Leap Year 2010

Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: The movie proves what we guessed going in: that Adams -- who has the instincts not to overplay her character's robotic snippiness -- can redeem almost anything. Read more

Mary F. Pols, MSN Movies: Leap Year is a sweet little movie, although so by the books that it doesn't exactly distinguish itself Read more

Glenn Whipp, Associated Press: There's not one surprising moment in the script, but Adams and Goode allow you to look past the familiar and develop a rooting interest in them as a couple. Read more

Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: It's a new year, and a new romantic comedy, and a new opportunity to observe that Amy Adams' hair really is very pretty, and...sorry, I nodded off there for a minute. Read more

Nathan Rabin, AV Club: Amy Adams is a sentient ball of cuteness, but not even she nor her appealing co-star Matthew Goode can keep this gimmicky contraption afloat. Read more

Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: Lovely woman, Amy Adams, just a delightful on-screen presence, and a fine actress, as well. What's she doing in this? Read more

Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: It's unclear what Amy Adams did to deserve Leap Year, but all that's missing from the movie is a set of jailhouse bars over her scenes. Read more

Cliff Doerksen, Chicago Reader: As modern rom-coms go, this is trite but relatively painless. Read more

Tom Long, Detroit News: If the premise seems lame, the actual script by Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont is far worse, leaning on so many cliched situations it's a wonder 45 other screenwriters weren't credited. Read more

Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: If the young Ann-Margret had been allowed to wiggle her brain as much as her bod, she might have come off something like Amy Adams. Is there an actress today who can suffuse a single scene with so many infectious mood swings? Read more

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Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: Rich in cliche 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. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: Stay home and rent Junebug or Enchanted instead. Read more

Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Leap Year may be the least funny Hollywood comedy to take advantage of Irish tax credits since The Honeymooners. Read more

Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: It's a romantic comedy. We know where this is going. Tucker & Co. don't seem to realize that it's not the destination, it's the witty, winsome journey that counts. Read more

Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: Look before you Leap Year. Read more

James Berardinelli, ReelViews: The problem isn't the absence of chemistry but the presence of too much of the wrong kind. The sense of cold antagonism that initially develops between the primary characters is so strong that it lingers throughout. Read more

Richard Roeper, Richard Roeper.com: Recycled plot, lame sight gags, Leprechaun-like stock Irish characters. The charms of Amy Adams rescue 'Leap Year' from Truly Awful status. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Amy Adams and Matthew Goode have the charm necessary to float a romantic comedy like Leap Year, and this is a story that needs their buoyancy. Read more

Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: If only Leap Year were an anomaly, the kind of picture that comes along only once every four years. Instead, it's yet more evidence that romantic comedies are only getting worse. Read more

Kara Nesvig, Minneapolis Star Tribune: The cinematography is what makes Leap Year worth seeing. Turns out Ireland is kind of pretty! Read more

Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: In Hollywood, it's all about the concept, and some studio executive must have thought it would be fun to watch Adams slogging around in the Irish mud. Unfortunately, there's no accounting for taste. Read more

Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: The most charming of actors can be left flailing in the face of a feeble script and direction. Read more

Peter Howell, Toronto Star: Is this 2010, or 1950? It certainly seems the latter, since no contemporary woman with an IQ above Guinness temperature would sit with such nonsense. Read more

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Anna Smith, Time Out: While therea(TM)s some chemistry between the pair, ita(TM)s not enough to compensate for their paper-thin characters, never mind all the crosseyed Guinness-swilling extras. Read more

Claudia Puig, USA Today: What saves it from being completely dismissible drivel are the gorgeous Irish locations and the charm of its stars, Amy Adams and Matthew Goode. Read more

Dennis Harvey, Variety: This is the kind of movie in which an uppity, upper-crust woman requires rough-hewn working-class masculinity to take her down a peg or three. Read more

Brian Miller, Village Voice: Adams and Goode are both appealing, but you can write Leap Year's opposites-attract itinerary yourself. Read more