'Leap Year' a terrible mistake for Amy Adams

Does everyone have to take things literally?? Lighten up. At least we get to see some beautiful scenery.

TheBelle, you are right on about a romance with a PG rating, and Amy Adams is always cute. Take the girls and enjoy the scenary, who knows, maybe "yer man" reviewed it with a bit of a tainted eye and it will be better than stated.

Niamhaine, I'm sorry, I didn't realize you were discussing only one part of Ireland in your comments. :-) Thank you for being decent, however, in them; it's refreshing to see these days. As for the movie itself, the reason I had considered seeing it was because I had to do a double-take when the rating was announced. PG rated romance, in this day and age? You mean I can actually take my daughters to see it? That alone was worth looking into.

A-h-h, TheBelle, the Republic of Ireland is not part of the UK, but let's save that age old debate for another day.') Lillyobrien, if it's your chance to see some beautiful Irish scenary up on the big screen- go for it.:) We've decided to save our $$ and just wait until we return next month, and splurge the money on an extra drink while gazing at the Atlantic from Lahinch.

The story line will be terrible I know but just to get a background look of the beautiful Irish country, might be worth it? No/yes

Sorry to burst YOUR bubble, but there was no bubble to burst. :-) My heritage is Irish (O'Daugherty) and so don't assume I was attacking Ireland; far from it. In fact, the UK has the lowest anti-American sentiment rating in the polls I've seen, so I wasn't even talking about any part of the UK at all. But surely everyone must be aware by now of how U.S. perception abroad has taken a sharp downturn in recent years, and the sad fact is that it's our own media that has contributed to that. For years I've seen blogs and comments on news reports from people who say that all the bad things that have happpened here were only what we deserved for being rich, spoiled warmongers. The scary thing is that some of those comments come from people who actually live here, and who choose to believe what they read from an op-ed with a political agenda, rather than look around at their friends, neighbors, and communities, to see that the vast majority of us don't fit that description. 46% of Americans in a recent poll said that they think our culture is a negative influence, compared with numbers in the 30s in other countries, so it's starting here and reaching out. What CAN other countries believe, when this is what's reported here, about us (although I wish people would understand that the media do not represent the majority, and are not always as truthful as they'd like everyone to believe), and when our movies make us look like we're all a bunch of hedonistic idiots? Our president's recent travels have been referred to as "the apology tour", because there is a mass effort going on to make us feel as though everything we do is wrong, and that we need to make reparations to everyone, and from the comments I've read, and the rising poll numbers, it looks like the idea is catching on.

LOL, all this worry over this movie- one I presume none of you have even seen yet? That's really silly beyond description.

John Huston shot "The Quiet Man'? I believe John Ford produced and directed that film. I'm just saying.

Hate to burst your bubble, TheBelle, but I am American. I live in Ireland for 6 months and in America for 6 months of each year. I am very cognizant of how quite a few Americans negatively stereotype Irish- not only on American soil, but when they are in Ireland on holiday. When I am on Irish soil, I have always been treated with respect by the Irish. Unfortunately, I can not say that I have always observed the Irish receiving that same treatment, home or abroad from the Americans.

The Belle, you still despite your eloquent post not give a single example of the negative aspects of American stereotyping in movies. As far as I can tell ye are always held up as victorious, powerful, more intelligent etc, only ever (most of the time) really painting yereselves in a good light. Unfortunately it seems you wear rose tinted glasses.

HA! I work in Hollywood and can assure you that it isn't only Irish stereotypes -- Hollywood seems incapable of moving past ANY stereotype. (And BTW, all this negative press will only up the interest in the film expanding the box office and will result in more such stereotypical films being made. It is, after all, show BUSINESS.)

It's not "just fiction" it's outdated insulting b.s. I think that's the reviewers take. There's actually no such thing as "just fiction." Even fairy tales have a point of view and a proposition to sell.

Wow. You mean Hollywood actually produced a movie that plays on negative Irish stereotypes? There's a shock!

I would like to point out that a great deal of what other countries see and hear about the U.S. is not even close to being accurate, either, but it's believed, simply because a movie was made about it, or someone read it in some publication or other. Ireland does not hold a monopoly on its culture and/or people being misunderstood. I've read far too many comments about Americans in general that have stemmed from someone watching movies that were made by people with opinions that are most definitely NOT representative of the general population, but were taken as such, simply because the person making the movie had more money, and was able to get a larger audience than your average citizen will ever have. A louder voice does not equal a majority, and one of the previous posters may want to keep that in mind when judging the number of Americans who "believe in leprechauns".

Did anyone tell this reporter it's a fictional movie and not a documentary film? Good Lord film critics need a big cup of "RELAX".