The Leap Years (2008)

The Leap Years (2008). The Leap Years: Directed by Jean Yeo. With Jason Chan, Joan Chen, Ananda Everingham, Nadya Hutagalung. Li-ann, a dreamer, is a strong believer of the soul mate theory and rejects all men, especially her best friend KS, till she falls in love with Jeremy, at first sight. They tour Chinatown, Singapore, together on February 29 1980. Unfortunately, she is heartbroken when he tells her he is engaged. He decides to make up to her by meeting her same time, same place, every leap year. Their love spans twenty years, as they realize the pain of love until they take the leap of faith…and the leap of love…

“There are no spoilers in this review because everything was already shown in the movieu0026#39;s trailer. I am trying to be balanced in my review because I strongly support local movies, but I canu0026#39;t help but support the backlash against this movie. It is slow, boring and bordering on pointless. Even the u0026quot;almost nice and believable momentsu0026quot; were immediately undercut by painful clichés and bad acting. Vernetta Lopez and Wong Li Lin, whom I usually love, were only passable in this movie. It felt like the director was trying to make a melodramatic TV Soap, then got carried away and decided to put it on the big screen. The Leap Years should come with an RA rating (Rated Awful) but it hasnu0026#39;t changed my faith in local movies. More good films will come, so long as more films like these donu0026#39;t get made.”