Wesley Morris

Even before that, Billy Crystal was selling the comedy in this bit as much as Meg Ryan is.

You could have just ended it right there.

That scene could have ended and she was like, I rest my case.

But instead, this scene goes on for like another 30 seconds.

Yeah, it's deeply uncomfortable.

No, Michael, no!

The people watching this woman fake this orgasm.

They don't know she's faking it.

They don't know what's going on.

This sandwich must be real good.

This pile of meat must be doing something to this woman.

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.