Wesley Morris

Every subsequent shot during this sequence, we've established how Meg Ryan is going to perform her fake orgasm.

We understand that Billy Crystal is mortified.

But now we spend the rest of this sequence, most of the rest of it, watching everybody else in the deli react.

Like, not even react.

They're just watching her do this.

And it's an amazing sight because some people are concerned.

Some people are like, you know, it's New York.

So this is also one of the great New York movies, right?

So it's New York and people are like, oh, it's orgasm day, I guess, in the deli.

Okay, great.

Fantastic.

And she reaches her climax.

She picks up her fork.

She stabs her salad or whatever it is that's on that plate.

She takes a bite.

And we go from shot, reverse shot, cutaway, cutaway, cutaway, to a, like I would say, a master shot of the two of them facing each other in the booth.

And you can see in the background two women also having a meal, looking at Meg Ryan and

Right, right.

We've already had our release.

But he goes for it.