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Filmmaker James Mangold follows his Oscar-winning drama Girl, Interrupted (1999) with this whimsical fantasy. Meg Ryan stars as Kate McKay, a modern female executive in New York City whose drive to su... read more read more...cceed in the cutthroat corporate world has left little time for romance. When her genius ex-boyfriend Stuart (Liev Schreiber) opens a portal in time, the experiment transports Leopold (Hugh Jackman) from 1867 to the present day. A charming bachelor and the royal "Third Duke of Albany" in his own time, Leopold is fascinated by the 21st century. As the courtly Leopold and the decidedly liberated Kate tour the town, a mutual attraction develops into something deeper, a relationship that's threatened by Leopold's temporary chronological status. Kate & Leopold (2001) was originally developed by co-screenwriter Steve Rogers as a project for star/producer Sandra Bullock, who had a hit with his film Hope Floats (1998). ~ Karl Williams, Rovi

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DVD Release Date: June 11, 2002

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  • January 15, 2011
    This movie is all kinds of weird, but I love it for that reason. Time travel and love stories have never been so eloquently put together like this. Hugh Jackman dominates the screen as Leopold, becoming the epitome of an English Gentleman who loves his good butter and tea. Meg Ry... read morean also does a great job at making the humor work so well. It's almost like a British interpretation of Back To the Future, only with a lot of Margarine bashing.
  • December 10, 2009
    Kate and Leopold made me think what would it be like, when something similar would happen to me. lol.
    A fun Movie.
  • July 31, 2009
    for a rom-com/sci-fi, pretty lame.
  • June 9, 2009
    this was so bad all i remember was liev schreiber in an elevator, which im sure was way more interesting than the rest of the movie
  • June 6, 2009
    Cutesy story for those who have paid their dues. The time travel aspect has so many possibilities, but this is only about Kate & Leopold.
  • November 16, 2008
    love it funny and really good story line sweet and cute
  • October 1, 2007
    Okay.
  • June 3, 2007
    Loved it. It has such a great storyline and Hugh Jackman is so hot.
  • May 16, 2007
    Jackman and Ryan are charming in this romantic comedy.
  • March 20, 2007
    Extraordinary time-travel comedy-romance story between a charming 19th century bachelor and 21st century woman.

Critic Reviews


Lael Loewenstein
September 26, 2008
Lael Loewenstein, Variety

A time-travel romantic comedy whose best elements -- Meg Ryan and Hugh Jackman -- overcome distracting plot holes, loose threads and assorted contrivances to make for a mostly charming and diverting t... Full Review

Stephanie Zacharek
January 8, 2002
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com

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. Full Review

Desson Thomson
December 28, 2001
Desson Thomson, Washington Post

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

Carla Meyer
December 28, 2001
Carla Meyer, San Francisco Chronicle

It's as if the actress agreed to take another America's-sweetheart role but her spirit didn't. Full Review

Tom Long
December 26, 2001
Tom Long, Detroit News

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

Joe Baltake
December 26, 2001
Joe Baltake, Sacramento Bee

A romantic comedy with something on its mind -- not necessarily a message, but a reminder of just how far astray we've gone in our relationships with one another. Full Review

Jay Carr
December 26, 2001
Jay Carr, Boston Globe

It's a charmer.

Eleanor Ringel Gillespie
December 26, 2001
Eleanor Ringel Gillespie, Atlanta Journal-Constitution

We're willing to suspend our disbelief, but the movie lacks its own inner logic. Full Review

Carrie Rickey
December 25, 2001
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer

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

Steven Rosen
December 25, 2001
Steven Rosen, Denver Post

Together, Jackman and Ryan really click. Full Review

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    • Leopold: Where I come from, the meal is the result of reflection and study, menus are prepared in advance, timed to perfection. It is said, without the culinary arts the crudeness of reality would be unbearable.
    • Leopold: Otis always told me love is a leap. Lamentably, I was never inspired to jump.
    • Leopold: Marriage is the promise of eternal love. As a man of honor I cannot promise eternally what I've never felt momentarily.
    • Roebling: Time. Time, it has been proposed, is the fourth dimension. And yet, for mortal man, time has no dimension at all. We are like horses with blinders, seeing only what lies before us. Forever guessing the future and fabricating the past.

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