When Harry Met Sally...

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Tamar Jeffers McDonald (University of Kent, UK)

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BFI Publishing
05 February 2026

Film, TV & Radio; Film theory & criticism; Film movie guides & reviews; Film & movie: styles & genres

Series: BFI Film Classics

Groundbreaking in its departure from its predecessors, When Harry Met Sally… (1989) established classic romantic comedy themes and tropes still being employed today.

Following the relationship between its title characters, Harry (Billy Crystal) and Sally (Meg Ryan), and their best friends Jess (Bruno Kirby) and Marie (Carrie Fisher), the film unfolds as a series of episodes, from Harry and Sally's prickly car journey from Chicago to New York City to a momentous encounter on New Year's Eve twelve years later.

Tamar Jeffers McDonald's insightful study explores how writer Nora Ephron and director Rob Reiner used structure, filmic devices, music and classic romcom concepts in innovative new ways.

In her afterword to this new edition, she reflects on the movie's continuing influence on the romcom genre, and its relevance in a more turbulent era, where the question at the movie's heart - ""Can men and women ever just be friends?"" takes on fresh nuance in the age of #MeToo.

By: Tamar Jeffers McDonald (University of Kent UK)
Imprint: BFI Publishing
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 2nd edition
Dimensions: Height: 184mm, Width: 134mm, Spine: 8mm
Weight: 167g
ISBN: 9781805750253
ISBN 10: 1805750259
Series: BFI Film Classics
Pages: 104
Publication Date: 05 February 2026
Audience: College/higher education , Primary
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

1. Introduction and Acknowledgments 2. 'When Harry Met Sally...' 3. Afterword to the 2026 Edition 4. Notes Credits.

Tamar Jeffers McDonald is Dean of the School of Art and Media & Professor in Film History, University of Brighton, UK. She is the co-editor of Stars, Fan Magazines and Audiences: Desire by Design Hollywood and author of Catwalk: Reading Costume and Transformation in American Film (2010) Doris Day Confidential: Hollywood Sex and Stardom (2013).