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'Kate & Leopold' stalls somewhere in time
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KATE AND LEOPOLD Rating * * 1/2
Directed by James Mangold. Written by Mangold, Steven Rogers.
Stars Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Breckin Meyer, Liev Schreiber, Natasha
Lyonne, Bradley Whitford. Rated PG-13 for language. (1 hr. 58 min.)
Victorian chivalry meets fat-free margarine in "Kate & Leopold," a
time-travel romance that means well, behaves nicely and practically
begs to be liked.
Even so, it can't seem to shed the cloak of familiarity that comes
with its literally timewor...
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Time travel brings old plot, older jokes to 'Kate & Leopold'.(Arts and Lifestyle)
The Boston Herald
; ... younger brother (Breckin Meyer) visits him. (If they did, they'd learn things they shouldn't.) And what are we to make of the news Leopold invented the elevator and all elevators stop when he arrives in the present? At its phoniest, Kate & Leopold asks ...
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'Kate & Leopold': The Duke Next Door
The Washington Post
; In her latest comic trifle, "Kate & Leopold," Meg Ryan's big dilemma is that she must choose between the glass ceiling and the glass slipper, the power limo and the pumpkin carriage. Whoa! Didn't Melanie Griffith lay this issue to rest in "Working Girl"? Or perhaps "Sex and the City" somehow
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`KATE & LEOPOLD' PLAGUED BY POOR DIRECTION, QUALITY.(Life and Arts)(Review)
Seattle Post-Intelligencer (Seattle, WA)
; Byline: WILLIAM ARNOLD P-I movie critic The time-travel romantic comedy, Kate & Leopold, actually has a number of good things going for it: a strong cast (Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman and Liev Schreiber) that clicks nicely as an ensemble, some witty dialogue and a handful of sparkling moments. But
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A family affair: Studio explains `Kate & Leopold' delay, re-editing.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; Two weeks ago critics around the country got a look at Kate & Leopold, the James Mangold-directed time-travel romance in which a professional woman from 2001 (Meg Ryan) falls for an English duke (Hugh Jackman) from 1876. On Tuesday Miramax announced that the film, originally scheduled to open
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LIEV SCHREIBER TAKES A DAY OFF BETWEEN `KATE & LEOPOLD' AND `OTHELLO,' THERE'S JUST BARELY TIME FOR REFLECTION
The Boston Globe
; It was Monday, actor Liev Schreiber's only day off of the week, and his plans for it were as mundane and familiar as they come. He desperately needed to clean his apartment, which is tucked in Manhattan's Lower East Side. Go through stacks of mail. Take his Jack Russell terrier, Chicken, for
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Kate & Leopold
New Straits Times
; Kate & Leopold Byline: Reviewed by R.S. Kamini Edition: 2* Section: Riffs Column: Cinemantics Type: Film review IMAGINE travelling back through time and falling in love with a Duke from the 19th century. Sounds crazy? The romantic comedy Kate & Leopold, directed by James Mangold (Girl
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N.I Entertainment Guide: Small Screen: Kate & Leopold; Rom com, 12, 118 mins Starring: Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Breckin Meyer, Liev Schreiber, Natasha Lyonne, Bradley Whitford.(Features)
The News Letter (Belfast, Northern Ireland)
; Meg Ryan's crown as the queen of fluffy romantic comedies is definitely slipping. Kate & Leopold is her latest candy-floss confection, and it's an extremely weak cocktail of science fiction hocus pocus and fish-out-of-water comedy. Were it not for dashing leading man Hugh Jackman, the film
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`KATE' A CUT ABOVE THE USUAL ENJOYABLE FLUFF.(RHYTHM)(Review)
Wisconsin State Journal (Madison, WI)
; Byline: Rob Thomas We really could have used Kate and Leopold back in March. Back when the studios were spitting out one stomach-churning mediocrity after another -- remember Say It Isn't So or Someone Like You ? -- we could have used a crowd-pleaser that wasn't staggeringly tone-deaf. But in the
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`Kate & Leopold'.(Knight Ridder Newspapers)
Knight Ridder/Tribune News Service
; Kate & Leopold is a romantic comedy starring Meg Ryan as a cynical Manhattan marketing exec who, after much heartbreak, meets the ideal man (Hugh Jackman). There are two snags. One is that Meg's perfect man hails from 1876. The other is that he must return. Told from the other direction, Kate
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'Kate & Leopold' stalls somewhere in time
The Pantagraph Bloomington, IL
; KATE AND LEOPOLD Rating * * 1/2 Directed by James Mangold. Written by Mangold, Steven Rogers. Stars Meg Ryan, Hugh Jackman, Breckin Meyer, Liev Schreiber, Natasha Lyonne, Bradley Whitford. Rated PG-13 for language. (1 hr. 58 min.) Victorian chivalry meets fat-free margarine in "Kate & Leopold," a
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