History Film / LeapYear

* NextSundayAD: The fact that it's a leap year and February 28 is a Sunday means the film, released in 2010, is set in 2016.

* {{Oireland}}: Played absurdly straight. Even uses the phrase "Top of the Mornin' to You" unironically. Offensively so.

* RomanticFalseLead: Obvious, since ''Adam Scott'' is not even on the front cover.

* IrishNames: The film's best joke, at least for Irish audiences:
-->''Anna reads the name "Eoghan" on a bartenders shirt.''
-->'''Anna:''' Hello, um, E..o..g..h..a..n?
-->'''Eoghan:''' ''Owen.''

* CannotStandThemCannotLiveWithoutThem: 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.]]

* 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.]]

* NextSundayAD: The fact that it's a leap year and Feburary 28 is a Sunday means the film, released in 2010, is set in 2016.

* 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.]]

* TallDarkAndHandsome [[TallDarkAndSnarky and Snarky.]]

If you're looking for the trope about the 29th of February, see LeapDay.

* BarBrawl
* BelligerentSexualTension

* CaliforniaDoubling: That small little Ballygobackwards standing in for Dingle.

* {{Badass}}: Declan takes bloody good care of those punks who stole Anna's stuff. [[WomenPreferStrongMen Much to Anna's admiration.]]

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The fact that it's a leap year and Feburary 28 is a Sunday means the film, released in 2010, is set in 2016.

* ShirtlessScene: Declan in the bathroom, with the door open. Anna's so (smilingly) distracted by it she (literally) bumps into a door.

* [[ReluctantFanserviceGirl Reluctant Fanservice Guy]]: Declan shamelessly walking in on poor Anna while she's changing. Repeatedly.

A 2010 RomanticComedy starring AmyAdams.

Uptight [[UsefulNotes/{{Boston}} 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 UsefulNotes/{{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. HilarityEnsues.

* 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]]).

* BigFancyCastle: Well, it's in ruins. But still....

--> '''Anna:''' Why? Because people are in love?--That's so offensive to you...?

* 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]].

* 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.

* ControlFreak: Anna has traces of this. [[LampshadedTrope Lampshaded]] by Declan when she gets a bit ''too'' perfectionist about the measurements in a cookbook.

* TheDitz: While Anna's shown as a capable decorator and organizer, she ''is'' kind of an airhead when it comes to "street smarts".
* 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.
** 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: [[InvokedTrope Invoked]] 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?]]

* 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.

* FriendToAllLivingThings: Anna thinks the chicken's so "sweet" that when Declan kills it for dinner, she doesn't respond well....

* HollywoodGeography: 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.]]
* IrishNames: The films best joke, at least for Irish audiences.
-->''Anna reads the name 'Eoghan' on a bartenders shirt.''

-->'''Eoghan:''' ''Owen''.
* 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.

* LostWeddingRing: Lost by Declan to his former fiancée [[spoiler:but recovered in time]].

* LoveEpiphany: Both played straight and [[InvertedTrope inverted.]] 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.]]

* 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....

* 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?!"

--> '''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.

* RomanticFalseLead: Obvious, since Adam Scott is not even on the front cover.

** Also, refering to Anna's suitcase as "Louis."

* ShesGotLegs: [[DiscussedTrope Discussed]] when they arrive in Dublin, and Anna suggests getting a cab:
--> '''Declan:''' Oh, you got ''legs'', haven't you, woman?

* SlapstickKnowsNoGender: Poor Anna! Steps in manure and later tumbles down a hill until she's ''face down in mud''!

* 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]].

* TallDarkAndHandsome. [[TallDarkAndSnarky And Snarky.]]

* WeddingDay: two of them.

* TrailersAlwaysSpoil: Hoo, boy. Essentially every single plot point up to and including Jeremy proposing to Anna when she finally arrives in Dublin.

The film wasn't greeted with universal acclaim, especially by Irish critics [[AmericansHateTingle who were left frothing at the mouth]] at some of the outdated [[{{Oireland}} Oirish]] stereotypes it employed. And to call it [[{{Troperiffic}} predicable]] would be an understatement. But it has Creator/AmyAdams as her lovable self, [[TropesAreNotBad in a role that certainly plays to that.]]

The film has not been greeted with universal acclaim, especially by Irish critics who were left frothing at the mouth at some of the outdated [[{{Oireland}} Oirish]] stereotypes it employed. And to call it [[{{Troperiffic}} predicable]] would be an understatement. But it has Creator/AmyAdams as her lovable self, [[TropesAreNotBad in a role that certainly plays to that.]]

* ShirtlessScene

* {{Oireland}}: Played absurdly straight. Even uses the phrase "Top of the Mornin' to You" unironically. Offensively so.

* ThereIsOnlyOneBed

Uptight [[UsefulNotes/{{Boston}} 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 UsefulNotes/{{Dublin}}. Unfortunately bad weather forces her plane to divert to Wales and when she tries to reach Ireland by boat she ends up dropped of 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.

* RoadMovie

* TheDitz: While Anna's shown as a capable decorator and organizer, she ''is'' kind of an airhead.

The film has not been greeted with universal acclaim, especially by Irish critics who were left frothing at the mouth at some of the outdated [[{{Oireland}} Oirish]] stereotypes it employed.

* TheUntwist: [[spoiler: So you were maybe anticipating a "shocking" twist of Jeremy proving his worth to Anna and securing her heart after all, while Declan, after all the BelligerentSexualTension and inevitable developing chemistry, does ''not'' become the superior choice that she runs to in the end? Nope.]]

* ForegoneConclusion: Once Anna and Declan 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....

* RomCom

* EpicFail: Anna's attempt to plug her phone charger into the hard-to-reach outlet results in a SnowballGag of 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.