Kate & Leopold (2001)

All Critics (126) | Top Critics (33) | Fresh (67) | Rotten (64) | DVD (24)

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.

September 26, 2008 Full Review

Lael Loewenstein

Variety

Top Critic

Ironically, what jeopardises the transaction is Ryan.

June 24, 2006 Full Review

Charlotte O'Sullivan

Time Out

Top Critic

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.

January 8, 2002 Full Review

Stephanie Zacharek

Salon.com

Top Critic

Clocking her umpteenth role as a romantic comedy character in a forgettable mainstream scenario, [Ryan] seems to have lost all allure.

December 28, 2001

Desson Thomson

Washington Post

Top Critic

It's as if the actress agreed to take another America's-sweetheart role but her spirit didn't.

December 28, 2001 Full Review

Carla Meyer

San Francisco Chronicle

Top Critic

The culture clashes you expect follow, but what isn't expected is how marvelous Jackman is in the role.

December 26, 2001

Tom Long

Detroit News

Top Critic

It's rare to come across a time travel tale as listless as this one.

April 25, 2012 Full Review

Matt Brunson

Creative Loafing

Some nice moments but overall not a total success.

December 24, 2010 Full Review

Nell Minow

Common Sense Media

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.

December 27, 2007 Full Review

Joe Lozito

Big Picture Big Sound

Despite a promising premise, Jackman's Golden Globe-nominated performance remains the only tangible reason to see this movie.

December 30, 2006 Full Review

Emma Cochrane

Empire Magazine

Jackman commands Kate and Leopold as no actor has commanded a romantic comedy since Steve Martin in Roxanne.

January 7, 2005 Full Review

Jeffrey Westhoff

Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL)

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.

December 11, 2004 Full Review

Film Threat

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.

July 18, 2003

Pablo Villaca

Cinema em Cena

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.

March 13, 2003 Full Review

Harry Guerin

RTE Interactive (Dublin, Ireland)

There's nothing terribly wrong with Kate & Leopold -- it's just an awfully conventional upmarket romantic comedy...

March 10, 2003 Full Review

Marrit Ingman

Austin Chronicle

...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.

February 8, 2003 Full Review

John R. McEwen

Film Quips Online

If the idea is not original, well, not much is these days; be thankful for something that can be called amusing.

October 21, 2002 Full Review

Jean Lowerison

San Diego Metropolitan

[Jackman is] handsome, funny, rugged and refined; he gleams with confidence in a part that could have reduced lesser actors to silliness.

October 15, 2002 Full Review

Margaret A. McGurk

Cincinnati Enquirer

• 1. Leopold: Where I come from, the meal is the result of reflection and study, menus are prepared in advance, timed to perfection. It is said, without the culinary arts the crudeness of reality would be unbearable.
  – Submitted by Hriya M (13 months ago)
• 1. Leopold: Otis always told me love is a leap. Lamentably, I was never inspired to jump.
  – Submitted by Pauleen Camille L (23 months ago)
• 1. Leopold: Marriage is the promise of eternal love. As a man of honor I cannot promise eternally what I've never felt momentarily.
  – Submitted by Pauleen Camille L (23 months ago)
• 1. Roebling: Time. Time, it has been proposed, is the fourth dimension. And yet, for mortal man, time has no dimension at all. We are like horses with blinders, seeing only what lies before us. Forever guessing the future and fabricating the past.
  – Submitted by Pauleen Camille L (23 months ago)

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