Leap Year. Irish romance movie

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Leap Year (2010 film)
Theatrical release poster
Directed by Anand Tucker
Produced by Gary Barber
Chris Bender
Roger Birnbaum
Jonathan Glickman
JC Spink
Jake Weiner (executive)
Written by Simon Beaufoy
Harry Elfont
Deborah Kaplan
Starring Amy Adams
Matthew Goode
Kaitlin Olson
Adam Scott
Music by Randy Edelman
Cinematography Newton Thomas Sigel
Editing by Nick Moore
Studio Spyglass Entertainment
Distributed by Universal Pictures
Release date(s) January 8, 2010 (2010-01-08 )
Country United States
Language English
Budget $19 million
Gross revenue $9,202,815

Leap Year is a 2010 American romantic comedy film directed by Anand Tucker. The film stars Amy Adams and Matthew Goode as the main characters, Anna and Declan.
Contents

* 1 Plot
* 2 Cast
* 3 Production
* 4 Reception
* 5 Soundtrack
* 6 References
* 7 External links

Plot

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. 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. The train comes several hours early, and Anna misses it. The two go to a couples in, where they are forced to say that they are married so they are allowed to stay. During dinner, Anna and Declan are forced to kiss, which causes some confusion for them. That night, they hesitantly sleep in the same bed. The next day they take shelter from a hail storm in a church where a wedding is taking place. At the reception, Declan reveals that he was once engaged, but that his ex-fiance ran off with his best friend, and his family ring, to Dublin.

The next day they arrive, by bus, in Dublin. When Anna reached Jeremy's hotel he proposes to her, and she accepts with hesitation as Declan walks away. At their engagement party, Anna finds out that Jeremy proposed to her in an effort to impress the manager of the ritzy apartment the two were attempting to rent. Dismayed, Anna pulls the fire alarm and watches as Jeremy grabs all the electronics before fleeing. Anna goes back to the Dingle Peninsula, where Declan is successfully running his inn. She asks for a second chance, and Declan leaves. Anna interprets this as rejection, so she goes outside and stands at a cliff over the sea. Declan follows her out and proposes to her with the ring he retrieved from his ex-fiance while in Dublin.
Cast

* Amy Adams as Anna
* Matthew Goode as Declan
* Adam Scott as Jeremy
* John Lithgow as Jack
* Kaitlin Olson as Libby

Production

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

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. 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?
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". Metacritic, which assigns a normalized rating out of 100, gave the film a score of 33, based upon 25 reviews. 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". Also, Owen Gleiberman of Entertainment Weekly gave it a B- stating that the film could have used more "pizazz". 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". 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".

Soundtrack

* Kelly Clarkson – "I Want You"
* The Colonials featuring Candice Gordon – "I'll Tell My Ma"
* The Colonials featuring Candice Gordon – "The Irish Rover"
* Nat "King" Cole – "More and More of Your Amor"
* Eulogies – "Day to Day"
* The Brombies – "Waltz with Anna"
* Dessie O'Halloran/Sharon Shannon – "Patsy Fagan"
* Flogging Molly – "Within a Mile of Home"
* The Brombies – "Buffalo Gals"
* The Brombies – "A Pint for Breakfast"
* The Brombies – "Leaping Lizards"
* Lemon Jelly – "The Staunton Lick"
* The Mamas & the Papas – "Dream a Little Dream of Me"
* Gwyneth Herbert – "Only Love Can Break Your Heart"
* Noisettes – "Never Forget You"
* Colbie Caillat – "You Got Me"

References

1. a b "Leap Year (2010)". Box Office Mojo.
2. "Leap Year". Mahalo.com.
3. "Amy Adams Leap Year". Pajiba.com.
4. "Anand Tucker jumps at 'Leap Year'".
5. "Matthew Goode set for 'Leap Year'".
6. "Adam Scott Joins Leap Year". Empire.
7. ""Kaitlin Olson talks 'Leap Year' movie in Dublin"". InEntertainment.
8. "US Film Leap Year Starring Amy Adams In production in Ireland". Irish Film Board.
9. "Edelman scores Anand Tucker comedy". MovieScore Magazine.
10. "Leap Year (2010): Reviews". Rotten Tomatoes.
11. "Leap Year". Metacritic.
12. "Leap Year". Chicago Sun-Times. 13. "Leap Year (2010)". Entertainment Weekly.
14. "Leap Year". The New York Times.
15. "Leap Year Review". RichardRoeper.com.

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