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JamesG · 01-08-2010, 05:59 PM

Movie Reviews: Leap Year

We have only just entered the second week of 2010, but the New York Times's A.O. Scott has already dubbed Leap Year the worst movie of the year.

He remarks that he is certain that other bad movies will certainly come along. "What makes Leap Year so singularly dispiriting is precisely that it is bad without distinction -- so witless, charmless and unimaginative that it can be described as a movie only in a strictly technical sense."

Claudia Puig in USA Today calls it "a paint-by-numbers comedy, predictable from the first frame to the ultra-corny ending."

Several critics do allow that Amy Adams and Matthew Goode's chemistry in the film prevent it from being a complete bust.

But Liam Lacey comments in the Toronto Globe & Mail: "Leap Year is the second romantic comedy in a month, following the Hugh Grant-Sarah Jessica Parker movie, Did You Hear About the Morgans?, which proves the most charming of actors can be left flailing in the face of a feeble script and direction."

-IMDB News

dakert · 01-09-2010, 01:50 AM

When I went to see Invictus, they showed the trailer to this movie and in my opinion they showed the whole thing

Why do they do that??

01-08-2010, 05:59 PM	#1
JamesG Freakshow Moderator Forum Icon Join Date: Feb 01, 2008 Location: Brooklyn, NY Posts: 57,136	Movie Reviews: "Leap Year" Movie Reviews: Leap Year We have only just entered the second week of 2010, but the New York Times's A.O. Scott has already dubbed Leap Year the worst movie of the year. He remarks that he is certain that other bad movies will certainly come along. "What makes Leap Year so singularly dispiriting is precisely that it is bad without distinction -- so witless, charmless and unimaginative that it can be described as a movie only in a strictly technical sense." Claudia Puig in USA Today calls it "a paint-by-numbers comedy, predictable from the first frame to the ultra-corny ending." Several critics do allow that Amy Adams and Matthew Goode's chemistry in the film prevent it from being a complete bust. But Liam Lacey comments in the Toronto Globe & Mail: "Leap Year is the second romantic comedy in a month, following the Hugh Grant-Sarah Jessica Parker movie, Did You Hear About the Morgans?, which proves the most charming of actors can be left flailing in the face of a feeble script and direction." -IMDB News

01-09-2010, 01:50 AM	#2
dakert Member Forum 3000 Club Member Join Date: May 10, 2007 Location: Altoona PA Posts: 3,411	When I went to see Invictus, they showed the trailer to this movie and in my opinion they showed the whole thing Why do they do that??