spz824690 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.

prodcraven As many do, in fantasy, one must suspend disbelief in order to enjoy the unfolding of the story. But, when there is an essence of Science Fiction - ie - time travel, then there also needs to be a careful use of fact to validate the fiction.In this case, three failures occur - the first is the insistence of a 200 year gap between the time of Leopold and that of Kate - - when, at most, we are dealing with about 125 years. The second, and more troubling in that it is unnecessary, is the plot point concerning the discussion of music. "La Boheme:" While the script did, before the end of the scene catch the import of the language of the opera being in Italian, though set in France, it did not take into account that the opera was not written until 20 years after (1896) Leopold's journey into the future. In addition, there was a discussion of "Pirates of Penzance" as well - - with Leopold familiar enough to play the accompaniment on piano while he and Charlie are singing "Model Major General." Leopold is supposed to have jumped in 1876 - - and Penzance did not premiere until 1879.Finally, the perfection of the modern elevator by Elijah Otis was in 1852 - not sometime after 1876 as implied in the movie - - and by that time, the concept would have been well known.

Jackson Booth-Millard 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!

grizzledgeezer In 1970, Jack Finney ("The Body Snatchers") published the classic time-travel novel "Time and Again". It's a basically serious story about politicians using time travel to change the present world. It has never been filmed, probably because it would require creating the illusion of 19th-century Manhattan on a fairly large scale (including the arm of the Statue of Liberty)."Kate & Leopold" appears to have been "inspired" by "Time and Again". The opening scenes are not merely spectacular, but exciting, showing Brooklyn as it appeared in 1876, and introducing a "What's going on here?" situation that immediately pulls in the viewer. There's also some magnificent dialog that any screenwriter would be proud to have penned.Unfortunately... Once Stuart and Leopold return to the present, the film lands with a loud, //stupid// thump. Kate is a seemingly shallow marketing researcher who is immediately off-putting. We //know// what's going to happen -- and we couldn't care less.This isn't an interesting weak film -- it's an irritating one. You can't just throw characters together and think something interesting & engaging is going to happen.I'll be honest. I was so annoyed by everything (except Leopold's occasionally smart conversation) that I gave up after 45 minutes.