Salt Lake Tribune Review
Amy Adams follows
Hilary Swank ("P.S. I Love You") and
Janeane Garofalo ("The Matchmaker") in the overworked premise where an uptight American woman goes to Ireland and finds true love. Adams plays Anna, a Boston real-estate stager who is disappointed when her equally type-A boyfriend Jeremy (
Adam Scott) doesn't propose, so she follows him to Dublin to pop the question on Feb. 29 -- when women, by tradition, can ask the men. The journey becomes a shambles, and Anna must rely on a craggy Irishman, Declan (
Matthew Goode, from "Brideshead Revisited"), to get her to Dublin. As director
Anand Tucker ("Shopgirl") grinds through the cliché-encrusted script by
Deborah Kaplan and
Harry Elfont ("Made of Honor"), Anna and Declan start fighting and end up ... well, you can guess. Adams is cute as a button, as always, but even she can't energize this tired excuse for a comedy.
I liked it!
Submitted by: mroose
I don't see many "chick flicks" but I went to this one with my daughter and was so pleased. I really thought it would be one of those where all the funny parts were in the previews and it would be so boring. I was wrong, this movie stays clean and is really funny. I was very impressed with the caliber of acting and story writing. This is one that you should see no matter what the critics say.
The rundown: Amy Adams flounders in this cliched romance, as an American in Ireland to propose — but meets a charming bartender (
Matthew Goode). 98 minutes. (SPM)
Synopsis: A woman (
Amy Adams) heads to Ireland in order to force her boyfriend to accept her wedding proposal by scheduling it on leap day, the only time when he couldn't refuse due to the country's tradition in this Spyglass Entertainment romantic comedy. Shopgirl's
Anand Tucker directs from a script by
Harry Elfont and
Deborah Kaplan. ~ Jeremy Wheeler, All Movie Guide
