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Summary: I'd watch anything with Hugh Jackman in it.
Review: Everything that everyone else said is probably true, though not everything everyone said is spelled correctly....BUT Hugh Jackman is so perfect in this role it almost seems that he must actually be very much like that person. I rented a couple of his other movies: X-men and Someone Like You, both entirely different personalities, and he was perfect in them too. They, like Kate and Leopold, were not actually great movies. The thing is HE is and if someone will give him a chance he will be one of the best actors of all time. Besides that he is just a joy to look at.
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Summary: When sci-fi met romantic comedy . . . Hmmmmm
Review: When Leopold met Kate? Sleepless in 20th century New York? I wish I could give this movie 3 and 1/2 stars. It's a romantic comedy with a sci-fi twist, which I found interesting. However, the interest slowly died there. I thought Hugh Jackman played the ultimate leading man . . . handsome, suave, easy on the eye (almost forget he was Wolverine in that other movie) . . . The supporting cast, especially the guys who play Kate's brother Charles/Charlie and poor Stuart, were great (in fact they made the movie for me). Meg Ryan was sweet, as usual; but I didn't cheer for her in this movie as I did in when "When Harry Met Sally" or "Sleepless in Seatle" . . . Perhaps she played too many quirky romantic heroines . . . who knows? Kate & Leopold is nice and seems familiar . . . but fun and sweet in a strange, sci-fi kind of way. Rent it first . . . then you decide.
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Summary: Kate and Leo
Review: Well, this was definately a chick flick from beginning to end. You don't really even need to see the movie. You pretty much know the beginning from the end from the title. A new york woman gets mixed up with a guy from earlier in time. Like 200 years earlier. He doesn't know really what is going on and she thinks he is kinda wierd. He shows some old time shivelry by treating her like a lady and she falls in love. But it wouldn't be a true love story if there wasn't a fight and separation. So he goes back to his time and then she realizes what she lost, travels back and they live happily ever after. Same old story, different scenery. If you want to see this movie just rent a film with previews for this show on it. You will see all you need to from that.
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Summary: The script is hardly satisfactory
Review: I will write this review to somehow make up for the time partly lost on watching this promising but poorly written (or poorly cut) story. I watched it on a CD-ROM as it was enclosed free of charge to a local magazine. Having read several reviews below I will go along with the notion that the original idea of the movie creators was to make something better, but the pre-screening research indicated that something a bit worse might perhaps win more applause. The movie is well directed and even the story has its moments, but the overall impression is unfortunately that of a low budget TV throw-away. A single illustration of the problems with the sceenario: I was expectant as to how brilliantly the script is going to win for us the scene of a 19-th century duke paying for the dinner at a 21-th century top restaurant (to which Leopold invited Meg-Kate). My shot was that some gold coins will land on the table, or better still. In actual fact nothing happened. Well-done movies do not miss good opportunities while leaving loose ends instead. The script does a good job on why Kate falls in love with Leopold, but why it happens also the other way round, frankly, remains a mystery - I suppose Meg Ryan charm was to do the job for the script writer.
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Summary: Light, romantic fun
Review: Being rather slow on the uptake, I did not see Kate and Leopold in theater and watched it on video for the first time a couple nights ago. I must confess I have never seen Meg Ryan in a film before, nor Liev Schreiber. I absolutely fell in love with Schreiber. His acting is superb. Meg Ryan, however, was disappointing. At times it was painfully honest that she was acting, and she looked bored. Yet another brainless blonde romantic part? However, Hugh Jackman as the Duke, Leopold, did a smashing job and helped change this film from yet another sappy romance into a story full of laughs and love and just a little bit more. The idea of time travel, though intrical to the plot, wasn't delved into too deeply. Nor in this version of the film (non-bonus) was it revealed that Stuart (Kate's ex-boyfriend) and the Duke were related, thus many of the motivations weren't clearly explained. It would have helped if that bit of the plot had been left in, but still, the pretzel twisted idea of having to go back in time in order to move forward and so on was cute, if a bit hackneyed. As in every good romance, love ultimately triumphs and wedding bells ring. Can I recommend this movie? If you like light, comic romances and aren't sick of Meg Ryan or time travel, definitely.
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Summary: Kate & Leopold
Review: Now this is a flick that really leaves me warm! It has beauty, grace, manners, charm, humor, fantasy, and love at the very end. Nothing needs to be said about a film of this caliber other than it's a must. Oh I could espouse on the actors, but they're not the story - they only play the parts. The photography was absolutely superb, but the Hollywood crowd is so good at that kind of thing that it's kind of a given. The screenplay was extremely well crafted, and this is where the kudos belong. But in the end, it was the entire experience that I reveled in.
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Summary: Hearing my Mother's voice coming from my mouth
Review: The movie, while somewhat cliche', was an adorable romance with one big problem. I found myself constantly distracted by Meg Ryan. I kept hearing my mother saying things like sit up straight, comb your hair, or ladies never chew gum in public. By the end of the movie I was surprised that I was actually aggitated at Meg Ryan for not combing her hair. :) I would have given it 5 stars if not for Ms. Ryan. However, if you like her you will love this movie. I personally found her gum smacking quite annoying.
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Summary: Highly entertaining
Review: Transported unwittingly to the 21st century, a 19th century aristocrat (Hugh Jackman) becomes involved in an unlikely romance with a hardened career woman (Meg Ryan). The result is a light-as-air romantic comedy that bemoans the absence of old-fashioned chivalry in today's fast-paced everyone-for-themselves world. The cast is what makes this one fly: Hugh Jackman has the perfect combination of looks, elegance, dignity, and comic timing and Meg Ryan can do these self-denying romantic parts in her sleep. Very enjoyable.
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Summary: I wish Hugh had used Wolverine's claws and fixed Meg's hair.
Review: That's what a friend of mine told me after we both finished watching this cute, dumb movie that tries to combine romance and time travel in an effort to say that all modern woman really needs is to be courted or some such nonsense. Romantic-comedy staple Meg Ryan plays a driven 20th century ad exec, who manages to be successful despite her flaky, Meg Ryan-esque nature and constantly tousled hairdo. I used to like Meg Ryan, back when she did the still-good films "When Harry Met Sally" or "Sleepless in Seattle," but now she annoys the heck out of me. It feels like she's phoning in her performance. I wish she'd do a different kind of movie. Though I know she's played against type before, it's never in anything that I've wanted to watch. (The last time I saw her play someone not cutesy was back in "DOA," I think.) She's getting, dare I say it, too old to play this part well. She needs to pass the baton on to the next generation of actresses, like Sandra Bullock (who's starting to do too many of these movies herself). Meg, for the love of God, play some teenager's mother in your next film. Please. Hugh Jackman's absolutely charming as Leopold, a 19th century New York nobleman about to reluctantly choose his bride when he gets sucked into the 20th Century. He carries the movie, which is otherwise routine and dead-in-the-water when he's not at the center of it. Breckin Meyer and Liev Schrieber do little with their supporting roles. The entire film is throwaway fluff.
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Summary: Lighthearted romanticism
Review: Meg Ryan is as always brilliant in this movie. It is one of those lighthearted, romantic feel good type movies that you could enjoy on a lazy day. Don't expect much depth but enjoy it for it's entertainment value.
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