The trailer for the Amy Adams-Matthew Goode romantic comedy, Leap Year, has gone online over at MSN.
Regular readers will know that we’ve been harsh on this film from the off, fearing that the premise – Adams plays a girl who flies to Dublin on Feb 29 to propose to her boyfriend, taking advantage of an old Irish tradition, but winds up on a torturous journey accompanied by Goode’s charming rogue – would lead to an avalanche of hackneyed Oirish clichés and jokes so old that they pre-date Frank Carson.
And, now that we’ve seen the trailer, we feel pretty damn vindicated. For example, there’s a bit where Adams and Goode are waylaid by a herd of cattle in the road. Well, of course they are. You can’t go anywhere in Ireland without being waylaid by a herd of cattle in the road.
Factor in some truly tired gags, and it all looks fairly underwhelming. However, the considerable charms of Adams and Goode, and the pretty cinematography, may just save the day.
Leap Year is out here early next year (which, of course, isn’t actually a leap year). To see the full trailer, click here.