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Amy Adams Can't Save Leap Year

Irish setting one of few pluses about predictable rom-com

By Rob Quinn, Newser Staff

Posted Jan 8, 2010 8:11 AM CST

(Newser) – The Irish scenery is charming in the new romantic comedy Leap Year, but most critics run out nice things to say about the movie beyond that.

Amy Adams does her best as an American seeking to exploit an Irish tradition about women proposing once every 4 years, but her considerable talents "don't do much for the film "except for perhaps ensuring that it's not a completely painful cinematic experience," writes Jeff Vice at the Deseret News.

This "paint-by-numbers comedy, predictable from the first frame to the ultra-corny ending," is saved only by the location and the charms of Adams and co-star Matthew Goode, writes Claudia Puig at USA Today.
The movie is "trite but relatively painless," writes Cliff Doerkson at the Chicago Reader. Director Anand Tucker "should consider a career shooting travel brochures."
"Rich in cliché and brimming with the sort of potent idiocy that can only be found in January-release romantic comedies, Leap Year manages to do every possible thing wrong," complains Connie Ogle at the Miami Herald.

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Amy Adams and Matthew Goode are shown in a scene from "Leap Year." (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Jonathan Hession)

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Matthew Goode, left, Adam Scott and Amy Adams are shown in a scene from "Leap Year." (AP Photo/Universal Pictures, Jonathan Hession)

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guasu

Jan 11, 2010 12:15 PM CST

I'm going to see alone even if everything is predictable and I'm a boy. Critics have it way too easy. Words are easy to mix add a thesaurus, a few popular slangs (or none) and we are off. 50/50 work Some people will agree some wont. You can always be happy if you only see the agreeable part. meh...zzzz

alkaseltzersammich

Jan 8, 2010 5:44 AM CST

I wasn't accusing him of being gay. I was letting him know that he might be gay LOL.

RobN

Jan 8, 2010 5:42 AM CST

As a woman, I can tell you that romantic comedies get us in the mood. And that is what is good for you about a movie without car chases, shootouts and maybe a strip club scene.

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Amy Adams Can't Save Leap Year

Irish setting one of few pluses about predictable rom-com