‘You’ve Got Mail’ is getting a remake. There’s just one problem with that: everything

There are plenty of reasons to not remake a movie. Maybe it’s a stone-cold classic that seemingly can’t be improved upon. Sometimes it’s a foreign film that worked well enough already without photoshopping American faces into the lead roles. Other times, it’s an older movie with a recognizable title that nobody actually cares about anymore, or a movie made so recently, remaking it serves no discernible purpose. These are all legitimate critiques, frequently ignored by studios enamored of intelle...