There are those who will claim that "Sleepless in Seattle" is too corny, with sugar-coated cuteness filling in for the lack of a strong plot. And, while they have a point, there's something that the cynics are missing -- it's meant to be this way. By its own admission, this film is intended as a throwback to the screen romances of the past (An Affair to Remember in particular, which is cited numerous times, and …
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…in our "American culture" it's just a little bit different in the way people have to get to it. We now have a cultural force that makes each person work more and pay more attention to our day to day life; things don't just come with good luck. It's not just up to destiny having the final outcome in one's life, that is nothing more than a myth explaining the unexplained, things don't just happen.