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Billy Crystal and Meg Ryan finally get together in When Harry Met Sally... (1989) directed by Rob Reiner and written by Nora Ephron . Ah, thank you Nora Ephron for giving me quite possibly my favourite film, certainly of the ‘rom-com’ genre at any rate. The trouble is, the closing scenes created the high bar for declarations of love; the love of your life names every little foible they’ve noticed and adored about you since whenever. As it goes, I’m glad the wrinkles above

How Clearly Beloved began 'True love. In whatever shape or form it may come. May we all in our dotage be proud to say, 'I was adored once, too.' The toast from the inimitable Gareth in Four Weddings And A Funeral In film, literature, music, and the everyday, love fascinates, amazes, eludes, confounds, divides and unites us. Perhaps that’s why Richard Curtis’s movies have stood the test of time for longer than my first marriage - yes, I am a divorcee, so why celebrancy? You ma