d intended. “He glances over his shoulder, no doubt hearing my insanely loud shoes stop in their tracks. “Sometimes Daddy sleeps on the couch, but it’s okay. “It’s just grown-up stuff,” I softly explain to the apprehensive faces we pass. Even when we’re arguing, it’s not your fault.” A few meerkat heads have popped up over cubicle walls.
To the casual onlooker he is politely chatting. “Mommy and Daddy love you very much, kids,” Joshua says quietly so only I can hear him.
My short striped dress flaps from the g-force. Joshua and I nod at her and continue striding, unified in our endless game of one-upmanship. Annabelle turns from the photocopier and almost drops her papers. “Ah-ha-ha,” we say to each other genially at some pretend joke. Joshua and I look at each other and bare our teeth. Colleagues break off conversations and look at us with speculative expressions. It requires me to almost double my stride. We march purposefully toward the kitchen with identical footfalls, left, right, left, right, like prosecutors walking toward the camera in the opening credits of Law & Order. Does he think I’m crazy? “I think I’ll join you.” I look down my hand is already holding my red polka-dot mug. Can I get you some tea?” He has his heavy black mug in his hand. We act like normal colleagues who don’t want to swirl their hands in each other’s blood. It’s a game called How You Doing? and it basically starts off like we don’t hate each other. “How You Doing, Little Lucy?” His bright tone and mild expression indicates we’re playing a game we almost never play.
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