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Leap Year

Overview


Genre :

Romance, Comedy

Release Date :

January 08, 2010

MPAA Rating :

PG

Director :

Anand Tucker

Starring :

Amy Adams, Matthew Goode, Adam Scott, Kaitlin Olson, Peter O'Meara, John Burke

REVIEWS RATE:  Critics  Not quite bad, but it's not recommended either.    Readers  5 of 5 [Rate It]

2 of 4

“..Where it should be light and graceful, Leap Year trips and thuds..”
by Claudia Puig [USA Today]
2.5 of 4

“..Romantic comedy fans will know exactly where "Leap Year" is headed a mere 10 minutes into the story...”
by Sue Pierman [Milwaukee Journal Sentinel]
2.5 of 5

“..predictable..”
by Bill Goodykoontz [Arizona Republic]
1 of 4

“..Leap Year manages to do every possible thing wrong..”
by Connie Ogle [Miami Herald]
2 of 4

“..It's sort of like the parental explanation of "Because I said so."..”
by James Berardinelli [ReelViews]
2 of 4

“..It's obvious from the opening minutes where this story is going...”
by Jeff Vice [Deseret News]
“..it is bad without distinction..”
by A.O. Scott [NY Times]
1 of 5

“..If predictability were Leap Year's only sin, then it wouldn't have been so offensively turgid...”
by Chris Barsanti [Filmcritic.com]
1 of 4

“..feeble script and direction..”
by Liam Lacey [Globe and Mail]
2 of 4

“.."Leap Year" isn't totally a lost cause..”
by Moira Macdonald [Seattle Times]
2.5 of 4
Reviewed by Kara Nesvig [Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune]
Review rate : C-
Reviewed by Nathan Rabin [Onion AV Club]
1.5 of 4
Reviewed by Wesley Morris [Boston Globe]
1 of 5
Reviewed by Elizabeth Weitzman [NY Daily News]

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