When Harry Met Sally…
Harry and Sally have known each other for years, and are very good friends, but they fear sex would ruin the friendship.
- Director: Rob Reiner
- Genre:Comedy / Drama / Romance
- Runtime:95 minutes
Cast
Billy Crystal : Harry Burns
Meg Ryan : Sally Albright
Carrie Fisher : Marie
Bruno Kirby : Jess
Steven Ford : Joe
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In 1977, Harry Burns and Sally Albright finish college at the University of Chicago and meet when both need someone to share the drive to New York City, where Harry is starting grad school and Sally is beginning a career. At the time, Harry is dating a friend of Sally’s, and the film soon presents their differing ideas about relationships between men and women. It is Harry’s view that, “Men and women can’t be friends because the sex part always gets in the way.” Sally disagrees, claiming that men and women can be strictly friends without sex. This argument becomes the film’s underlying theme. On the way, at a stop in a diner, Sally is angered when Harry tells her she is attractive; she accuses him of making a pass at her. In New York, due to their divergent philosophies, they part on less than friendly terms.
Five years later, they meet in a New York airport and find themselves on the same plane. Both are in relationships; Sally has just started dating a man named Joe, and Harry is engaged to a woman named Helen, which surprises Sally. Harry suggests they become friends, forcing him to elaborate on his previous rule about male-female friendships; they can never be friends because sex will always be in their way spoiling it. They separate concluding that they will not be friends.
Harry and Sally meet yet again five years later, in a New York bookstore. They have coffee together and talk about their previous relationships, which have ended. After leaving the café, they take a walk and decide to be friends. In subsequent scenes, they have late-night phone conversations, go to dinner, and spend a lot of time together. Their dating experiences with others continue to highlight their different approaches to relationships and sex.
During a New Year’s Eve party Harry and Sally find themselves attracted to each other. Though they remain friends, they set each other up with their respective best friends, Marie and Jess. The four go to a restaurant, where Marie and Jess hit it off; they ultimately get engaged. One night, Sally tearfully tells Harry over the phone that her ex, Joe, is getting married, and he rushes to her apartment to comfort her. They unexpectedly have sex that night, resulting in an awkward moment next morning as Harry quickly leaves in a state of distress. This creates tension in their relationship. Their friendship cools for three weeks until the two have a heated argument during Jess and Marie’s wedding dinner. Following this fight, Harry repeatedly attempts to mend the friendship with Sally.
Then, at a New Year’s Eve party that year, Sally feels alone without Harry by her side. Meanwhile, Harry is shown spending New Year’s alone. As she decides to leave the party early, Harry appears and declares his love for her; they make up and kiss. In the last segment, in which couples discuss their relationship histories, Harry and Sally are the last interviewed—they have gotten married. Read more
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