You’ve Got Mail
Meg Ryan and Tom Hanks both live in New York City and run
bookstores, but Tom Hanks is a big-time corporate bookstore owner while Meg
Ryan owns an independent one. They do not like each other. Using new, high-tech
AOL instant messaging, the two strike up an online relationship without knowing
each other’s true identities. Tom Hanks knows who she really is (maybe?) and
they keep messaging but don’t meet up (I guess?). Then at the end they fall in
love even though they are bookstore competitors or something.
Mrs. Doubtfire
Robin Williams is a divorced father of three or four kids
(one of which probably became famous later on, but the rest were played by
unknown child actors). His ex-wife, Sally Field, doesn’t trust him with the
kids or won’t let him spend time with them (because he was an absent father
when they were married?). In order to spend time with his children, Robin
Williams decides to masquerade himself as a maid. There is one scene in which
he lights his bosom on fire and there is also probably some type of musical
montage where he is bad at doing household chores. The children eventually find
out the maid is their father and Sally Field is touched by how much trouble
Robin Williams went through to be with their kids. He is granted visitation
rights.
