Here she plays kate mckay a woman who is working as a market executive in new york city. Kate is a successful businesswoman living also in new york, but in 2001. The photos show her there with leopold and kate chooses the man shes fallen in love with over her career. When a rip in time brings together a charming 19thcentury bachelor and a 21stcentury woman, the potential for an oldfashioned modern romance ignites. For the best experience please update your browser. The trio make it to the portal just before it closes and kate goes to 1876 to find a resigned leopold prepared to do what his uncle expects and marry a woman he doesnt love to get her fortune. Time travel involves so many paradoxes that it is wise, in a romantic comedy like this, to simply ignore them. But when a rip in the fabric of time thrusts leopold into present day new york, the. When they meet, a centurys worth of differences come crashing together.
As the courtly leopold and the decidedly liberated kate tour the town, a mutual attraction develops into something deeper, a relationship thats threatened by leopold s temporary chronological status. I think enchanted the disney movie stole ideas from this movie. The story of two strangers in new york city, separated by a hundred years. This movie is full of humor and touching moments and an all around good film. He gets help and insight from charlie who thinks that leopold is. Leopold, duke of albany, has always been a bit ahead of his time. I will one of the days watch this movie again and relieve it again and again. Kate mckay meg ryan is a modern day executive, a 21st century woman driven to succeed in the corporate world. Leopold, the third duke of albany, is a charming gent and bachelor of the late 18oos. Two socialites are always likely to find common ground, even if they live in different eras. The movie has some nice moments by a firstrate group of sidekicks and supporting actors, including breckin meyer as kate s actor brother the lessons he gets from leopold on women on are delightful, natasha lyonne as kate s assistant, bradley whitford as kate s boss, and liev schrieber as kate s exboyfriend. A charming bachelor and the royal third duke of albany in his own time, leopold is fascinated by the 21st century. The movie leopold gives his full names as leopold alexis elijah walker thomas gareth mountbatten.
Both films are definitely worth watching especially for the fabulous performance and delicious of hugh jackman. Romantic movies, romantic favorites, romantic comedies. He gets help and insight from charlie who thinks that leopold is an actor who is always in character. The movie is not really about time travel anyway, but about elegant british manners vs. Her exboyfriend, stuart, lives above her apartment. You need to create a free account to watch full movie with subtitle in best quality. Leopold a man living in the 1870s is puzzled by stuarts tiny camera, follows him back through the gap, and they both ended up in the present day. Yes the film is predicable and you know what is gonna happen,but overall i actually liked this movie. She just broke up with her boyfriend stuartplayed by liev schreiber who happens to be a timetraveler.
With career and social expectations looming, each has grown cynical about the very notion of falling in love. Meg ryan and hugh jackman are paired as starcrossed lovers who discover that passion and chivalry never go out of style. The film is directed by james mangold and stars meg ryan, hugh jackman and liev schreiber. I am a john cusack fan and this movie does not diminish his acting ability at all, but rather serves as another opportunity for him to show his scope. Leopold hugh jackman gets acquainted with modern conveniences as well as stuarts exgirlfriend, kate meg ryan. When a rip in time brings together a charming 19th century bachelor and a thoroughly 21st century woman, the potential for an oldfashioned modern romance ignites. And so he dabbles in science and invention hes destined to design the modern elevator. One of the reasons the movie works is because we like the goodness of the. Summary movie when her scientist exboyfriend discovers a portal to travel through time and brings back a 19thcentury nobleman named leopold to prove it a skeptical kate reluctantly takes responsibility for showing leopold the 21st century.