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Leap Year (2010)

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A 2010 Romantic Comedy starring Amy Adams.Uptight Bostonian Anna (Adams) travels to Ireland hoping to propose to her boyfriend (Adam Scott) because according to Irish tradition a woman can propose to a man on February 29 during a leap year and said boyfriend happens to be attending a convention in Dublin. Unfortunately bad weather forces her plane to divert to Wales and when she tries to reach Ireland by boat she ends up dropped off at Dingle (about as far away from Dublin as you can get while still being in Ireland). She ends up hiring local innkeeper Declan (Matthew Goode) to drive her to Dublin so she can get there by the 29th. Hilarity Ensues.Also stars John Lithgow as Anna's father.For the unrelated 1921 film, see here. If you're looking for the Useful Notes page about the 29th of February, see Leap Day.
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Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace
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Speak Now or Forever Hold Your Peace: When Declan and Anna enter the church just a moment before the wedding, and the priests suspects they might be bringing bad news.
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Daddy's Girl
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Daddy's Girl: The Deleted Scenes delve into Anna's relationship with her father a lot more than what we see in the movie, and they are shown to be quite close, for all the dad's bumblings.
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Those Two Guys
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Those Two Guys: The two old codgers who constantly bicker over exactly what constitutes good or bad luck.
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Chekhov's Gag
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Chekhov's Gag: As they walk up to the castle, Declan challenges Anna about what she would grab if her apartment were on fire. It's Played for Laughs as another example of their banter, but it eventually serves a dramatic purpose for both Declan and Anna.
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Kissing Under the Influence: Averted. Juuust when we think drunk Anna is going to kiss Declan on the beach in the moonlight... She pukes all over his shoes.
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Chivalrous Pervert
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Chivalrous Pervert: Declan, in spades. He shamelessly enters Anna's room when she's changing and checks her out through the see-through shower curtain... But he's always around to help her out of her predicament. Particularly when he defends her honor against the rascals who stole her suitcase.
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Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping
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Ooh, Me Accent's Slipping: Some people thought Matthew Goode was doing a great Welsh accent (he's supposedly from Kerry).
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Love Epiphany
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Love Epiphany: Both played straight and Inverted. Anna's romantic conflict is resolved by her Secret Test of Character for Jeremy. She discovers he truly doesn't value her above everything else... And that her heart truly belongs to Declan.
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Leg Focus
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Leg Focus: Discussed when they arrive in Dublin, and Anna suggests getting a cab:
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Shirtless Scene
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Shirtless Scene: Declan in the bathroom, with the door open. Anna's so (smilingly) Distracted by the Sexy that she (literally) bumps into a door.
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Butt-Monkey
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Butt-Monkey: Poor Anna! Steps in manure and later tumbles down a hill until she's face down in mud!
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Politically Incorrect Hero
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Politically Incorrect Hero: Declan teases Anna with a moment of this, when they're trying to decide who gets the bed. He claims it, and:
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Ruritania
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Ruritania: Every part of Ireland outside of Dublin, despite ostensibly being set in the present day. While some of the less extreme stereotypes might still be found in remote villages, rest assured that in the 2010s it is in fact possible to plug in your mobile phone uneventfully in the thriving tourist town of Dingle.
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Oireland
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Oireland: Played absurdly straight. Offensively so. Even uses the phrase "Top of the Mornin' to You" unironically.
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Opposites Attract
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Opposites Attract: Refined (if ditzy), uptight fashionista Anna and slobby, aimless Declan.
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Reluctant Fanservice Girl
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Reluctant Fanservice Girl: Declan shamelessly walking in on poor Anna while she's changing. Repeatedly.
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Cute Clumsy Girl
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Cute Clumsy Girl: Anna is more than a little klutzy. She winds up face down in the mud on repeated occasions.
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Heart Is Where the Home Is
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Heart Is Where the Home Is: The Heroine Anna goes to Ireland to propose to her New York City boyfriend Jeremy. By the end, this has become an inversion, when she moves to Ireland and marries the Irish man she meets there.
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Sleep Cute
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Sleep Cute: Twice. First when they fall asleep on the bench, Anna's head pillowed on Declan's lap. Then again right after on the bus with her head on his shoulder.
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Mood Whiplash
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Mood Whiplash: As they check out the castle ruins, Declan tells Anna a beautifully romantic Irish legend. When he gets to the end, they share a warm look... And then, Beat, and Anna snaps out of it and accuses him of hitting on her. Even more so, a moment later the train whistle causes a panic in our girl...
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Recycled Premise
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Recycled Premise: More than one critic pointed out that without the Leap Day gimmick, and swapping Oireland back for Bonnie Scotland, this film could easily pass for a remake of I Know Where I'm Going! (1945).
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"No Peeking!" Request
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"No Peeking!" Request: Declan walks in on Anna while she's changing to talk to her, seemingly unperturbed by her obvious embarrassment until she demands him to at least turn. Later, when they are sharing a tiny room, and she has just finished showering and comes out in a Modesty Towel, telling him to bathe next. He goes, but not before mockingly asks her not to peek, making her realize he could see her Sexy Silhouette as she showered the whole time.
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Oh, Crap!
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Oh, Crap!: When Anna tells Declan to take a shower because he smells, Declan replies that you can see through the curtain. Anna scoffs and says "Can you?" Declan smiles... Cue Anna's smirk vanishing to a horrified "Can you?!"
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Epic Fail
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Epic Fail: Anna's attempt to plug her phone charger into the hard to reach outlet results in the room falling apart... And then the inn itself starting to fall apart... And then a blackout of the entire town. Declan ends up charging her for the vandalism. This continues to happen to our girl as the movie goes on — from her causing the car to roll back and down and crash, to her running to a train in the rain, tripping, and tumbling and landing face-down.
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Heads I Win, Tails You Lose
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Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: Declan uses this word for word in a coin toss to decide which of the two get the bed whilst sharing a room. It takes Anna a while, but she eventually realizes she's been tricked.
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Blunt "Yes"
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Blunt "Yes": At the wedding party. A more "serious" example than usual, as it sets up a revelation about Declan:
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Comforting Comforter
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Comforting Comforter: When Anna wakes up on the bench, she sees that Declan has given her his coat as a blanket. When she rises, she places it tenderly across his body.
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Shout-Out
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Shout-Out: Probably just a coincidence that Princess Giselle would be checking out a castle. Anna even dryly asks if Declan's trying to say she's the princess in the story he tells her.
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Freudian Excuse
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Freudian Excuse: Anna's Control Freak tendencies stem from her father having been reckless with their finances her entire life, foolishly jumping from one investment to the next, with dire consequences such as getting their house repossessed on Christmas day.
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Next Sunday A.D.
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Next Sunday A.D.: The fact that it's a leap year and February 28 is a Sunday means the film, released in 2010 (and seemingly based on Irish stereotypes from the 1970s) is set in 2016.
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Friend to All Living Things
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Friend to All Living Things: Anna thinks the chicken's so "sweet" that when Declan kills it for dinner, she doesn't respond well...
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The Ditz
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The Ditz: While Anna's shown as a capable decorator and organizer, she is kind of an airhead when it comes to "street smarts."
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Artistic License – Geography
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Artistic License – Geography: Anna takes a boat from Wales to Cork, but is forced ashore at Dingle, which is further away than Cork. Also, Cork would be a much better choice during a storm due to it being one of the world's largest sheltered harbours. Dingle is actually a thriving modern tourist hub, not the rural backwater of the film. It would only take an afternoon to drive the four hours to Dublin from Dingle. Less if Declan just dropped her off at the closeby Kerry airport now that the weather is better - it's only a one hour flight! Several of the landmarks in the film depicted as very close together are actually extremely far apart in reality. In one hilarious example near the end of the film, Anna apparently walks from Dingle to Dún Aonghasa in minutes... an archaeological site that is 100km (a bit over 62 miles) away and on an island.
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Verbal Backspace
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Verbal Backspace: Rushing into a church to escape from a sudden hailstorm, Declan shouts, "Jesus Christ!" Then they notice that the church happens to be full of people, with a shocked-looking priest and congregants staring at them. Anna hastily adds "...is Lord!"
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Altar the Speed
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Altar the Speed: Bordering on Bureaucratically Arranged Marriage (Jeremy proposed to Anna so that it would be easier to them to get the house they wanted).
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Romantic False Lead: Yes, Anna has a serious boyfriend to whom she's hoping to get engaged. And if you're shocked by the revelation that they do not wind up together at the end, you must not be very familiar with the Rom Com genre. Poor Adam Scott doesn't even appear on the cover.
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Disposable Fiancé
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Disposable Fiancé: Anna's would-be fiancé (Adam Scott's character) is so extraneous to the movie, he doesn't even merit a photo on the poster.
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Innocently Insensitive
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Innocently Insensitive: Anna's boyfriend Jeremy isn't a bad sort, per se... he just has no clue whatsoever about how Anna feels about his approaches to their relationship. Gets to the point where He nonchalantly tells people at their engagement party what drove him to finally propose, with no regard for how Anna, who's right there, would take it.
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