Año bisiesto 2010

Critics score:
96 / 100

Reviews provided by RottenTomatoes

Jeannette Catsoulis, New York Times: Shocks only with its candor and complete lack of dramatic manipulation. Read more

David Fear, Time Out: Like peanut butter and chocolate or Catholicism and guilt, few things go together better than sex and violence... Read more

Scott Tobias, AV Club: Leap Year lets actions speak louder than words, and the actions here are shockingly explicit. Read more

Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times: "Leap Year" might be too much for some audiences, but it is a potent and surprising work. Read more

Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: Nothing about Leap Year plays out exactly like you expect, and Rowe prefers to send you home with enigmatic questions instead of clear-cut answers. Read more

Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: A haunting portrait of loneliness in its starkest state. Read more

V.A. Musetto, New York Post: To Rowe's credit, this isn't just a movie about sex. It's a compassionate study of human loneliness. Read more

Andrew O'Hehir, Salon.com: It's a gripping, mysterious use of no-budget cinema at its finest, and an intimate character study with surprising emotional power. Read more

Trevor Johnston, Time Out: It shows what you can do when emotional understanding and storytelling craft become the ruling factors in a project, filtered through performers who can truly do the material justice. Read more

Michael Atkinson, Village Voice: There are trifling signs of freshmanship, but also a steady observant eye, and in the end Leap Year bears heartbreaking witness to hopeless depression, isolation, and the failure of sex as few movies ever have. Read more