Surprisingly incoherent and boring

So much average

Fresh and Exciting

The acting in this movie is really good.

I watched this movie for the first time when I was a high school student. I am not a big fan of fantasy films, but this is so exciting. At first I thought this is love romance story by seeing the jacket, but actually this is a kind of the love comedy. Leopold, the duke who lives in 1870's, and Kate, the woman who lives in 21st century are very different in a way of living and clothes. They happen to meet each other and fall in love. They often have quarrels and their conversations are humorous. Leopold is very handsome. I think most audience would fall in love with him. And his costumes are superb. He seems to be a real duke of 18th century. I like not only Leoplod but also Kate's brother, Charlie. He is very funny. I think he plays an important role in the film. Without him, Kate and Leopold would not be united.

An English Duke from 1876 is inadvertedly dragged to modern day New York where he falls for a plucky advertising executive. Thanks to a great performance by Hugh Jackman and a very believable chemistry between him and Meg Ryan, Kate & Leopold is an enjoyable romantic comedy with some good laughs threw out and even some touching moments of it's own. The movie does have it's flaws tho such as the whole time travel thing that doesn't get explained in the way that they should or even the fact that Jackman chases a thief that stole Ryan's purse and that whole scene was kinda dumb? From the 3 films that Director James Mangold and Actor Hugh Jackman worked this one is easily my least favorite it's not a bad movie by any means but certain things could have been done and explained better but overall it's a good time for the whole family and i'm sure many people will enjoy the chemistry between the 2 leads and Jackman just being great as always. (8/10)

a compromise between old fashion romantic comedy and the contemporary pink films. so, the basic virtue remains the balance between worlds. like the story. the atmosphere of fairy tale lost in every day reality is an easy and not comfortable solution. and this detail explain the cast. and the motif of time travel. and the humor. and the need to remind the source of meeting. but many of exercises to do credible the subject are far by success. and the strong pillar remains the same Meg Ryan who, like in other occasions, is the ideal choice for save the romantic atmosphere. it is a charming film, great for escape by common temptations/errors of genre. it is a seductive story about a man and a woman, a not ordinary meeting and the final option. all in the right package.

Directed by James Mangold (Cop Land; Girl, Interrupted, Walk the Line, The Wolverine), I knew the two leading male and female stars, and that there was a love story involved, so even though it had a relatively low rating by critics, I thought I'd give it a go. Basically in 1876, in the 19th Century, Prince Leopold Mountbatten, Duke of Albany (Hugh Jackman) is told by his strict Uncle Millard (Paxton Whitehead) to marry a rich American woman to help the depleting fortunes of his family. But then one day he spots out of place amateur physicist Stuart Besser (Liev Schreiber) taking photographs, Stuart runs away during a speech at the Brooklyn Bridge, Leopold follows him as he prepares to jump from the unfinished bridge, only to fall with him into a time portal transporting them to 21st Century New York. Stuart explains to Leopold he found a gap in time that allowed him to travel to the past universe, he can only return to his original time when the gap opens again in a week, until then Leopold is stuck in the city, clueless about his new surroundings, and Stuart ends up having an accident and when talking about his scientific discovery being institutionalised. While staying at Stuart's apartment, Leopold is intrigued by cynical and ambitious Kate McKay (Meg Ryan), Stuart's ex-girlfriend, he sees she is a "career woman" as she does market research, she dismisses his kindness towards her, Leopold does however befriend Kate's brother Charlie (Breckin Meyer). Kate and Leopold do start to spend more time together, and slowly become romantically linked as she takes him on a tour of modern New York and they dine together, and Kate also thinks with 19th Century style clothes and perfect gentleman demeanour he could be the perfect spokesman for a new margarine product, an audition certainly proves successful. However when it comes to the day of the shooting the commercial Leopold is disgusted by the taste of the product, he cannot understand why Kate would endorse a flawed item to the public, Kate simply says that sometimes you have to do things you don't want to, they part ways for a while, and meanwhile Stuart breaks out of the the mental hospital, he transports Leopold back to his own. Kate is accepting a promotion that had always longed for, Stuart and Charlie show up at the banquet dinner and show Kate photographs from the 19th Century taken, Stuart thought he had disrupted the spacetime continuum, in fact Kate is supposed to go back to the 19th Century with Leopold, she is taken to the time portal just before it closes, as she chooses a life with Leopold over her career, she appears just as Leopold is about to marry Miss Tree (Kristen Schaal) for her family fortune, announcing herself as Leopold's bride-to-be, Kate and Leopold embrace, marry and live happily ever after. Also starring American Pie's Natasha Lyonne as Darci, Bradley Whitford as J.J. Camden, Spalding Gray as Dr. Geisler and Philip Bosco as Otis. Jackman is both funny and charming as the 19th Century gentleman transported into the modern world, Ryan being the of the queens of the rom-com genre does alright being beautiful with some feistiness, they are a relatively good couple, and the supporting cast members get their moments as well. The boy meets girl format is given a little twist with the time travel aspect, as is the English gent falling for American chick format, most of the film is predictable and old-fashioned, but you cannot help but laugh at the old-fashioned crossing with modern culture stuff, and the love story is sweet enough, a likable and not terrible romantic comedy. It won the Golden Globe for Best Original Song for "Until" by Sting (also nominated the Oscar). Okay!