You've Got Mail (1998) Movie poster and book cover compared.

You've Got Mail

Nora Ephron, 1998

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Parfumerie
Miklós László, 1937

You’ve Got Mail is a movie directed by Nora Ephron in 1998 and inspired by the play Parfumerie by Miklós László, first published in 1937. The movie features Tom Hanks, Meg Ryan, Greg Kinnear, Parker Posey, Steve Zahn, Jean Stapleton, and others.

What users say

“The movie is better than the book”

But the book is worth reading.

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RATING

6.7

/ 10

Movie Poster: You've Got Mail (Nora Ephron, 1998)

7.7

/ 10

Book Cover: Parfumerie (Miklós László, 1937)

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Storyline

Kathleen Kelly is in a relationship with Frank Navasky, a left-leaning newspaper writer for The New York Observer who is always in search of an opportunity to root for the underdog. Using the screen name Shopgirl, she reads an email from NY152, the screen name of Joe Fox, whom she first met in an over-30s chatroom.

Movie vs Book

Poster of You've Got Mail, the 1998 movie by Nora Ephron

Year

1998

Minutes

119

Movie Rate

6.70

Source: IMDb

Movie

You've Got Mail

Country: USA

Year: 1998

Length: 1h59m

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Cover of Parfumerie, the 1937 book by Miklós László

Year

1937

Pages

120

Book Rate

7.70

S: Goodreads

Book

Parfumerie

Original title: Illatszertár

Country: Hungary

First published in: 1937

Length: 120 pages

Genre: Play

Other screen adaptations of the book

Movie poster
The Shop Around the Corner (1940)
Movie by Ernst Lubitsch

User polls & recommendations

Which is better?

Poster of You've Got Mail, the 1998 movie by Nora Ephron

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Cover of Parfumerie, the 1937 book by Miklós László

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movie

IS IT WORTH WATCHING?

Poster of You've Got Mail, the 1998 movie by Nora Ephron

WATCH

Yes

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%

30% No

7 votes

3 votes

book

IS IT WORTH READING?

Cover of Parfumerie, the 1937 book by Miklós László

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42% No

7 votes

5 votes

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