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LEAP YEARMovie Reviews
Romantic comedy about a woman who heads off to Ireland to propose to her boyfriend on a leap day, obliging him to accept because of Irish tradition. Cast:Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Scott AdamsDirector:Anand TuckerRelease Date:January 8, 2010DVD Release:May 4, 2010From:UniversalRating:PGLength:1 hr 40 min
Leap Year played to weak reviews. • Bradley Jacobs wrote in Us Weekly, "Despite some nice turns at the end, the flick suffers from too many cheap laughs and zero spark between the stars." • And Joey Bartolomeo wrote in People, "Adams infuses uptight Anna with moments of adorability, but the cutesy, predictable film seems like something she should have made in her pre-A-list days." More Reviews Below...
Leap Year Positive Reviews (36 Reviews, reviews below)
Joey Bartolomeo, People: MODERATE(cg) "Adams infuses uptight Anna with moments of adorability, but the cutesy, predictable film seems like something she should have made in her pre-A-list days."(See all of Joey Bartolomeo's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 163 words, 01/07/10
Glenn Whipp, Associated Press: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "There's half a watchable movie here and, as luck would have it, you have to sit through a good 45 minutes of creaky contrivances to get to the good stuff."(See all of Glenn Whipp's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 544 words, 01/07/10
Bradley Jacobs, Us Weekly: MODERATE(cg) "...a lackluster romantic comedy.... Despite some nice turns at the end, the flick suffers from too many cheap laughs and zero spark between the stars."(See all of Bradley Jacobs's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 103 words, 01/07/10
Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly: GOOD(cg) "...the film could have used more pizzazz. Yet you're never in doubt that these two like each other -- or, just as important, that they don't."(See all of Owen Gleiberman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 395 words, 01/08/10
James Berardinelli, Reel Views: MODERATE(cg) "By the time the lovers are going through the motions of succumbing to Cupid, there's neither heat nor passion. We believe the dislike at the onset but not the romance..."(See all of James Berardinelli's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 774 words, 01/06/10
Claudia Puig, USA Today: MODERATE(cg) "...paint-by-numbers... What saves it from being completely dismissible drivel are the gorgeous Irish locations and the charm of its stars, Amy Adams and Matthew Goode."(See all of Claudia Puig's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 480 words, 01/08/10
Roger Ebert, RogerEbert.com: VERY GOOD(cg) "We know what has to happen, and the movie knows what has to happen, and the point is to keep us amused. 'Leap Year' does better than that: It made me care."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 771 words, 01/07/10
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NEW YORK/LOS ANGELES/CHICAGO/TORONTO (11 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: POOR "...it is bad without distinction -- so witless, charmless and unimaginative that it can be described as a movie only in a strictly technical sense."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 820 words, 01/08/10
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: POOR(cg) "On the plus side, the Irish landscape is gorgeous, and Scott and John Lithgow are amusing in small roles. But Goode barely makes an effort..."(See all of Elizabeth Weitzman's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 361 words, 01/08/10
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: WEAK(cg) "...taxes the abundant charms of stars Amy Adams and Matthew Goode... The all-around carelessness of the project extends to the by-the-numbers script..."(See all of Lou Lumenick's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 394 words, 01/08/10
John Anderson, New York Newsday: WEAK(cg) "Anand Tucker must have figured his audience has seen this type of thing so often it would subconsciously fill in all the gaping dramatic blanks. He was wrong."(See all of John Anderson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 295 words, 01/08/10
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: VERY GOOD(cg) "We know what has to happen, and the movie knows what has to happen, and the point is to keep us amused. 'Leap Year' does better than that: It made me care."(See all of Roger Ebert's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 771 words, 01/07/10
Brian Miller, Village Voice/LA Weekly: WEAK "...the movie seems a rehash of 1930s conventions -- 'It Happened One Night in Ireland.' (Oh, no! There's only one bed left at the B&B!)..."(See all of Brian Miller's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 256 words, 01/06/10
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "Faith and begorrah, if it isn't that strange beastie the Loveblarney that comes thunderin' over the green hills! ...a furious feel-good movie hybrid..."(See all of Peter Howell's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 625 words, 01/08/10
Liam Lacey, Toronto Globe & Mail: POOR(cg) "...proves the most charming of actors can be left flailing in the face of a feeble script and direction.... you occasionally feel embarrassed for them."(See all of Liam Lacey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 647 words, 01/08/10
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: WEAK(cg) "...composed with such indifference to character and situation that you'd think it was grown in a lab rather than written by actual human people..."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 416 words, 01/14/10
Carrie Rickey, Philadelphia Inquirer: MODERATE(cg) "...boasts charming actors, ravishing Irish scenery, and a director of taste and talent. The mystery is how all these pluses add up to a minus experience."(See all of Carrie Rickey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 544 words, 01/08/10
Mick LaSalle, Houston Chronicle/San Francisco Chronicle: MODERATE(cg) "Perhaps you've seen Michael Powell's great film, 'I Know Where I'm Going' (1945)? 'Leap Year' is like an uncredited, lobotomized remake..."(See all of Mick LaSalle's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 639 words, 01/08/10
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: MODERATE(cg) "The 'Made of Honor' screenwriters don't deliver enough jokes or feisty exchanges between the ill-matched traveling companions."(See all of Roger Moore's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 431 words, 01/08/10
Kara Nesvig, Minneapolis Star-Tribune: GOOD (NOT GREAT)(cg) "Though the endless series of pratfalls starts to wear thin halfway through, Goode and Adams manage to coax out more than a few laughs.... at least it's fairly fun to watch."(See all of Kara Nesvig's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 418 words, 01/08/10
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: MODERATE(cg) " 'Leap Year' eventually does arrive at its preordained conclusion, with a few detours through some beautiful Irish countryside and hackneyed storytelling devices..."(See all of Bill Goodykoontz's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 433 words, 01/08/10
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: WEAK(cg) "...there's neither a trace of believability nor a sense of legitimate fun in it. 'Leap Year' is nauseatingly chaste even by the sex-averse standards of recent romantic comedy."(See all of Wesley Morris's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 576 words, 01/08/10
Moira Macdonald, Seattle Times: MODERATE(cg) "...a well-coiffed snooze; the sort of rom-com you've seen countless times before.... the considerable charms of Adams and Goode are wasted on this tedious story..."(See all of Moira Macdonald's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 362 words, 01/08/10
Calvin Wilson, St. Louis Post-Dispatch: MODERATE(cg) "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..."(See all of Calvin Wilson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 319 words, 01/08/10
Connie Ogle, Miami Herald: POOR(cg) "Rich in cliché and brimming with the sort of potent idiocy that can only be found in January-release romantic comedies... manages to do every possible thing wrong."(See all of Connie Ogle's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 529 words, 01/08/10
ALTERNATIVE/INDIE PRESS (5 Reviews)
Brian Miller, Village Voice/LA Weekly: WEAK "...the movie seems a rehash of 1930s conventions -- 'It Happened One Night in Ireland.' (Oh, no! There's only one bed left at the B&B!)..."(See all of Brian Miller's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 256 words, 01/06/10
Brett Michel, Boston Phoenix: WEAK(cg) "As a tearful Anna perched on a cliff near the end, I was tempted to shout, 'Jump! Jump!', while wishing that Kaplan and Elfont would join her."(See all of Brett Michel's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 147 words, 01/14/10
Nathan Rabin, AV Club: FAIR(cg) "...the cinematic equivalent of a Shamrock Shake: sickeningly, artificially sweet, formulaic, and about as authentically Gaelic as an Irish Spring commercial."(See all of Nathan Rabin's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 349 words, 01/07/10
Norman Wilner, Toronto Now: WEAK(cg) "...composed with such indifference to character and situation that you'd think it was grown in a lab rather than written by actual human people..."(See all of Norman Wilner's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 416 words, 01/14/10
HIGHBROW PRESS (2 Reviews)
A.O. Scott, New York Times: POOR "...it is bad without distinction -- so witless, charmless and unimaginative that it can be described as a movie only in a strictly technical sense."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 820 words, 01/08/10
Dennis Harvey, Daily Variety: FAIR "The scenery's spectacular in the otherwise pedestrian 'Leap Year'... pleasant enough overall, if also somewhat gratingly old-fashioned..."(See all of Dennis Harvey's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 751 words, 01/07/10
Tim Grierson, Cinema 24/7: MODERATE(cg) "...a romantic comedy that never rises above the predictable or inoffensive; it's pretty to look at, but it offers little nourishment for the head or heart."(See all of Tim Grierson's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 922 words, 01/07/10
A.O. Scott, New York Times: POOR "...it is bad without distinction -- so witless, charmless and unimaginative that it can be described as a movie only in a strictly technical sense."(See all of A.O. Scott's reviews...)(Read the full review...) 820 words, 01/08/10
18.4 Percentage Points Average Difference Between Reviews (Norm is 18.4pp; <18.4pp = More Consistent; >18.4pp = More Mixed)
Leap Year's reviews are separated by an average 18.4 percentage points. The norm for this measure is 18.4 percentage points. Less than 18.4 indicates more consistent reviews; greater than 18.4 indicates more mixed reviews. In the chart below, each dot represents a review, with the dots at the top more positive than the dots at the bottom. From left to right, the dots represent reviews in big, bigger and biggest publications. Roll over each dot for more detail.
Leap Year (36 reviews) Roll over dots for each review
Coverage:Leap Year's reviews cover 77.8% of potential readers (average is 67.9%). Volume:The film's reviews total 16,783 words involume (average is 20,194 words). Length:The film's reviews average 466 words in length (the norm is 517 words).
Leap Year Coverage, Volume & Length (36 Reviews, reviews below)
Reviews Broke 7.6 Hours After Release (Norm is 1.2 Release)
Leap Year's reviews on average broke 7.6 hours after opening. Norm for this measure is 1.2 hours before. The chart below shows reviews on opening day and the days before and after opening; the left side is earlier and the right side is later. The red bars extending above the horizontal mid-line represent more positive reviews, and the red bars extending below represent more negative reviews. The white space/red bar in the middle is Leap Year's opening day. Click on any bar for a list of the reviews for that day.
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