Loosening Up More Uptight Women w/ 'Leap Year'
Filed under: Comedy, Romance, Trailers and Clips
Who started the whole cliche where an uptight American woman hits Ireland and finds out how to loosen up by a sexy, foreign man? There's something in the water over there in Hollywood's version of the country that makes every bloody romantic comedy feature this premise. It's not as bad as something like The Ugly Truth, that's for sure, but it pretty darned blatant.Following in the footsteps of Matchmaker, P.S. I Love You, and other romantic fare, MSN has debuted a trailer for Leap Year (check it out after the jump), the film where Matthew Goode gets to recover from the trauma of losing his new wife to a female florist (Imagine Me and You), and steal a desperate Amy Adams from the likes of Adam Scott. Now granted, she is on her way to Dublin and meets the man in Wales, but they're still heading to the land of shamrocks.
I guess there's just a strong Irish gene that burrows deep within a man and lets him see when a self-absorbed foreign woman will be the girl of his dreams, allowing him to be the romantic savior showing her untapped inner potential and true romance and security. But why, exactly, is Anand Tucker -- who brought us Hilary and Jackie, Shopgirl, And When Did You Last See Your Father?, and Red Riding: 1983 -- directing this schlock?
Check it out, if you dare, after the jump, and beware: it shows a lot. Then again, this does look like a typical romcom, so we already know how it turns out, right?
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11-13-2009 @ 1:52PM
Dan L said...
This is entirely unrelated to this post, but, Monika: What have you done?
I just checked in on the ol' domestic violence conversation happening on your other post, since last time I checked it was at about 24 comments. Me and Petro got into a little name-calling, and I thought, "well jeez, I hope we didn't derail a healthy conversation."
163 comments now. Is there a way to find out if this was linked on some Manson fan forum somwehere? What the HELL happened?
That's what happens when you 'single out' Marilyn Manson the way you so viciously did. Good job, you have brought upon yourself the wrath of the Manson nation.
:)
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11-13-2009 @ 1:53PM
Monika said...
Ha! While I expected the wrath of fandom, this was due to the column making the AOL front page.
But I do agree: A little wrath is good to keep ya honest. :)
11-14-2009 @ 2:04PM
Julie said...
When I saw this trailer, I didn't immediately think of the "suave European man loosening up the uptight American woman" movie, but rather the "man falls in love with uptight woman he is trying to safely deliver to her fiancee" movie. I remember when this movie was called It Happened One Night and/or I Know Where I'm Going and was a lot better.
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