Leap Year – Movie Review by Kate

Leap Year – Movie Reviews by Kate

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Rating: PG for sensuality and language.

Genre: Comedy

Staring: Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott

Plot: Amy Adams and Matthew Goode star in Leap Year, a romantic comedy that follows one woman’s determined quest to get married to the perfect guy…despite what fate has in store for her. When their… Amy Adams and Matthew Goode star in Leap Year, a romantic comedy that follows one woman’s determined quest to get married to the perfect guy…despite what fate has in store for her.

When their four-year anniversary passes without a marriage proposal, Anna (Amy Adams) decides to take matters into her own hands. Investing in an Irish tradition that allows women to propose to men on February 29th, Anna decides to follow her boyfriend Jeremy (Adam Scott) to Dublin and get down on one knee herself.

But airplanes, weather and fate leave Anna stranded on the other side of Ireland, and she must enlist the help of handsome and surly Declan (Matthew Goode) to get her across the country. As Anna and Declan bicker across the Emerald Isle, they discover that the road to love can take you to very unexpected places

Director: Anand Tucker

Running time: 1:50

Kate says – 2 1/2 stars “Sure we’ve all seen this movie a hundred times before. It follows the predictable romantic comedy formula that all predictable romantic comedies follow, which suits me just fine. I like my romantic comedies to be predictable. I like to go into the movie knowing just how it will end…with someone falling in love  happily ever after. Of course the characters never like each other from the get go. Where’s the fun in that? I’m a sucker for watching the romantic journey. Amy Adams, who is adorable, and  Matthew Goode  make an appealing match.”

Ebert says – 3 stars “Amy Adams and Matthew Goode have the charm necessary to float a romantic comedy like “Leap Year,” and this is a story that needs their buoyancy. A sort of conspiracy forms between the audience and the screen: We know what has to happen, and the movie knows what has to happen, and the point is to keep us amused. “Leap Year” does better than that: It made me care. It does that by not being too obvious about what it is obviously trying to do.” (read full review)

Claudia Puig (USA Today) says – 2 stars “What saves it from being completely dismissible drivel are the gorgeous Irish locations and the charm of its stars, Amy Adams and Matthew Goode.” (read full review)

Michael Phillips (Chicago Tribune) says – 1 1/2 stars “The movie proves what we guessed going in: that Adams — who has the instincts not to overplay her character’s robotic snippiness — can redeem almost anything.” (read full review)

Eric Snider says – “Leap Year forgets the most important thing about romantic comedies: We know how they’re going to end, so the journey needs to be the fun part. But this journey is merely a rehash of generic road-trip disasters (cows on the road; falling in mud; etc.) and endless, immature bickering between Anna and Declan.” (read full review)

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