Leap Year

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Leap Year

PG

2010

1h 37m

Romance

Comedy

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When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna (Amy Adams) 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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Critics Consensus

Amy Adams is as appealing as ever, but her charms aren't enough to keep Leap Year from succumbing to an overabundance of clichés and an unfunny script.

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Richard Corliss

TIME Magazine

04/03/2020

Welcome another gentleman Brit to possible leading-man status in Hollywood. Everyone else involved should redact Leap Year from his or her résumé.

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Tim Robey

Daily Telegraph (UK)

04/03/2020

1/5

Poor Amy Adams.

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Donald Clarke

Irish Times

04/03/2020

If a worse film is released this year I'll eat my own weight in cuddly leprechauns. So I will. So I will.

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Brian Eggert

Deep Focus Review

08/28/2023

3/4

Almost everything you need to know about Leap Year is in the trailer. Why do you need to see the movie? ...You sit through this movie because you enjoy romantic comedies and the warm feelings they give you.

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Rene Jordan

El Nuevo Herald (Miami)

10/20/2022

The worst film of 2010. [Full review in Spanish]

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Nathalia Aryani

The MovieMaven

05/23/2021

Nothing deep, but its serendipity nature is uplifting for those of us who believe that life is full of surprises and somehow it works out the way it's supposed to be.

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Alex G

@RT15582241 Jul 19

Another fantastic romantic comedy that me and my friends quote often. "Put it in the wash it'll be grand" and "The time you enjoy wasting is not wasted time." are among our favorite lines. There are many though. Everyone I have shown this movie falls in love with it's charm even if they dislike rom coms.

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Bobby E

@RT23212962 Jun 2

I'm a born romantic . So shoot me .

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Brianna C

@RT72255247 May 15

It’s a feel good movie and I was surprised it didn’t have higher reviews. I really liked it :)

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donnie M

@RT64375194 May 2

it's a feel good movie and i'd love to see more like it

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Armando B

@Knightowl_1991 Apr 30

Leap Year is your typical chick flick movie, Amy Adams is really good in this film, if she was the one asking me to marry her the way she did it to him, I would of never hesitate and just say yes right away Lol. Yes, I guess I can say I really enjoyed the movie, I really like chick flicks a lot. I'm a sucker for this type of movies, Woman meets men, she or he has a partner, ends up falling for the person he or she that has barely met, sure why not, I really like the chemistry between Amy and this guy that I don't remember his name, Adam Scott is such a dick on this movie, Leap Year is a good movie, with a great ending that I really enjoyed, the comedy and the drama and like I mention above the chemistry between our main 2 leads is what makes this movie really likeable. I give " Leap Year " a B-.

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Par H

@Parhwy Apr 10

Leap Year (2010) is a 100-minute-long USA romcom I saw on Prime in April 2026. As the credits roll, we get a decent introduction to the two main American characters (Anna and Jeremy). The story is simple and the plot is a slew of accidents, coincidences, oddities and conveniences. Mostly set in Ireland, this is nonetheless an Eire seen through Hollywood-coloured glasses. Anna comes across as obnoxious, rude, ungrateful, and ultimately unlikeable (I suspect the heavy-handedness of this impact was accidental or it could be that I’m watching this in 2026 and the USA and their stereotypical loudness seems utterly humourless, even cruel). Along the way, local Irish stoic, Declan, aides her in her off-with-the-fairies fancy. Rewatch? No. Recommend? Maybe. 5/10.

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Synopsis

When yet another anniversary passes without a marriage proposal from her boyfriend, Anna (Amy Adams) 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.

Director: Anand Tucker
Producer: Gary Barber, Roger Birnbaum, Jonathan Glickman, Chris Bender, Jake Weiner
Screenwriter: Harry Elfont, Deborah Kaplan
Distributor: Universal Pictures
Production Co: Benderspink, Barber-Birnbaum, Universal Pictures
Rating: PG (Sensuality|Language)
Genre: Romance, Comedy
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Jan 8, 2010, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Feb 12, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $25.9M
Runtime: 1h 37m

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