History Film / LeapYear

* ''Film/{{Leap Year|1921}}'', a 1921 romantic comedy directed by James Cruze.
* ''Film/{{Leap Year|2010}}'', a 2010 romantic comedy directed by Anand Tucker.

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A 2010 RomanticComedy starring Creator/AmyAdams.

Uptight UsefulNotes/{{Boston}}ian Anna (Adams) travels to UsefulNotes/{{Ireland}} hoping to propose to her boyfriend (Creator/AdamScott) 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 UsefulNotes/{{Dublin}}. Unfortunately bad weather forces her plane to divert to UsefulNotes/{{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 (Creator/MatthewGoode) to drive her to Dublin so she can get there by the 29th. HilarityEnsues.

Also stars Creator/JohnLithgow as Anna's father.

For the unrelated 1921 film, see [[Film/LeapYear1921 here]]. If you're looking for the trope about the 29th of February, see LeapDay.
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!! This film contains examples of the following tropes:

%% * AccidentalPervert: Declan more often than Anna.
%% * TheAllegedCar: But remember: "It's a classic."
* AltarTheSpeed: Bordering on BureaucraticallyArrangedMarriage (Jeremy [[spoiler: proposed to Anna so that it would be easier to them to get the house they wanted]]).
* ArtisticLicenseGeography:
** 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 away and ''on an island.''
%% * BarBrawl: Declan instigates one to get Anna's suitcase back.
%% * BelligerentSexualTension: To such an extreme between Anna and Declan that it makes no sense how suddenly they get together later in the plot.
%% * BerserkButton: "No one's touching the music!!"
%% * BigFancyCastle: Well, it's in ruins. But still...
* BluntYes: At the wedding party. A more "serious" example than usual, as it sets up a revelation about Declan:
--> '''Declan:''' I hate weddings.
--> '''Anna:''' Why? Because people are in love? -- That's so offensive to you...?
--> '''Declan:''' Yeah.
%% * BumblingDad: Anna's father.
%% * ButtMonkey: Poor Anna.
%% * CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: Anna is originally less than thrilled about relying on Declan for a ride... That changes.
* Myth/CelticMythology: When they visit the castle's ruins, Declan tells Anna the story of [[http://www.maryjones.us/ctexts/f15.html Diarmuid and Grainne]].
* ChekhovsGag: As they walk up to the castle, Declan challenges Anna about what she would grab if her apartment were on fire. It's PlayedForLaughs as another example of their banter, but it eventually serves a dramatic purpose for both Declan and Anna.
%% * ChickFlick
* ChivalrousPervert: 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.
%% * CityMouse: Anna.
* ComfortingComforter: 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.
%% * ControlFreak: Anna has traces of this. {{Lampshaded|Trope}} by Declan when she gets a bit ''too'' perfectionist about the measurements in a cookbook.
%% * CrazyCulturalComparison: Between Anna the American and the Irishmen whom she meets.
%% * CueTheRain
%% * CuteClumsyGirl: Anna is more than a little klutzy.
* DaddysGirl: The DeletedScenes 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.
%% * DanceOfRomance: Averted, as at the moment when DanceOfRomance would be expected a group HappyDance is what happens.
* TheDitz: While Anna's shown as a capable decorator and organizer, she ''is'' kind of an airhead when it comes to "street smarts."
* EpicFail:
** 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.
%% * EveryoneCanSeeIt: {{Invoked|Trope}} almost word-for-word by the B&B owners, about Declan and Anna.
%% * FightingIrish: Both Declan and his adversaries seem used to this way of solving conflicts.
%% * FlatWhat: Declan's reaction when Anna specifies that her suitcase is a Luis Vuitton.
%% * {{Foreshadowing}}: "Mrs. O'Bradycallaghan," indeed.
%% * FourthDateMarriage
* FriendToAllLivingThings: Anna thinks the chicken's so "sweet" that when Declan kills it for dinner, she doesn't respond well...
%% * FunnyForeigner: Anna is this to Declan and his friends.
%% * HappilyMarried: The owners of the B&B and their Italian guests.
* HeadsIWinTailsYouLose: 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.
* HollywoodAtlas: Anna sets off by boat from Cardiff, aiming for Cork, even though she actually wants to go to Dublin. A storm forces the boat to put in ''Dingle,'' which requires you to sail straight past Cork (consult a map of Ireland).
* InnocentlyInsensitive: 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 [[spoiler: 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.]]
* KissingUnderTheInfluence: Averted. ''Juuust'' when we think drunk Anna is going to kiss Declan on the beach in the moonlight... She pukes all over his shoes.
%% * LeapDay: TheMovie.
%% * LostWeddingRing: Lost by Declan to his former fiancée [[spoiler: but recovered in time.]]
%% * LoveConfession: Both Anna and Declan have one at the end.
* LoveEpiphany: Both played straight and {{Inverted|Trope}}. Anna's romantic conflict is resolved by [[spoiler: her SecretTestOfCharacter for Jeremy. She discovers he truly ''doesn't'' value her above everything else... And that her heart truly belongs to Declan]].
%% * MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Declan.
* MoodWhiplash: 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...
%% * MyLocal: Declan's inn.
* NextSundayAD: 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.
* OhCrap: 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?" [[AllMenArePerverts Declan smiles...]] Cue Anna's smirk vanishing to a horrified "''Can'' you?!"
* {{Oireland}}: Played absurdly straight. Offensively so. Even uses the phrase "Top of the Mornin' to You" unironically.
* OohMeAccentsSlipping: Some people thought Matthew Goode was doing a great ''Welsh'' accent (he's supposedly from Kerry).
* OppositesAttract: Refined (if ditzy), uptight fashionista Anna and slobby, [[{{Dismotivation}} aimless]] Declan.
* PoliticallyIncorrectHero: Declan teases Anna with a moment of this, when they're trying to decide who gets the bed. He claims it, and:
--> '''Anna:''' Very gallant.
--> '''Declan:''' "Gallant!" Welcome to the Age... of ''Equality.'' You lot ''wanted'' the vote. ''Live'' with it. ''(Plops on the bed)''
* ReluctantFanserviceGirl: Declan shamelessly walking in on poor Anna while she's changing. Repeatedly.
%% * RememberedTooLate: Oh, the train.
%% * RoadTripPlot
%% * RomCom: Played very straight.
%% * RomanticFalseLead: Obvious, since Adam Scott is not even on the front cover.
%% * RunningGag:
%% ** "Just put 'em in the wash. They'll be grand."
%% ** Also, referring to Anna's suitcase as "Louis."
%% ** ThoseTwoGuys and their bickering over luck.
* {{Ruritania}}: Every part of Ireland outside of Dublin, despite ostensibly being set in the present day. While some of the less extreme stereotypes [[TruthInTelevision 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.
%% * SceneryPorn
%% * SecondLove: [[spoiler: Anna and Declan, for each other.]]
%% * SecretTestOfCharacter: Courtesy of a fire alarm.
* ShesGotLegs: {{Discussed|Trope}} when they arrive in Dublin, and Anna suggests getting a cab:
--> '''Declan:''' Oh, you got ''legs,'' haven't you, woman?
--> '''Anna:''' My best features, or so I'm told.
--> '''Declan:''' ''(Takes a glance)'' Who told you that?
--> '''Anna:''' ''(Smiles)''
* ShirtlessScene: Declan in the bathroom, with the door open. Anna's so (smilingly) DistractedByTheSexy that she (literally) bumps into a door.
* ShoutOut: Probably just a coincidence that [[Film/{{Enchanted}} 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.
* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Poor Anna! Steps in manure and later tumbles down a hill until she's ''face down in mud!''
* SleepCute: ''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.
%% * SmithicalMarriage: Due to the conservatism of the hotel's owners.
* SpeakNowOrForeverHoldYourPeace: When Declan and Anna enter the church just a moment before the wedding, and the priests suspects they might be bringing [[SurpriseIncest bad news]].
%% * SugarAndIcePersonality: The ladies at the airport whose help Anna seeks are this.
%% * TallDarkAndHandsome: [[TallDarkAndSnarky And Snarky.]]
%% * ThereIsOnlyOneBed: And our two travelers are GenreSavvy enough to respond with a big DisapprovingLook.
* ThoseTwoGuys: The two old codgers who constantly bicker over exactly ''what'' constitutes good or bad luck.
%% * UnresolvedSexualTension
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%% * WeddingDay: Two of them.

* ForegoneConclusion: Once Anna and Declan meet and start clashing and bantering, one guess as to how everything ends up.

Uptight UsefulNotes/{{Boston}}ian Anna (Adams) travels to UsefulNotes/{{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 UsefulNotes/{{Dublin}}. Unfortunately bad weather forces her plane to divert to UsefulNotes/{{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. HilarityEnsues.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Hoo, boy. Essentially every single plot point up to and including Jeremy proposing to Anna when she finally arrives in Dublin. Creator/MarkKermode claimed that only the last 12 minutes had been left unspoiled.

* AccidentalPervert: Declan more often than Anna.
* TheAllegedCar: But remember: "It's a classic."

* ArtisticLicenseGeography: 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.

* BarBrawl: Declan instigates one to get Anna's suitcase back.
* BelligerentSexualTension: To such an extreme between Anna and Declan that it makes no sense how suddenly they get together later in the plot.
* BerserkButton: "No one's touching the music!!"
* BigFancyCastle: Well, it's in ruins. But still...

* BumblingDad: Anna's father.
* ButtMonkey: Poor Anna.
* CantLiveWithThemCantLiveWithoutThem: Anna is originally less than thrilled about relying on Declan for a ride... That changes.

* ChickFlick

* CityMouse: Anna.

* ControlFreak: Anna has traces of this. {{Lampshaded|Trope}} by Declan when she gets a bit ''too'' perfectionist about the measurements in a cookbook.
* CrazyCulturalComparison: Between Anna the American and the Irishmen whom she meets.
* CueTheRain
* CuteClumsyGirl: Anna is more than a little klutzy.

* DanceOfRomance: Averted, as at the moment when DanceOfRomance would be expected a group HappyDance is what happens.

* UsefulNotes/{{Dublin}}.
* EpicFail: 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.

* EveryoneCanSeeIt: {{Invoked|Trope}} almost word-for-word by the B&B owners, about Declan and Anna.
* {{Expy}}: Declan is a laid-back, down to earth ChivalrousPervert with seemingly no regard for etiquette. Anna is a classy and sophisticated young lady with a prominent ditzy side. Cue the BelligerentSexualTension. [[Series/{{Cheers}} Sam and Diane, anyone?]]
* FightingIrish: Both Declan and his adversaries seem used to this way of solving conflicts.
* FlatWhat: Declan's reaction when Anna specifies that her suitcase is a Luis Vuitton.
* ForegoneConclusion: Once Anna and Declan meet and start clashing and bantering, one guess as to how everything ends up. [[SarcasmMode You almost get the idea]] that the appeal's more about the characters and setting than anything else...
* {{Foreshadowing}}: "Mrs. O'Bradycallaghan," indeed.
* FourthDateMarriage

* FunnyForeigner: Anna is this to Declan and his friends.
* HappilyMarried: The owners of the B&B and their Italian guests.

* LeapDay: TheMovie.
* LostWeddingRing: Lost by Declan to his former fiancée [[spoiler: but recovered in time.]]
* LoveConfession: Both Anna and Declan have one at the end.

* MasterOfTheMixedMessage: Declan.

* MyLocal: Declan's inn.

* RememberedTooLate: Oh, the train.
* RoadTripPlot
* RomCom: And a pretty darn {{Troperiffic}} ClicheStorm of one, with everything played so straight that anyone even ''remotely'' GenreSavvy can pretty much predict how everything's going to resolve.
* RomanticFalseLead: Obvious, since Adam Scott is not even on the front cover.
* RunningGag: "Just put 'em in the wash. They'll be grand."
** Also, referring to Anna's suitcase as "Louis."
** ThoseTwoGuys and their bickering over luck.

* SceneryPorn
* SecondLove: [[spoiler: Anna and Declan, for each other.]]
* SecretTestOfCharacter: Courtesy of a fire alarm.

* SmithicalMarriage: Due to the conservatism of the hotel's owners.

* SugarAndIcePersonality: The ladies at the airport whose help Anna seeks are this.
* TallDarkAndHandsome: [[TallDarkAndSnarky And Snarky.]]
* ThereIsOnlyOneBed: And our two travelers are GenreSavvy enough to respond with a big DisapprovingLook.

* UnresolvedSexualTension
* WeddingDay: Two of them.