"Leap Year" Talkback (Spoilers)

[DonkeyKongSong]

Anna planned to propose to her boyfriend on February 29. This is not her boyfriend.

Release Date: January 8, 2010
Studio: Universal Pictures
Director: Anand Tucker
Starring: Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott, John Lithgow

Plot Summary: Anna (Amy Adams) travels to Dublin, Ireland to propose to her boyfriend Jeremy (Adam Scott) on February 29, leap day, because according to Irish legend, a man who is proposed to on a leap day must accept. While mid-flight to Dublin, there is a storm and they must divert to Cardiff. Anna hires a boat to take her to Cork, but gets only as far as the Dingle Peninsula, where she enlists the help of a surly Irish innkeeper, Declan (Matthew Goode), to make an unexpected cross-country trek across land and water to pull off the perfect proposal in time, and begins to question her intentions with Jeremy when she makes a connection with Declan.

Visit the official movie site here.

Comments?

Ouch... looks like it didn't get very good reviews, though ComingSoon.net gave it a 6.5/10. Nonetheless, the trailer looked pretty funny, and the plot doesn't sound as by-the-numbers as other rom-coms do, and neither does the humor. But, if it has Amy Adams, I definitely want to see it.

[Kindness King]

I saw this on DVD yesterday, and really enjoyed it. I don't know what the critic's problems with it were (though it doesn't help there were only 21 reviews on Tomatoes), but it was not unfunny, it was hilarious.

Amy Adams is nice and charming throughout, and Matthew Goode's sarcasm was pure gold.


I honestly think it poor-reviewed, simply because it was a straight-laced romantic comedy. I'd sure love to know from critics what it supposedly needed to do "differently".