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27 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75Philadelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyPhiladelphia InquirerCarrie RickeyFor the first half-hour I, too, demurred. And then the irresistible force that is Hugh Jackman -- or was it his swoony Leopold? -- swept me off my seat and into the movie.
- 50The New York TimesStephen HoldenThe New York TimesStephen HoldenHas only the most tangential relation to reality, and therein lies its slender charm.
- 50Los Angeles TimesKevin ThomasLos Angeles TimesKevin ThomasA flawed time-travel love story, benefits from Meg Ryan's reliable perkiness and establishes Australia's Hugh Jackman as a potent romantic leading man. These and other pluses, however, cannot overcome the film's inability to come alive for a full hour and 20 minutes.
- 50Film ThreatMichael DequinaFilm ThreatMichael DequinaThere's no question that Meg Ryan is the queen of romantic comedies. Yet for every piece of frothy fluff that works -- there comes a couple where you just want to say, "Enough already." Kate & Leopold is one such movie.
- 42Seattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldSeattle Post-IntelligencerWilliam ArnoldProgressively sabotaged by poor technical quality, terrible plotting, a glaring lack of directorial skill and finesse, scenes that have no credibility and/or motivation and an astounding sloppiness to its historical detail.
- 42Portland OregonianKim MorganPortland OregonianKim MorganAmerica's favorite romantic comedian is miscast in Kate & Leopold -- a disappointment with the warm and charming Jackman around.
- 40New Times (L.A.)Bill GalloNew Times (L.A.)Bill GalloMangold gets stuck in the gooey sweet spots of his tale a little more often than he breaks loose with a bracing jolt of perversity.
- 40SalonStephanie ZacharekSalonStephanie ZacharekThe 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.
- 38Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanHas the sex appeal of a Road Runner cartoon, one-tenth the laughs and equal plausibility.
- 20Village VoiceDennis LimVillage VoiceDennis LimThe shabby metaphysics and complete absence of internal logic are perhaps meant to charm, but only add to the eye-gouging irritant factor.