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Leap Year -StoryLine

Anna (Amy Adams) travels to Dublin, Ireland to propose to her boyfriend Jeremy (Adam Scott) on February 29, leap day, because according to Irish legend, a woman can propose to her boyfriend on leap year, and he cannot refuse.[2] While mid-flight to Dublin, there is a storm and the plane diverts to Cardiff, Wales. Anna hires a boat to take her to Cork, but the boat is run aground on the Dingle Peninsula. She enlists the help of a surly Irish innkeeper, Declan (Matthew Goode), to taxi her across the country to Dublin to pull off the perfect proposal in time, and begins to question her intentions with Jeremy when she makes a connection with Declan.

When Anna reaches the Dingle Peninsula, Declan at first refuses to drive her to Dublin. Once his inn is threatened with foreclosure the next morning, he agrees to drive for 500 euros. Anna manages to damage her room badly, making the dresser fall, revealing a picture of Declan, a girl, and another man. Declan takes the picture away from her. On their way to Dublin, Declan mistakes Anna's designer Louis Vuitton suitcase to be named Louis. The two set out in Declan's rickety car, but they quickly run into a herd of cows. Anna shoos them away but stepped in cow dung, causeing her to lean against the car, which wheels back into a lake. They reach a train station by foot. While passing time waiting for the train at a nearby castle, Declan asks Anna what she would save if her apartment caught fire, and she is unable to answer.Read the rest of the story [Click]

ABOUT THE FILIM

On October 17, 2008, it was announced that Amy Adams was to star in the film.3 Then on November 23, Anand Tucker signed on to direct the film, with Simon Beaufoy, Harry Elfont, and Deborah Kaplan to do the screenplay.4 On February 12, 2009, Matthew Goode was announced as playing the role of the cynical inkeeper.5 On March 18, it was announced that Adam Scott is to play the love interest of Adams in the film.6 Kaitlin Olson has also joined the cast as Amy's older sister.7

The film was shot in Wicklow, Dublin, and Galway, Ireland. Filming also took place in and around the Aran Islands, Connemara, Temple Bar, Georgian Dublin, and Wicklow National Park.8 On October 19, it was announced that Randy Edelman had been selected to compose the film score. This came as a surprise, as Tucker had used Barrington Pheloung for his films Hilary & Jackie and When Did You Last See Your Father?9

Reception

The film received mostly negative reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 17% of critics gave the film positive reviews based upon 72 reviews, with an average rating of 4/10. It also received a positive review from 24% of "top" critics, based upon 21 reviews with an average rating of 4.3/10. The consensus of the film was listed as "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".10 Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100, gave the film a score of 33, based upon 25 reviews.11 Of the more positive reviews, Roger Ebert described it as 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".12 Also, Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave it a B- stating that the film could have used more "pizazz".13 Of the more negative reviews, A. O. Scott of The New York Times saw it as "so witless, charmless, and unimaginative, that it can be described as a movie only in a strictly technical sense".14 Richard Roeper gave it a C-, stating, "Recycled plot, lame sight gags, Leprechaun-like stock Irish characters. The charms of Amy Adams rescue 'Leap Year' from Truly Awful status".15

On October 17, 2008, it was announced that Amy Adams was to star in the film.3 Then on November 23, Anand Tucker signed on to direct the film, with Simon Beaufoy, Harry Elfont, and Deborah Kaplan to do the screenplay.4 On February 12, 2009, Matthew Goode was announced as playing the role of the cynical inkeeper.5 On March 18, it was announced that Adam Scott is to play the love interest of Adams in the film.6 Kaitlin Olson has also joined the cast as Amy's older sister.7 The film was shot in Wicklow, Dublin, and Galway, Ireland. Filming also took place in and around the Aran Islands, Connemara, Temple Bar, Georgian Dublin, and Wicklow National Park.8 On October 19, it was announced that Randy Edelman had been selected to compose the film score. This came as a surprise, as Tucker had used Barrington Pheloung for his films Hilary & Jackie and When Did You Last See Your Father?9 editReception The film received mostly negative reviews from critics. Review aggregator Rotten Tomatoes reported that 17% of critics gave the film positive reviews based upon 72 reviews, with an average rating of 4/10. It also received a positive review from 24% of "top" critics, based upon 21 reviews with an average rating of 4.3/10. The consensus of the film was listed as "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".10 Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100, gave the film a score of 33, based upon 25 reviews.11 Of the more positive reviews, Roger Ebert described it as 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".12 Also, Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave it a B- stating that the film could have used more "pizazz".13 Of the more negative reviews, A. O. Scott of The New York Times saw it as "so witless, charmless, and unimaginative, that it can be described as a movie only in a strictly technical sense".14 Richard Roeper gave it a C-, stating, "Recycled plot, lame sight gags, Leprechaun-like stock Irish characters. The charms of Amy Adams rescue 'Leap Year' from Truly Awful status".15

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