Synopsis
When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna decides to take action. Aware of a Celtic tradition that allows women to pop the question on Feb. 29, she plans to follow her lover to Dublin and ask him to marry her. Fate has other plans, however, and Anna winds up on the other side of the Emerald Isle with handsome, but surly, Declan -- an Irishman who may just lead Anna down the road to true love.
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Cast
- Amy AdamsAnna Brady
- Matthew GoodeDeclan
- Adam ScottJeremy
- John LithgowJack Brady
- Noel O'DonovanSeamus
- Tony RohrFrank
- Pat LaffanDonal
- Alan DevlinJoe
- Ian McElhinneyPriest
- Dominique McElligottBride
Recommendations
- 75
Chicago Sun-Times
This is a full-bore, PG-rated, sweet rom-com. It sticks to the track, makes all the scheduled stops and bears us triumphantly to the station. And it is populated by colorful characters, but then, when was the last time you saw a boring Irishman in a movie? - 67
Entertainment Weekly
Leap Year could have used more pizzazz. - 50
Arizona Republic
A by-the-numbers romantic comedy as predictable as it is cloying. - 50
ReelViews
We believe the dislike at the onset but not the romance at the payoff. And that's a major flaw. - 50
Chicago Reader
As modern rom-coms go, this is trite but relatively painless. - 50
Philadelphia Inquirer
Usually Amy Adams can work all kinds of magic with her wide-eyed gaze and wistful smile. But these attributes aren't assets here, they are distancing devices. - 40
Village Voice
Leap Year belongs to the Prada backlash subgenre of women's pictures--epitomized by "The Proposal"--in which smart, stylish women must be muddied, abased, ridiculed, and degraded in order to get their man. - 38
Chicago Tribune
The scenery's nice. But once you've said the scenery's nice, you're no longer talking about a movie worth talking about.
