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Kate | Year: 2001 Classification: Comedy Directed: - James Mangold Actors/Actresses: - Hugh Jackman - Meg Ryan I wish Hugh had become Wolverine and fixed Meg's hair. That's what a friend of mine told me after we both finished watching this cute, dumb movie that tries to combine romance and time travel in an effort to say that all modern woman really needs is to be courted or some such nonsense. Hugh Jackman's absolutely charming as Leopold, a 19th century New York nobleman about to reluctantly choose his bride when he gets sucked into the 20th Century. He carries the movie, which is otherwise routine and dead-in-the-water when he's not at the center of it. Breckin Meyer and Liev Schrieber do little with their supporting roles. The entire film is throwaway fluff. I wish I could give a zero Since this was a Meg Ryan movie I was ready to be bored out of my mind and I wasn't disappointed. Meg plays cute and perky Kate, a street smart New York executive. She has everything going for her except one thing-she has lousy luck in men. This is where it gets interesting and I use that term loosely. Her ex-boyfriend who happens to be living right above her discovers a hole in time that will allow him to go back to nineteenth century and he does just that. Complications arise, however, and a Duke of Albany, from 1876, who is incidentally young, handsome and unmarried, accidentally follows him back through time to present time New York. If that sounds stupid, you've heard nothing yet. He gets in all these incidents because obviously he never seen any of the modern technology which I assume filmmakers wanted to be funny but it wasn't. It was boring as hell. I bet you can guess what happens next. Duke meets Kate, they fall in love because he has nice manners, he goes back in time because balance must be preserved, of course Kate follows him into nineteenth century, they get married and live happily ever after. Oh, I forgot to mention number of boring discussions they have about love and all that. Can someone shoot me, please!. Science and Romance Okay, I am not into romances, but my wife is. I put off seeing this because of the dopeyness that I expected. It was better than that, though. Enough science, intrigue and romance to be a good mix. Definitely a good date mix, but even good for a wider audience. Buy Kate at Amazon.com Buy posters at Allposters.com Jamster - the latest ringtones for your phone!  Search with Walhello on the Internet on Kate Search with the Priority Search Engine on Kate This page in other languages: Suomeksi | Nederlands | Deutsch
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