This movie will take you to a complete different world! Very well written story and script by James Mangold (Girl Interrupted) and Steven Rogers (Stepmom ). Kate, Meg Ryan (You've Got Mail) and her brother Charlie, Breckin Meyer (Clueless) live in N.Y. in the 21st Century. Charlie is an actor. She has dated Stuart, Liev Schreiber (Walking and Talking, Scream) a guy who lives above her apartment. Kate can hear everything that goes on up there. She fights a lot with Stuart. He is very smart and very interested in the topic braking the time barrier. This movie reminded me of the movie `The Love Letter' with two of the best actors of turn of this century: Campbell Scott and Jennifer Jason Leigh. I have the tape and love that movie. In that movie they can correspond thru this drawer in an antique desk that he bought! In this movie the gap in time near Brooklyn Bridge that Stuart finds. Stuart goes back to the eighteen hundreds and takes pictures of a party. Leopold, Hugh Jackman (Swordfish) is a man living in the 1870's. He sees Stuart's small camera and decides to follow him and they both end up in this century. Leopold is clueless about his new surroundings. He gets help and insights from Charlie, Kate's brother. They exchange lessons in `how to make a woman fall in love with you.' Leopold and Charlie become very close friends. Charlie makes Leopold realize that he is falling in love with Kate. Leopold is a highly intelligent man and tries his best to learn and even improve the modern conveniences that he encounters such as trying to modify a toaster. He invented the elevator but somehow his friend, Otis was his name on elevators. Leopold is a absolute dream of a prince on his white horse. He is smart, romantic, so honorable, polite and has a title also. He represents the best of his civilization!Kate is climbing the corporate ladder in advertising. She represents the best of our civilization! She hired Leopold to be in a commercial. That helped her to get to the top of the ladder, but when she gets there she is no longer interested in it. Leopold has made Kate reflect upon what is really important in life such as: savoring good food, to enjoy a life style of simplicity and slow pace, sincerity, not to represent a company that he does not believe in among others. Favorite Scenes: Kate and Leopold ridding a horse in Central Park. Leopold walking the dog. Leopold finding the place where he kept his treasures. The dinner in the roof full of candles. Favorite quote: ` Hi, Sargent Pepper!' I recommend. Meg and Jackman are a great pair. I can't wait until I can buy the video or the DVD. I am sure I will watch it several times.
Review of Kate & Leopold
