LAUGHS GROW IN "KATE & LEOPOLD'.(CNY)(Column) From: The Post-Standard (Syracuse, NY) | Date: December 27, 2001 | COPYRIGHT 2001 All rights reserved. Reproduced with the permission of The Herald Co. by the Gale Group, Inc. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Byline: JOAN E. VADEBONCOEUR ENTERTAINMENT COLUMNIST

Patience is needed for the first 20 minutes of "Kate & Leopold" while it unspools as a second-rate film of overt familiarity. Then it kicks into high gear, emerging as a winner.

Leopold, the Duke of Albany (Hugh Jackman), has been brought to New York City in 1876 to find a mate to save the family finances, since he's disdained all the English lasses. He's more interested in designing what will later become t...

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