Leap Year
Movie Review
"Leap Year"
Review by Eric D. Snider
Grade: D-
Rating: PG
Released: Friday, January 8, 2010
Directed by:
Cast:
Every January there's at least one awful comedy aimed at female audiences that makes you wonder how dumb Hollywood thinks women are. Last year it was "Bride Wars" and "New in Town." In 2008 it was "27 Dresses." This year it's "Leap Year's" turn to suck.
Amy Adams, in an egregious misuse of Amy Adams, stars as Anna, a punctual, precise woman who has a terrific career in real estate but will not be happy until her cardiologist boyfriend marries her. His name is Jeremy (Adam Scott), and though they've been dating for four years, he has yet to pop the question. He is not neglectful or mean or any of the other things that the Wrong Boyfriend usually is in these movies. His only fault, apart from checking his e-mail at dinner (and he IS a cardiologist, for crying out loud), is that he has so far failed to buy her an engagement ring.
But then Anna is reminded that according to Irish custom, on Feb. 29 a woman is allowed to propose marriage to a man. (If she were to do this on any other day, the woman would of course be put to death for her brazenness.) As it happens, Jeremy is going to Ireland for a medical convention. And as it happens, he'll be there on Feb. 29. And as it happens, Anna has nothing better to do than drop everything, buy a last-minute ticket to Dublin, and show up to surprise Jeremy with a marriage proposal. You will agree that this plan is utterly flawless and logically sound.
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Grade: D-
Rated PG, a little mild profanity
1 hr., 37 min.
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This item has 5 comments
January 8, 2010 at 3:04 pm
Apart from being a dreadfully bad movie with underused or miscast actors and a generic plot that makes little sense... this movie has come out two years too early (or late)! If you're making a movie which features Feb. 29 as a plot device, have it come out in 2008 or 2012 or whatnot. 2010 is the absolute worst timing for a movie called "Leap Year."
But maybe two years early is the new Hollywood trend? After all, "2012" came out in 2009 when it should have come out in late 2011 at the earliest.
January 10, 2010 at 5:13 am
One of your funniest reviews that wasn't one of your weekly bad movie reviews. I will watch Amy Adams in almost anything......but after reading this I will have to draw the line at Leap Year.
January 12, 2010 at 4:03 pm
"You bet your sweet lass it is!"
Ooh, how long have you been waiting to use THAT one? Lines like that make me continually grateful for suckfests like "Leap Year"--they produce some of your greatest catchphrases. I'm still referring to "that damned Chipmunks thing" every chance I get.
January 16, 2010 at 9:26 am
So bad! This movie was painfully slow and boring. I had to come home and watch (500) Days of Summer to ease the pain.
February 24, 2010 at 2:20 pm
I love the holiday St Patrick's day and I also love Ireland and Irish people and this movie reminded me of all that. This is one of the best romance movie's ever made! The message of the movie and the love story is very special and meaningful. They did such a great job with the happy ending at the end of the movie, it was very romantic.