Leap Year

After having left her family and moving to Mexico City, Laura (Monica del Carmen) confines herself to her small apartment, spending her days watching television, crossing the days off of the calendar, spying on the neighbors, and eating food from the can. To escape the abject loneliness of her life, she finds some degree of comfort in the arms of the men she brings home from clubs. Thanks to del Carmen's performance and the austere presentation (the film is filled with lengthy stationary shots, mirroring the static nature of Laura's existence), Leap Year is effective throughout in capturing the agony of unwanted solitude. The progressively more violent sexuality throughout is painful to watch and will turn most viewers away, but it is testament to the fact that the protagonist, sadly, prefers brutality to her own isolation.

3 & 1/4 stars, which is good since I'm not into rom-com genre. As usual, the story was silly & not believable. However, the acting was good & their relationship was touching.

Transgressive and unexpectedly hard to watch, the movie portrays loneliness in a never seen before way, as well as offers a visit to usually ignored charachters' intimacy and everyday life, creating an umpredictable tale of ordinary people that features career-best performance from Mónica del Carmen.

A haunting, disturbing, gripping, thrilling, unsettling and unpredictable exploration of loneliness, sexuality, emotional disorders, sadomasoquism and toxic relationships, anchored by a deft direction from Michael Rowe and a complex lead performance from Monica del Carmen.

This film was at first sight a turn off, the main actress at first seems like a self indulgent loser. The sex is honestly portrayed as empty, unlike Hollywood movies which tend to glamorize situations, in this film the sex scenes are depressing rather than unfilleting. I did understand why some reviewers were put off but I appreciate it rather than enjoyed it. So for this film set on its view apart, I give " Ano Bisiesto KA Leap Year " a D.

why are critics praising on this,is beyond me...it's like a grotesque version of 50 shades of grey...and I didn't even bother with that one,so...i don't really know why I watched this one in the first place.dear critics,you have a sick mind.sorry.

*** my review may contain spoilers *** Simply disgusting and horrible. Don't even bother unless you want to pull your own teeth or doing root canal without anaesthetic while watching this. I never wrote a review about any movie ever. If I watch any bad film, I just gonna think (well, wasted 2hrs of my life.. okay lets move on) not this one. This one is just scarred me for life. I've never been feminist myself but its just simply stupid. its just make me angry with the man and the woman. Its disgusting, pointless, too much porn action that super unnecessary (ok I watch it one or two actions, cool yeah I got it. no need too much) and BDSM that kind of more cruel. i live in Bangkok where most of the times, I think of how morally depraved and I feel sad of the situation here as in prostitution and any sort of real life problem for people who faced it. the depression, the loneliness, the eager and hope of from a woman who work here, in a soi cowboy or nana plaza, to get a man - who maybe one day actually going to care or fall for her. Or at least know their name. You could smell the sadness from hundred yards away if you live here. but this movie is just...... i don't even understand..... like really....... Too many pissing scene (as the guy pissed and the woman pissed in toilet) - if I'm into watersport porn or pissing movie - i can just use that keyword in any porn site I feel so frustrated because i hope in the end of the movie - there will be some sick twisted that make me not so evil by watching this. But its not. I just feel like I want to shower and pray to Universe and clean myself for what I just watch. I feel I lost my humanity by watching this movie. I don't get any "moral or life lesson or" this is what life nowadays, guys". nope, didn't get that message. zilch. nada. But then again, thats just my opinion. I realise nobody cares. I just share what i feel now and i feel satisfaction by doing it. I am sure, for you guys who super smart and understand about humanity and real life, maybe you could gain some lesson and found it interesting. For me everything is confusing and frustrating, either the girl want to suicide, or she want this guy to kill her, or is she incest and who took her virginity, nothing is answer. nothing. too foggy like pollution in China. if i want to watch or see something that too frustrating - i could just watch politics or real life news everyday, not a film.

I can only describe Monica del Carmen's performance as absolutely fearless.

A raw, uncompromising portrait of a woman journalist, brilliantly played by Monica Del Carmen, who is riven by isolation, financial insecurity and a sexually abusive past. The direction is masterful and if you like the work of Haneke and Von Trier, you may well find a lot to appreciate here.

Sort of weird...S&M gone a little crazy...she should have probably asked an NFL player to off her during sex