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The Shop Around the Corner
Why this pick
The elegant, witty ancestor to You've Got Mail: anonymous correspondence turns workplace sparring into a warmly romantic battle of misunderstandings.
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MOVIE1998 1h 59m USA
IF THIS ONE STAYED WITH YOU
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CINEHUNCH / THE NEXT FRAME
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01 / THE STORY
A little about the film.
New Yorker Kathleen Kelly owns a small children's book store, that comes under competition from Joe Fox's giant literary conglomerate "Fox Books." As the two businesses meet head-to-head the pair become arch rivals, but fail to realize that the online romance they are conducting anonymously is with each other.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Tom Hanks
Joe Fox
Katie Finneran
Maureen, the Nanny
Jane Adams
Sydney Anne
Sara Ramírez
Rose, Zabars Cashier
Meg Ryan
Kathleen Kelly
Greg Kinnear
Frank Navasky
Jean Stapleton
Birdie Conrad
Heather Burns
Christina Plutzker