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A time-travel romantic comedy whose best elements -- Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman -- overcome distracting plot holes, loose threads and assorted contrivances to make for a mostly charming and diverting tale.
The problem with Kate & Leopold is that although this is supposed to be a romantic comedy, the best scenes are the ones in which there's no Ryan.
Clocking her umpteenth role as a romantic comedy character in a forgettable mainstream scenario, [Ryan] seems to have lost all allure.
It's as if the actress agreed to take another America's-sweetheart role but her spirit didn't.
The culture clashes you expect follow, but what isn't expected is how marvelous Jackman is in the role.
A romantic comedy with something on its mind -- not necessarily a message, but a reminder of just how far astray we've gone in our relationships with one another.
Some nice moments but overall not a total success.
Surprisingly effective romantic comedy with Hugh Jackman at his most charming and Meg Ryan proving yet again why she has become the watermark against which all other female romantic leads are compared.
Despite a promising premise, Jackman's Golden Globe-nominated performance remains the only tangible reason to see this movie.
Ironically, what jeopardises the transaction is Ryan.
Jackman commands Kate and Leopold as no actor has commanded a romantic comedy since Steve Martin in Roxanne.
The two individually likable stars do eventually reach some level of warmth, but by that time the film is nearly over and Kate and Leopold are supposed to be madly in love with each other.
Mesmo sendo um pouco mais longo do que deveria, o filme conta uma historinha simples, mas agradável - e se beneficia enormemente do carisma de Hugh Jackman como um dos personagens-título.
In establishing such a lofty pretence as time travel, Mangold then trots out an uninspiring love story which fails to play-up the cultural differences between characters.
There's nothing terribly wrong with Kate & Leopold -- it's just an awfully conventional upmarket romantic comedy...
...An average, workmanlike production, virtually indistinguishable from any other example of the pat, easily digested, box-office-successful formula faithfully churned out by Hollywood every day of the year.
If the idea is not original, well, not much is these days; be thankful for something that can be called amusing.
[Jackman is] handsome, funny, rugged and refined; he gleams with confidence in a part that could have reduced lesser actors to silliness.
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