KATE & LEOPOLD
Released: December 25, 2001
Director James Mangold, hot off his "Girl, Interupted" success of 1999 gives us the adorable Meg Ryan with Hugh Jackman in a movie that asks you to put yourself in a "Bill And Ted's" mindset. Kate (Ryan) and her actor brother (Breckin Meyer) live in N.Y. in the 21st Century. Her ex-boy friend, Stuart (Liev Schreiber), lives above her apartment and finds this space near the Brooklyn Bridge where there is a gap in time. He goes back to the eighteen hundreds and takes pictures of the place. Leopold (Jackman), a man living in the 1870's, was puzzled by Stuart's tiny camera and decides to follow him and they both ended up in this century. Leopold is clueless about his new surroundings. He gets help and insights from Charlie who thinks that Leopold is an actor who is always in character. Leopold is a highly intelligent man and tries his best to learn and even improve the modern conveniences that he encounters. An improvement on the overwrought "Girl, Interupted", director Mangold has yet to achieve the classic tone delivered with Sly Stallone in "Cop Land" (1997).
121 Minutes
Miramax/Buena Vista