Kate & Leopold: Critic Reviews

Too bad director/co-writer James Mangold ... couldn't come up with anything fresher and more worthy of Jackman's suave grace.

Clocking her umpteenth role as a romantic comedy character in a forgettable mainstream scenario, [Ryan] seems to have lost all allure.

Apparently they were made for each other (unfortunately the actors weren't).

It's a charmer.

Together, Jackman and Ryan really click.

One of the reasons the movie works is because we like the goodness of the characters.

The irresistible force that is Hugh Jackman -- or was it his swoony Leopold? -- swept me off my seat and into the movie.

The culture clashes you expect follow, but what isn't expected is how marvelous Jackman is in the role.

The problem with Kate & Leopold is that although this is supposed to be a romantic comedy, the best scenes are the ones in which there's no Ryan.

Some nice moments but overall not a total success.

Jackman commands Kate and Leopold as no actor has commanded a romantic comedy since Steve Martin in Roxanne.

Mesmo sendo um pouco mais longo do que deveria, o filme conta uma historinha simples, mas agradavel - e se beneficia enormemente do carisma de Hugh Jackman como um dos personagens-titulo.

In establishing such a lofty pretence as time travel, Mangold then trots out an uninspiring love story which fails to play-up the cultural differences between characters.

...An average, workmanlike production, virtually indistinguishable from any other example of the pat, easily digested, box-office-successful formula faithfully churned out by Hollywood every day of the year.

One of the better examples of romantic comedies doing the rounds and even though it is overlong at times, it will make for passable video fodder one dreary Sunday evening.

A limp wet noodle of a movie.

There's nothing particularly earth-shaking about the movie, but Ryan, Jackman, Schreiber and Breckin Meyer do their best to make the two hours bright and breezy.

An amusing time-travel theme plus Hugh Jackman in his dashing Duke's uniform and Meg Ryan looking as perky as ever -- what more could incurable romantics ask for?

...after a few forays into delightful romantic comedy, it falls headfirst into complete but welcome predictability.

Likeable as they are, Kate and Leo are hampered by the heavy-handed storytelling going on around them.

Es como un chocolate: aunque no aporta nada sustancial, es un deleite pasajero que bien vale la pena disfrutar.

Pasadera, divertida en algunos momentos, pero siendo exigentes con el genero, lo mejor del filme sigue siendo la cancion nominada...

The characters emerge as human rather than wow us with easy gags

Hilarious at times, unbearably soppy at others, Kate & Leopold is comfortable viewing for old romantics.

Witless and relentlessly cliched'...this whimsy whoopie cushion of a lame romantic fable is as soggy as a Jackie Collins novel that fell into a jacuzzi.