We haven’t yet seen Leap Year, the Amy Adams romantic comedy in theaters today, and while we’re sure it offers no shortage of satisfyingly predictable clichés, we do have one issue: 2010, the year of its release, is not a leap year! Of course, this is just the latest case in a dastardly Hollywood tradition of not releasing movies within the time frames that their titles mandate. Some of the more notable offenders below.
Groundhog Day — released February 12, 1993
Enchanted April — released July, 1992 (in the U.S.)
Mother’s Day — released September, 1980
Father’s Day — released May, 1997
Summer Hours — released March, 2008 (in France)
Meatballs 4: Summer Vacation — released March, 1992
Born on the 4th of July — released December, 1989
August — released July, 2008
Autumn in New York — released August, 2000
September — released December, 1987
October Sky — released February, 1999
Halloween (2007), Halloween II (2009) — both released in August
Sweet November — released February, 2001
November — released July, 2005
Surviving Christmas — released October, 2004
*Music bonus: Dr. Dre’s 2001 came out in 1999.
Okay, what did we miss?
