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Kate & Leopold Movie Rating: 
Run-of-the-mill
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| Eccentric scientist Stuart (Liev Schreiber) transports his great-great-grandfather Leopold (Hugh Jackman) from 1867 New York to contemporary Manhattan. When Stuart is hospitalized after falling down an elevator shaft, Leopold spends quality time with Stuart's ex-girlfriend Kate (Meg Ryan), an ad-agency executive highly disillusioned by modern men. |
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While most romantic comedies require some suspension of disbelief, this movie
needs more than usual. Director James Mangold never develops Leopold's
culture shock between 19th-century courtesy and 21st-century manners, settling
for routine romance as dull as it is predictable. Ryan is on auto-pilot,
playing the same kind of role she was too old for ten years ago, while Jackman
lends a lot more class than this material merits. This run-of-the-mill movie
has a terminal case of the cutes.
Gay Interest: A number of people assume that Leopold is gay, because they cannot image that anyone with such impeccable manners and exquisite taste could be straight. Jackman, who came to fame as outcast Wolverine in X-Men, looks fantastic in his tight jodhpurs, waistcoats, and riding boots, and for some that's reason enough to see this film. | |
Passing
