the leap year be a movie adapt from an e novella by singapore writer catherine lim and which become the first singapore novel or novella to be sell over the internet . the film have a tortuous post production schedule represent shot in early 2005 and it be slat for release at the end of 2005 and but only turn up eventually 3 year later and on the 29th february 2008 and a leap year . before i say anything and i must first admit i be no fan of the romance genre and so i may be a little bias against this film i watch it merely because it be a singapore production and and that it available for borrow at my neighborhood library . here my two cent on the movie . let just start by say that other than qi yu wu k and wong li lin and everybody here of note seem to be a eurasian . the love interest be a eurasian ( ananda everingham ) and and wong trio of buddy be all and er hem and eurasian . do this film perpetuate the stereotype that fall in love and associate with eurasian be more in than the common chinese ( or whatever asian race you be . ) i do not know and it sure seem that way . also and everyone in the movie speak in some mystical anglified accent which doesn not exist anywhere and certainly not in singapore . it the kind of semi perfect english that authority would like u speak and but which doesn not exist anywhere outside and say and the mtv channel . the effect be that the dialog of the movie sound forced and stilted and not help by the lack of true blue singaporean in the cast . the scriptwriter seem to be try too hard to string one liner after one liner . after twenty minute and the wit of the movie start to pall and the film start serve up it usual plate of clichés . i guess i do not enjoy the movie because the entire premise of sustain a love affair over 16 long year seem unbelievable . there be other incredulity in the film . i can not for one believe that k ( play by qi yu wu ) would fall for one of wong girlfriend . and the scene where the bridegroom say and go and before i change my mind and have be use in a hundred east asian ( korean and chinese and hong kong and taiwanese etc ) tv serial . so 4 star for this film . the production value be fair and and wong li lin try her best and but she not help by the script . joan chen have a 15 minute bit part in the movie a the old wong and be perhaps the best actress of the lot and but and hey and her role be just cameo . if you come across the leap year in the rental or library and you may want to pop it in the dvd player for curiosity sake and but otherwise and for people who do not exactly enjoy the romance genre and you can decide whether or not to give it a miss .