marriage on detours
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| German title | marriage on detours |
| Original title | Leap Year |
| Country of production |
United States , Ireland |
| original language | English |
| Publishing year | 2010 |
| length | 100 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Anand Tucker |
| script |
Deborah Kaplan , Harry Elfont |
| production |
Gary Barber , Chris Bender , Roger Birnbaum |
| music | Randy Edelman |
| camera | Newton Thomas Sigel |
| cut | Nick Moore |
| occupation | |
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Leap Year ( Leap Year , literally "leap year") is a US-American - Irish screwball comedy from the year 2010 . Directed by Anand Tucker and starring Amy Adams and Matthew Goode . The feature film had its US premiere on January 6, 2010, and it opened in German cinemas on September 9, 2010.
action
From Boston Dating Anna Brady eagerly anticipating the long-overdue marriage proposal of her boyfriend Jeremy. Instead of an engagement ring, however, she is only given earrings; then he has to go to a medical congress in Dublin . When Anna met her father earlier, he told her about an Irish tradition: women are allowed to propose marriage to men on February 29 (a leap year ).
Because that date is imminent, Anna makes her way to Ireland to follow this tradition. However, due to a strong storm, their flight is diverted to Cardiff , Wales . Since the ferry was also canceled because of the storm, she crossed over to the Irish island in a small fishing boat and ended up in a remote coastal village. There she is looking for someone to drive her to Dublin. A young man named Declan agrees to drive Anna to Dublin for 500 euros, the two are very unsympathetic. A number of incidents occur during the trip which prolong the trip. After the car lands in the ditch, Anna and Declan continue the journey on foot.
After missing a train, they spend the night at the stationmaster's house. They pretend to be married so they don't have to leave the house again. A kiss occurs at dinner as the hosts urge them to. When Anna and Declan finally arrive in Dublin, Jeremy shows up and immediately proposes marriage to Anna, claiming that he missed her so much. Anna accepts the proposal and Declan has disappeared.
At the engagement party, which is also an apartment inauguration, it turns out that Jeremy only proposed to her to get the apartment. Anna then flies back to Ireland and tells Declan in the middle of his packed restaurant that she wants to be with him without any further plans for the future. However, he rejects her "proposal" and makes her a marriage proposal. In the final scene, the two newly married sit in his beloved R4 and drive into the sunset.
production
The film was made in Ireland a. a. Filmed in the Wicklow Mountains , County Wicklow , Dublin, the Aran Islands and Connemara , County Galway . The ruin, known as Ballycarbery Castle , is actually a combination of footage from the Rock of Dunamase , enhanced with computer animation. Ballycarbery Castle near Cahersiveen was not used for the film. The alleged shots from Dingle were shot on the Aran island of Inishmore , as was the cliff scene at the end, which was shot near Dun Aengus . The German film distributor is Kinowelt , the film was produced by Universal Pictures .
criticism
“Thanks to Bryan Singer's regular cameraman Newton Thomas Sigel, the new Irish film by Anand Tucker (“ Shopgirl ”) is more beautifully photographed than many other romantic comedies, but apart from that it fits seamlessly into the familiarity of the genre. Situation comedy is written bigger than pun, Anna has to open up the beauties of Ireland in high heels, she dismantles boarding rooms and cars, almost knocks out a bride, while the Irish companion observes stoically and gradually gives up his defensive stance of the romantically invulnerable chunk. If many people like to vacation in the same place over and over again, it is no different with romantic comedies. Relaxed recovery without surprise is also offered by "Engagement in a roundabout way" - and with Amy Adams, a charming sight as usual. "
“Director Anand Tucker detours an engagement as a screwball comedy in the style of the Frank Capra classic It Happened in One Night . Some of the verbal battles are lively, if unsurprisingly. Adams cuts a good figure as Anna, but in her all too naive role does not come close to the great self-confident women of the genre like Claudette Colbert or Meg Ryan . "
"[...] The script is so flat that the mood stays constant with" nice but not anymore ", because when the spoiled New York princess meets the grumpy Irish bar owner, you can't shake the feeling that there isn't much effort here was wasted on original ideas, the event is reminiscent of " Sex and the City " meets Rosamunde Pilcher . [...] Director Anand Tucker had made a name for himself as a director with sensitivity for difficult characters with ambitious films such as " Shopgirl " and the moving sister drama " Hilary & Jackie ". But “engagement in a roundabout way” is at most average food that doesn't hurt, but is quickly forgotten. "
“[U] nsexy and predictable, the two stumble from one lame director's idea to the next. The genre-necessary magnetism between the figures appears to be of little force. Even nature seems so artificial here that the film immediately questions the alleged authenticity of being far from the city. "
Individual evidence
- ↑ Release certificate for engagement in a roundabout way . Voluntary self-regulation of the film industry , April 2010 (PDF; test number: 122 673 K).
- ↑ Amy Adams' LEAP YEAR: Where Was it Filmed? (The Locations You Can Actually Visit!). A Trip to Ireland, February 29, 2012, accessed January 31, 2015 .
- ↑ Information about the companies on imdb.de
- ↑ Film review on kino.de
- ↑ Film review on news.de ( Memento of the original from September 15, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Film review on moviereporter.net
- ↑ Katja Lüthge: The joke of the high-heeled shoe. "Engagement in a roundabout way" - a predictable country party . In: Berliner Zeitung . No. 210/2010 , September 9, 2010, cultural calendar. Film, p. 3 .
Web links
- Leap in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Leap at rotten tomatoes (English)
- Reviews of engagement in a roundabout way at Moviepilot