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Summary: Great Movie!
Review: Watch this one... it was really well done!!!
I hope there will be a Part 2 made for it! It would be great to continue their story!!!!
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Summary: 4 stars for sexy Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber!
Review: "Kate & Leopold" is exactly what you think it is- a romantic love story where 2 people hook up against the odds. What makes it work is the performance by the men cast in the film.Leopold (Jackman) is an unhappily bethrothed Duke that gets [pulled] into the 21st century via Stuart (Schreiber), a guy who has found a loophole in the fabric of time, allowing time travel to be possible. Stuart's ex-girlfriend and upstairs apartment dweller Kate (Meg Ryan) doesn't believe the whole "time travel" story; she thinks Leo is an actor. Being an ad exec, she sees Leo as the perfect character for a commercial. As Leo explores NY 2002, he meets and unwittingly woos women with his chivlarous attitude and smooth accent. Breckin Meyer ("Road Trip", "Clueless") has a great part as Kate's struggling actor brother Charlie, who appoints himself Leo's apprentice and [pulls] up every bit of love advice he can get. He also plays an integral part in trying hooking Kate & Leopold up. The guys make this movie fun. Meg Ryan, however, is the same kooky, quirky, boyish blonde she always plays. She could really stand to broaden her acting horizons instead of letting herself be typecast all the time. Still, all in all, I enjoyed this film. The DVD offers lots of features (like the Sting video to "Until", which won a Golden Globe), director's commentary,widescreen version and director's cut. The deleted scenes aren't much to look at- each one last's about 30 seconds.
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Summary: one of the most romantic movie
Review: This is certainly one of the most romantic movie I have ever seen.
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Summary: Opposites attract!
Review: They say that opposites attract, which proves true for Kate and Leopold. Both beautiful Kate, and sexy Leopold, are bold and brave. But otherwise, they have quite different personalities, are from different eras of time, have different ideas about jobs and the part that morality plays in continuing to work a particular job... all of which made watching them together more fun. Kate's ex reminded me of "the Doc" from "Back to the Future," because of his many funny misfortunes but likeability. Kate's brother successfully helps Leopold to shine as Leopold demonstrates his romantic tips and points Kate's brother in the right direction. But can Leopold's attractive mannerisms and romantic views sway Kate to his way of thinking, or is there some way to compromise to allow BOTH their ways of thinking to merge? Or will he have to return to his own time, back to his "Duke" position and choose a bride whom he does not love? Will Kate ever realize her feelings for Leopold, or will her job prove to be more important? Watch and find out!
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Summary: A Modern Day - Back In Time Romantic Movie
Review: I saw this movie today for the very first time. I would recommend this movie to anyone who likes romantic comedy's, back in time movies, or ordinary girl meets rich and handsome Prince Charming. It is sort of a Cinderella-type movie and Hugh Jackman was excellent as the British Duke. He goes back in time to the present day (modern times) and of course, it seems very ackward to him. But he soon adjusts and falls in love with Meg Ryan's character. Meg Ryan was excellent also, especially when she finally gave in to Hugh Jackman's (The Duke's) charms and old-fashioned values. For girls, they will wish that they could meet someone from this time period who is as handsome and charming as Hugh Jackman (The Duke). Their fate at the end of the movie determines their destiny to be together. She goes back to his world in the 18th Century from the present day.
This is a movie that you will want to watch over and over again!
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Summary: A solid C-
Review: I can only give this a solid C-. Not only was the movie extremely jagged and discontinuous but in one key scene Leopold attempts to one up the villian by displaying how much he knows about opera. Unfortunately, Leopold was from 1876 and the opera he chose was La Boheme which was written in 1895. (Perhaps the world's easiest job is to be a Hollywood fact checker). Only to be watched if in the throes of severe movie withdrawl.
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Summary: Showcase For Hugh Jackman's Talent If Nothing Else
Review: "Kate and Leopold" is, no matter what fans of Meg Ryan say, Hugh Jackman's film. He alone lifts this rather lukewarm work up to the level of watchable, enjoyable movie, and he alone deserves good mention from every lovers of romantic comedy. So, the story is simple; for some reason or another, a 19th century gentleman Leopold falls in a rift of time so that he comes to modern-day New York of the 21th century, and meets Kate, working for advertizing company. That's it. Leopold, clad in Sgt. Pepper clothes, shows his old-fashioned manners and deportment around in the everyday life of cynical Kate, who doesn't believe a single word of Leopold, but soon finds herself drawn affectionately to this strange guy. As I said, guys, if you don't like these 'chick films,' just watch Hugh Jackman and skip the rest of it. He IS worth it. With ease he shows how to grab women's heart, and the great thing about him is, he looks like a real gentleman living in Victorian age. And moreover, guys, try to learn his humors, which are of course the essential part of his exuding charms. The way he speaks some English words only makes a fresh version of "Englishman in New York." About other players, it must be said that director James Mangold didn't do his homework at all, simply content of getting Meg Ryan here as the lead. Frankly, all I can say is she has played this kind of roles too much. And other supporting roles are, most regrettably, squandered. You see sweet Natasha Lyonne, but her role (as a secretary) is too small; with a defter director, she could be better used, or more simply, switch the role of Meg and Natasha, which would give a fresh view to the entire work. And you leave your seat for a minute, and you will miss the brief, too brief scene of Spalding Gray, whose presence would have given more (quirky) energy to the film than any other players here. Liev Shreiber and Breckin Meyer appear, but both of them are not allowed to do anything except what they had previously did somewhere else, like "Sphere" or "Road Trip." Shame. Overall agreable romance, if you are not trying to find fault with the time-travel setting of the film, which is not the point of the film. Still, those who loved this would agree with my opinion that "Kate and Leopold" could be much better with a better-crafted script (the ending especially looks too hurriedly done). For rainy Sunday afternoon, but you have another choice of far more romantic "When Harry Met Sally..." or "Sleepless in Seattle" just in case you haven't seen them.
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Summary: WHEN KATE MET LEOPOLD...
Review: THERE ARE TWO VERSIONS OF THE FILM ON THIS DVD. THEATRICAL AND DIRECTOR'S CUT. THIS REVIEW IS BASED ON THE DIRECTOR'S CUT. KATE AND LEOPOLD IS ENJOYABLE ENOUGH THAT... YOU WANT TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS IN THE END. HOWEVER, NOT MUCH HAPPENS. LIEV SCHREIBER IS A SCENE STEALER, AND THE OTHER CAST MEMBERS ARE GREAT AS WELL. THE FILM BELONGS TO HUGH JACKMAN (LEOPOLD) WHO IS BECOMING A MAJOR MOVIESTAR WITH EACH PICTURE HE DOES. ON THE FLIP SIDE THERE SEEMS TO BE AN ABSENCE OF LEOPOLD'S COUNTERPART (KATE) PLAYED BY MEG RYAN. SHE IS WONDERFUL WHILE SHE'S ON SCREEN. BUT SHE'S NOT ON SCREEN AS MUCH AS YOU WOULD THINK. LITE ON BOTH COMEDY AND ROMANCE THE FILM WILL DO ON A SLOW NIGHT AT THE VIDEO STORE, IF YOU'VE ALREADY RENTED JUST ABOUT EVERYTHING ELSE. IT'S KINDA LIKE "WHEN HARRY MET SALLY" MEETS "BACK TO THE FUTURE", BUT NOT AS REWARDING AS EITHER. ALL AND ALL WORTH SEEING FOR A TERRIFIC CAST.
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Summary: 118 Minutes of pure joy.
Review: I love both Hugh Jackman and Meg Ryan so what could be bad in pairing them up? This film was a joy to watch. It had old New York, time travel and a good love story.After falling through time, Jackman adapts pretty quickly. The small scene with the cop and dog is quite telling of the differences he encounters.Although he's an aristocrat, he is quite the gentleman. Meg is the typical "career girl" as he dubs her and it's all fun from there.The acting by the supporting cast is wonderful. The movie is just delightful.Watch and enjoy!!!!! Definitely a "Chick Flick".
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Summary: Jackman's terrific in okay romantic comedy
Review: There is a lot to like about Kate and Leopold. It's not a great romantic comedy, but there's enough to it to provide a decent enough evening's entertainment. So light and airy that it feels almost translucent, it's a movie you probably won't remember much about a couple of years from now. For the umpteenth time, Meg Ryan plays a character called Kate. This time she is Kate McKay, a brash, thirtysomething New Yorker who's an ad executive. She's recently broken up with her boyfriend, Stuart [Liv Schreiber], who lives in the apartment above her. He's some sort of renegade scientist who has discovered a time portal through which he travels back to the New York of the 1870s. While he is there snooping around, he is caught by Lord Leopold Montbatten [Hugh Jackman]. As Stuart races back to the Brooklyn Bridge, where the portal is located, Leopold pursues him, and both wind up back in present day Manhattan. Leo, a scientific type himself, is utterly fascinated by the modern world. He has no reason to lie about where he is from. After all, who would believe him anyway? Kate certainly doesn't. She assumes he is just another of Stuart's fruitcake friends. At first she can't stand his old-fashioned and chivalrous ways, but gradually she begins to think that being treated like a lady has its rewards, especially when the gentleman is as attractive, witty and intelligent as Leo is. High Jackman proves he is decidedly leading man material. I can think of few actors who could pull this role off as well as he does. It requires dignity and a lot of comic timing to play someone like Leopold, who the kind of character which can come off as idiotic, but Jackman avoids the pitfalls with graceful ease. Watching him, I was reminded of the young Cary Grant, who was able to act the fool and still command an audience's respect Ms. Ryan's brash, no nonsense style - so charming in movies like Sleepless in Seattle and When Harry Met Sally - doesn't work here. It's as though the actress wasn't that enthusiastic about a return to romantic comedy. The character is supposed to represent the distrust and isolation that many women feel in today's fast-paced society, but this doesn't explain why Ryan plays Kate as abrasive and frequently rude. Her performance makes it hard to believe that Leo could fall in love so hard and so fast. Time travel is not what Kate and Leopold is about. It's about opposites attracting. Still, it might say something about the modern world when a girl has to go back to the 19th Century to find a guy. But, then, Leo had to come to our century to find someone. So, does that mean there was something wrong with the girls back then? Will we ever get it right?
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