Billy Crystal: 5 Awesome Performances And 5 That Sucked
1. Harry Burns - When Harry Met Sally
What else could have been number one?
When Harry Met Sally is perhaps the greatest rom-com of all time, and it was the film that made stars out of both Crystal and Meg Ryan. Its the simple story of boy meets girl, boy hates girl, then boy loves girl and things get super complicated from there.
The film is littered with great performances and dialogue (Ill have what shes having etc) and Crystal was never better than he was here; hes funny, charming and occasionally a bit of a douche. It helps that he's working from a great script here, so he gets to play a flushed out character and still have killer lines to deliver.
He also nails the emotional scenes, with his New Year declaration of love for Sally reducing many a woman and lets be honest here, many a man to tears. The movie is his best work, and though he never quite got handed a script this good again, he more than sealed his cinematic legacy here.