Leap Year: Movie Review

Leap Year by Anand Tucker is an upcoming Hollywood movie which explores a very interesting Irish tradition revolving around 29th February. The film is aptly titled 'Leap Year ' as according to the tradition a marriage proposal made on this day cannot be refused at any cost. It has to be accepted and to take advantage of tradition, Anna played by Amy Adams plans her trip to Dublin,Ireland to propose marriage to her beau Jeremy (Adam Scott). She is in a relationship with him for the past four years but the marriage seems to be a distant possibility. She realizes its high time she does something concrete and decides to follow Jeremy to Dublin to ask him for marriage. But things do not go the planned way and Anna's plans go haywire when her midnight flight to Dublin is diverted to Cardiff because of a huge storm.

The film further focuses on her struggle to reach the place on time and keeps the viewer in a grip about her adventures. She is forced to take a cross- country trip to make the proposal. The film also has Mattew Goode in a pivotal role of Declan-the inn housekeeper who helps Anna on her journey so that she doesn't miss the opportunity to make her dreams come true. But here lies the twist as the viewers will be treated to Anna's feelings of mixed emotions and keep them guessing if ever Anna decides to change her mind and as well as her proposal plans.

This Hollywood new release is an interesting take on their changing relationship equations with a lot of humor. The other starcast includes John Lithgow, Noel o' Donovan, Tony Rohr, Peter o'Meara, Kaitlin Oslon, Ian McElhinney among others. This romantic comedy has been penned down by Simon Beautoy, Harry Elfont and Deborah Kaplan. The film is being released by Universal Pictures and is slated to release on 8th January. Movie goers will love 'Leap Year' and so folks make sure that you book your tickets in advance to avoid disappointment because if film critics are to be believed this film will attract a lot of attention on its release. The hype surrounding it will definitely culminate into a good opening.