Leap Year (2010)

Directed by Anand Tucker · Romance, Comedy

Starring Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott, John Lithgow, Noel O'Donovan, Tony Rohr, Pat Laffan, Alan Devlin, Ian McElhinney, Dominique McElligott, Mark O'Regan, Maggie McCarthy, Peter O'Meara, Macdara Ó Fátharta, Kaitlin Olson, Liza Ross, Marcia Warren, Michael J. Reynolds, Ben Caplan, Catherine Walker, Michael Ford-FitzGerald, Brian Milligan, Flaminia Cinque, Vincenzo Nicoli, Sarah Hadland, David Herlihy, David Fynn, Mali Harries, Breffni McKenna, Gabriella Gabitas, Robert Bannon, Roman Stefanski, Martin Sherman, Pat Deery, John Burke, Ruth McGill, Declan Mills

IHBM7.5 IMDb6.5 RT24% MC33 Trakt71% TMDb6.9Very good

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.

My review · Reviewed 12/30/2024

It is always interesting to see Adams earlier work because you could see the talent jumping out of her. I don't know if this movie deserves to be as good as it is (the premise alone can make you roll your eyes), but she absolutely elevates the material. It doesn't hurt that she has good chemistry with the other lead, and that it takes please in an attractive location with an excellent supporting cast (Adam Scott is also fabulous).

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