A film that begins with a meet-cringe and ends with mis-apportioned blame.
Leap Year
Year: 2010
Written by: Deborah Kaplan and Harry Elfont
Directed by: Anand Tucker
Stars: Amy Adams, Matthew Goode
Show notes:
Happy 5th anniversary to us!!! In this year that is not a leap year please allow us to propose a film about proposals that also did not come out in a leap year.
If you would like to skip the plot summary for this month's film you can spool forward about 13 minutes into the episode.
In this episode we mention the films:
Saving Face* (2004) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0384504/)
Holidate* (2020) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9866072/)
Four Weddings and a Funeral (1994) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0109831/)
Overboard (1987) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0093693/)
Plus One* (2019) (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7645122/)
*Films marked with an asterisk have previously been featured on the podcast.
According to the article about it on Wikipedia, the leap year proposal tradition referenced in this film "is an Irish tradition by which women are allowed to propose to men on Leap Day, 29 February, based on a legend of Saint Bridget and Saint Patrick. It once had legal basis in Scotland and England." The Wikipedia article (accessed February 2026) is here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachelor%27s_Day_(tradition)
If you would like to suggest films for future episodes, you can tweet Lisa: @LisaStowaway.
We record these episodes over the internet. Sometimes the audio is not perfect. We apologise for that.
Music in this episode is by Martin Zaltz Austwick (martinzalzaustwick.com).
Artwork is by Lisa Findley.
Thank you for listening!
