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Summary: "Kate & Leopold" is terrifically Wonderful!
Review: Kate & Leopold is one of the funniest, and most charming movies I have ever seen. I found myself being completely jeolous of Kate and her new find, and admired the sheer originality and genious of the story. Every descent girl dreams of a Gentleman in the purest form, and "Leo" is that perfect gentleman. It's funny, charming and witty - definately a kepper!
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Summary: Worth a look!
Review: Admittedly I've made something of a mini-career of Meg Ryan-bashing, and while I'm still nowhere near being a fan I find her much less objectionable than usual here. This is one of the more charming movies I've seen in recent memory. The premise behind it is intriguing. Two very different individuals who would have been perfect matches for each other in another life are brought together by the still-to-be-perfected miracle of time travel. Hugh Jackman,quite simply was born to play this role and he plays it to sheer perfection. Any success the film may have had deservedly falls squarely on his shoulders.
Meg Ryan may have been cute 10 or 15 years ago, but her shtick has been totally played out. With every picture she looks more and more like an-over-the-hill rock groupie. Still she does her best work in a while here, and she and Jackman make a charming couple.
This isn't the best movie I've ever seen but I would definitely recommend it.
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Summary: Entertaining
Review: This is fun little time-travel romance. Meg is great as always and the guy who plays the guy is good, but Hugh Grant would have been better. But it's worth the time.
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Summary: You won't have to work hard to understand it
Review: Okay, so it isn't James Joyce. It IS an easy to watch, fun fantasy, chick-flick, if you will... Hugh Jackman makes it worth your time just because he is delicious. Meg Ryan is just as we remember her from You've Got Mail, same facial expressions and general demeanor, which is not bad, just predictable. Basic plot can be reduced to everyone's fantasy of jumping in the old time machine to go back (or forward) to someone else's era for awhile to check it out. You won't be disgusted, repulsed, or frightened by this film, because it is clean, clean, clean. Anybody, down to your innocent seven-year-old sister, will go away with something to smile about. And in these times of terrorists and serial killers, don't we ALL need a bit of that?
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Summary: I could stare at Hugh for hours on end!
Review: The only major reason I gave this run-of-the-mill, not likely scifi, romance 5 stars is because of Hugh Jackman.I went to the theater because I have always liked Meg Ryan, especially in romantic comedies. I bought this DVD because Hugh Jackman is utterly charming, charismatic and WOW is he easy on the eyes. I could watch this man read the phone book and it would probably be more entertaining and original than this movie's storyline. Meg Ryan who usually can act, decided not too for this movie. I wish that somebody would have informed Ms. Ryan that her hair looked like it was styled a la weedwacker in this movie(it was very distracting)! Don't get me wrong I usually love Meg in romantic comedies and I love Hugh in anything. The whole cast are good actors, but the script was just average, no new twists or surprises added to make this movie different from any other romantic comedy. How the time travel took place was different but highly questionable, like after jumping off the bridge how do they land in the other time era, on their feet with no impact or in the river, How does Stuart know that when Leopold goes back that he will be repeating the whole day over of when he left, and when Meg's character goes back why does she arrive later that day and just in time? I know that it is just a romantic comedy but....don't introduce and then not explain it.
Oh, well. If you want to watch an extremely handsome man then this is the movie. If you want to watch a movie for Meg's acting then this is not it.
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Summary: I don't believe in guilty pleasures, but if I did......
Review: This would be at the top of the list. I have a feeling that the "hook" of the movie was that it's another Meg Ryan rom-com, but aside from that, it is actually a pleasant movie. Sure, the plot has some holes--if you looked up "suspension of disbelief," this movie would be listed--but has some truly romantic and humorous parts. Ryan repeats her usual act; Jackman is great (and the REAL reason that women watch this movie), and so is the rest of the supporting cast. What's interesting, though, is how thoughtfully the movie was directed. You can see signs throughout the movie that show that although the plot may be off, the movie itself is very well made. I won't list all the little touches here and there, but the observant viewer will get a kick from them. All in all, as a movie, this is far better than it should be.
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Summary: Oh! so romantic and funny!!!
Review: Leopold (Hugh Jackman), a very handsome duke from 1876 finds himself waking up in Stuart's apartment in the 21st century in New York. Stuart who has been tampering with time portals accidentally brought Leopold back with him. Stuart's ex-girlfriend, Kate McKay (Meg Ryan) who is an independent career woman and stays just below in the same apartment gets romantically involved with Leopold. It is so touching to see Kate being swept off her feet by this 19th century gentleman! There are many parts that will make you laugh and some parts that are so sentimental that you may cry too. Hugh Jackman's acting is very good and Meg Ryan is her usual self. So if you are her fan, you will definitely enjoy this movie. Overall, a very nice movie to watch.
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Summary: cute and syrupy flick pulls it off...
Review: oh, man, this movie was just so amazingly CUTE, how could you not like it?... it was pure meg ryan at her best in one of the most heart-warming, problem-forgetting films i've seen... the plot is silly and pretentious, and the whole portrayal of what a 19th-century duke would go through if brought into the early 21st century is utterly superficial, but i admit that i was never bored during the movie and had a stupid smile on my face at the end... go figure! i guess the magic lies in the two main actors' perfect smiles and charm, and the well-written dialogue, which is bleached and pressed PC hollywood stuff, but snappy enough that you don't care... i felt for kate and leopold as i watched the dvd alone on a friday night, and didn't regret having stayed in
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Summary: Romantic time travel...
Review: Leopold (Hugh Jackman), Duke of Albany and renaissance man, is astonished by a man who is in a crowd with a miniature item, which he later stumbles across at his announcement party for his bride to be. Leopold follows the man, Stuart (Liev Schreiber), and is pulled away from the 1870s into present time through a time portal. In present time he meets Kate (Meg Ryan) who despises Stuart and is a successful and ruthless advertising representative. Kate and Leopold is film that has some funny moments and witty dialogues, however, falls short in some aspects. Overall, the film produces a feeling of deja vu.
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Summary: Enchanting
Review: Meg Ryan is really the only reason I went ahead and rented this movie as she is a true gem. Turns out the story is really enchanting and romantic, and well almost completely believable. I must say that was an interesting way to get rid of the character who brought Leopold back by dropping him down an elevator chute. I found Hugh Jackman to be excellent in this role, truly charming, though sometimes it is over the top. I'm referring to the scene on the rooftop, violin and all...okay, maybe not over the top for the true gentleman Leopold is..but I can see male viewers rolling their eyes at this scene as female viewers say "why don't you do that for me?" All in all, it was a terrific film with a fantastic script. It had me daydreaming again.
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