Kate & Leopold (2001)
Average Rating: 5.3/10
Reviews Counted: 126
Fresh: 63 | Rotten: 63
Though Jackman charms, Kate and Leopold is bland and predictable, and the time travel scenario lacks inner logic.
Average Rating: 5.1/10
Critic Reviews: 33
Fresh: 14 | Rotten: 19
Though Jackman charms, Kate and Leopold is bland and predictable, and the time travel scenario lacks inner logic.
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Filmmaker James Mangold follows his Oscar-winning drama Girl, Interrupted (1999) with this whimsical fantasy. Meg Ryan stars as Kate McKay, a modern female executive in New York City whose drive to succeed in the cutthroat corporate world has left little time for romance. When her genius ex-boyfriend Stuart (Liev Schreiber) opens a portal in time, the experiment transports Leopold (Hugh Jackman) from 1867 to the present day. A charming bachelor and the royal "Third Duke of Albany" in his own
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Cast
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Meg Ryan
Kate McKay -
Hugh Jackman
Leopold -
Liev Schreiber
Stuart Bessler -
Breckin Meyer
Charlie McKay -
Natasha Lyonne
Darci -
Bradley Whitford
J.J. Camden -
Paxton Whitehead
Uncle Millard -
Spalding Gray
Dr. Geisler -
Philip Bosco
Otis -
Bill Corsair
Limo Driver -
Francis Dumaurier
Faux Emeril -
Robert Manning
Passerby -
John Rothman
Executive #1 -
James Mangold
Movie Director -
Martha Madison
Office Woman -
Matthew Sussman
Ad Executive Phil -
Arthur J. Nascarella
Gracey -
Jonathan Fried
Faux Wolfgang -
Charlotte Ayanna
Patrice -
Ebony Jo-Ann
Nurse Ester -
Frank Arcuri
1876 Doorman -
David Aaron Baker
Studio Executive -
Andrea Barnes
Clara -
Matthew Beisner
Commercial Director -
Henry Boyle
Cab Driver -
Cornelius Byrne
Carriage Driver -
Michael Cassady
Executive #3 -
Kevin Daniels
Doorman at party -
Viola Davis
Policewoman -
Russell Di Perna
Bridge Cop -
George Hahn
Assistant Director -
Nai Yuan Hu
Rooftop Violinist -
Andrew Jack
Roebling -
Brian Letscher
Ad Executive -
Chazz Menedez
Purse Thief -
Stephanie Montalvo
CRG Intern -
Joe Mosso
Cameraman -
Brandon Parrish
Dennis -
Dennis Rees
Executive #2 -
Stephanie Sanditz
Gretchin -
William Sanford
Barry -
Kristen Schaal
Miss Tree -
Ray Seiden
Sanitation worker -
Michael Shelle
Distinquished Actor -
Josh Stamberg
Colleague Bob -
Brittney Startzman
Monica -
Roma Torre
TV Newscaster -
Stan Tracy
Photogropher -
Cole Hawkins
Hector -
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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.
Ironically, what jeopardises the transaction is Ryan.
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.
It's rare to come across a time travel tale as listless as this one.
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.
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.
Audience Reviews for Kate & Leopold
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A fun Movie.
Super Reviewer
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- 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.
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- Leopold: Otis always told me love is a leap. Lamentably, I was never inspired to jump.
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- Leopold: Marriage is the promise of eternal love. As a man of honor I cannot promise eternally what I've never felt momentarily.
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- 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.
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