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Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 4.00 out of 4 stars for Preview Family Movie ReviewPreview Family Movie Review
Just one fly in the ointment. We’ll get to that in a moment. First, the positive. George Clooney is incredibly gifted. His looks and persona resonate with those of the stars of Hollywood’s Golden Era. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Preview Family Movie Review
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Beaumont Journal (Danny Minton)Beaumont Journal (Danny Minton)
Clooney and gang turn this intelligent sports comedy into a fun and enjoyable escapade. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Beaumont Journal (Danny Minton)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for E! Online (Chris Farnsworth)E! Online (Chris Farnsworth)
A good-natured throwback to the days of screwball comedy, the movie is at its best away from the playing field. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at E! Online (Chris Farnsworth)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.60 out of 4 stars for Video-Reviewmaster.com (Steve Crum)Video-Reviewmaster.com (Steve Crum)
It is about as close as we will ever get to, say, Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell--in rapid fire wordplay. And the words, by Brantley and Reilly, connect fast and witty. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Video-Reviewmaster.com (Steve Crum)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The Sydney Morning Herald The Sydney Morning Herald
As well as having a gift for winning, he came back from World War I as a hero, having single-handedly persuaded a German military unit to surrender to him. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at The Sydney Morning Herald
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)
Actor/director/producer/humanitarian/Oscar-winner/all-around Hollywood good-guy George Clooney brings the bygone days of screwball comedies back to life on the big screen with Leatherheads, co-starring Renee Zellweger and Jim from The Office (aka John ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at About.com Hollywood Movies (Rebecca Murray)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for The Cinema Source (Andrea Tuccillo)The Cinema Source (Andrea Tuccillo)
Being a huge fan of the screwball comedies of the Cary Grant/Katharine Hepburn variety, I was delighted to hear that George Clooney was putting his own spin on the genre. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at The Cinema Source (Andrea Tuccillo)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.50 out of 4 stars for Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
The plots collide in the final act when Clooney stages a wild “big game” to balance out the maturation of his characters. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Filmjerk.com (Brian Orndorf)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.30 out of 4 stars for Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
A credible evocation of screwball comedies. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Compuserve (Harvey S. Karten)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.30 out of 4 stars for BrianOrndorf.com (Brian Orndorf)BrianOrndorf.com (Brian Orndorf)
Executed with a fizzy bang that Clooney pulls off with a prohibition stupor and some knee-slapping generosity; the man knows how to stage a bar fight and a game of verbal chess with the best of them. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at BrianOrndorf.com (Brian Orndorf)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.25 out of 4 stars for Christian Spotlight on the MoviesChristian Spotlight on the Movies
Overall, I would recommend this movie for adults for its movie making quality and entertainment value. However, there is profanity in the film, and the Lord’s name is used in vain at different points throughout the movie. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Christian Spotlight on the Movies
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Jay Seaver)eFilmCritic.com (Jay Seaver)
George Clooney has many fine qualities, but among the ones I most appreciate is an appreciation for past eras in film and American life that doesn't approach blind worship. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Jay Seaver)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
"Leatherheads" is a profoundly unprofound film that really doesn't have anything on its mind other than to give audiences a couple of hours of giggly fun. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Brian Orndorf)eFilmCritic.com (Brian Orndorf)
George Clooney has not only proven himself to be one of the most charismatic actors working today, but he’s become something of a versatile director as well. “Leatherheads” is certainly the zaniest film he’s made so far, but it rings a bell of con ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Brian Orndorf)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Eye for Film (Jennie Kermode)Eye for Film (Jennie Kermode)
If somebody had described this film to me before I saw it, I'd have laughed and said "Oh, no, they don't make 'em like that any more!" I'm very glad I was wrong. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Eye for Film (Jennie Kermode)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for The King's Room (Paul Perkins)The King's Room (Paul Perkins)
I am not a big sport fans esp football i have seen only a couple of football games in my 35 years of living. But i have seen a lot of sports movies some were good and some were bad. This week we have a new football movie hitting the multiplexs it called ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at The King's Room (Paul Perkins)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for FirstShowing.net (Ken Evans)FirstShowing.net (Ken Evans)
If you're not in the mood for horror movie, a band documentary or a kid's film that looks extremely boring, then Leatherheads is for you. This is a fun movie for anyone. Take a date, take your family, or just see it with some friends. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at FirstShowing.net (Ken Evans)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
May not always ring the gong, but it makes for an unfailingly pleasant two hours of entertainment. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Mountain Xpress (Asheville, NC) (Ken Hanke)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for Boxoffice Magazine (Pete Hammond)Boxoffice Magazine (Pete Hammond)
Without anything else on its mind but to entertain, Leatherheads throws the equivalent of a cinematic touchdown. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Boxoffice Magazine (Pete Hammond)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
Like his first two directorial efforts, “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” and “Good Night, and Good Luck,” George Clooney’s “Leatherheads” is a period film that comments on the media and popular culture that simultaneously evokes a long-gong ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at efilmcritic.com (Peter Sobczynski)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for The Critical CriticsThe Critical Critics
So, if you haven’t had the chance to check Leatherheads out yet, do so. It isn’t going to win any awards but you’ll most certainly be entertained. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at The Critical Critics
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for filmcritic.com (Sean O'Connell)filmcritic.com (Sean O'Connell)
hangs so close to films produced during a forgotten age that audiences who don't recall how quick-witted screwball comedies used to be might not fully appreciate it (or even care to). ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at filmcritic.com (Sean O'Connell)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.20 out of 4 stars for ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
A deeply satisfying and entertaining film that will appeal just as much to guys as their ladies. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at ComingSoon.net (Edward Douglas)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Christianity Today (Russ Breimeier)Christianity Today (Russ Breimeier)
It juggles too many elements--sports, romance, slapstick, Capra-esque cinema--and doesn't do justice to any of them. But the film is brimming with nostalgia and charm. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Christianity Today (Russ Breimeier)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Ever the jokester, Clooney doesn't rely on his writers to come up with all the funny stuff. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Creative Loafing (Matt Brunson)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) (Nick Rogers)State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) (Nick Rogers)
Self-assured even when it's self-aware, this is a fizzy concoction with three fingers of Billy Wilder and one of Frank Capra. It's shaken with the Coens and topped off with a splash of Ron Shelton and a cinematographical cream-soda sheen. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at State Journal-Register (Springfield, IL) (Nick Rogers)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ScreenjabberScreenjabber
It's a standard screwball set-up and, when Clooney and Zellwegger are trading flirtatious insults, you could almost believe — and celebrate — that the genre's back. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Screenjabber
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Writers Duncan Brantley and Rick Reilly, who sold the first version of this debut script back in 1991, want to celebrate the innocence of those early days -- both pro football's and modern America's -- and the feeling that anything was possible back then. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Charlotte Observer (Lawrence Toppman)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Newsday (Rafer Guzman)Newsday (Rafer Guzman)
Both behind and before the camera, Clooney imbues Leatherheads with an irresistible charm and intelligence, raising it far above the average period piece. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Newsday (Rafer Guzman)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Bucket Reviews (Danny Baldwin)Bucket Reviews (Danny Baldwin)
It may surprise some moviegoers that Leatherheads, a fictional telling of the early days of professional football, was directed by George Clooney. Anyone who is familiar Clooney’s previous directorial efforts, Goodnight and Good Luck and Confessions of ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Bucket Reviews (Danny Baldwin)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (Greg Maki)Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (Greg Maki)
... The witty dialogue, delivered with verve and precise timing, especially by Clooney and Zellweger, is the the movie's greatest strength. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Star-Democrat (Easton, MD) (Greg Maki)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Daily News (Bob Strauss)Los Angeles Daily News (Bob Strauss)
Artificial as Leatherheads sometimes gets, it's grounded in modern screen naturalism. As in all of Clooney's directing efforts, there's also an ethical seriousness at its core. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Los Angeles Daily News (Bob Strauss)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Sun-Times (Jim Emerson)Chicago Sun-Times (Jim Emerson)
Film fans used to speculate about whether Clooney could become the Cary Grant of our time, and now we know he's our Clark Gable and William Holden and Dean Martin, too. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Chicago Sun-Times (Jim Emerson)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)
For the first hour, "Leatherheads" is a motor-mouthed romantic comedy that pays affectionate tribute to "His Girl Friday" and other verbally dexterous comedies of the '30s and '40s (the movie is set in 1926, but never mind). It's all pretty artificial, ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for USA Today (Claudia Puig)USA Today (Claudia Puig)
The football saga Leatherheads, a nimble throwback to the screwball comedies of the 1930s, meets its goal. Though not as clever as the Preston Sturges or Howard Hawks movies to which it pays tribute, it succeeds at what it sets out to be: ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ReelTalk (Adam J. Hakari)ReelTalk (Adam J. Hakari)
Much like the "athletes" it depicts, Leatherheads doesn't always have its act together. It's a little rough around the edges and could've used a rewrite or two to shave off some of the thematic fat. But if you're in the mood for a movie that, at the end ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at ReelTalk (Adam J. Hakari)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Hollywood.com (Pete Hammond)Hollywood.com (Pete Hammond)
A comic winner set against the beginning of pro football in 1925, Leatherheads is first-class movie entertainment in the tradition of 1973’s The Sting. The script has been floating around for about 17 years , developed by two Sports Illustrated writers ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Hollywood.com (Pete Hammond)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ReelTalk Movie Reviews (John P. McCarthy)ReelTalk Movie Reviews (John P. McCarthy)
The flimsy headgear worn by football players in the 1920s provided little protection from injury. Does that explain how the sepia-tinged Leatherheads came to be so slaphappy? Sure, the game was brutal back then -- sorely in need of rules, proper helmets ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at ReelTalk Movie Reviews (John P. McCarthy)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Boston GlobeBoston Globe
George Clooney wins frequent comparisons to Clark Gable and Cary Grant. But we don't have to go back that far: 2005's "Good Night, and Good Luck," with its obvious political leanings (to the left, to the left) proved that Clooney is more like Warren ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Boston Globe
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Leatherheads has its charms - most of them Clooney's, as he again embodies the definition of manliness: The guy other guys want to be, and women want to be with. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Salt Lake Tribune (Sean Means)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for KYW Newsradio (Bill Wine)KYW Newsradio (Bill Wine)
There's no screwball in football, but there's plenty of football in this screwball comedy. George Clooney's Leatherheads is, appropriately enough, a real kick -- a return to the jaunty, wisecracking romps of the '30s and '40s. Clooney is the ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at KYW Newsradio (Bill Wine)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
The principle that seems to be guiding George Clooney's choice of films to be in and/or direct is, "make 'em laugh or make 'em think." This madcap period comedy on the birth of football as a profession with rules and a commissioner, written by Duncan ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
George Clooney's goofy ode to the origins of professional football is nothing short of an old-fashioned screwball comedy. And a pretty good one at that. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Big Picture Big Sound (Joe Lozito)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown)Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown)
Clooney and the cast manage to nose across the goal line with a winning score. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Houston Community Newspapers (Gary Brown)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Deseret News, Salt Lake City Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Parts of "Leatherheads" play out like a highlight reel of scenes from earlier George Clooney comedies. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Cinematical (James Rocchi)Cinematical (James Rocchi)
"Screwball comedy" implies a certain snap and rotation -- a velocity to the gags and a vector to the plot -- but the people who made Leatherheads don't quite have the strength of arm or skew of angle to make Leatherheads truly screwball ... ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Cinematical (James Rocchi)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for ReelViews (James Berardinelli)ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
There's a rule in Hollywood: spring is for baseball films; fall is for football films. It's a time-honored tradition that makes sense when one considers the seasonal popularity of the sports, but Leatherheads flouts it. This is a football-themed film ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at ReelViews (James Berardinelli)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Nolan's Pop Culture Review (Michael A. Smith)Nolan's Pop Culture Review (Michael A. Smith)
In his third film as director, Clooney has taken us back to the films he enjoyed as a child, the classic romantic comedies of Preston Sturgess and Frank Capra. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Nolan's Pop Culture Review (Michael A. Smith)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Cinema in Focus (Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin)Cinema in Focus (Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin)
The comic-book style of "Leatherheads" where people can get into fights without bleeding and throw people into mud without breathing makes the film a delightful flight into romantic comedy. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Cinema in Focus (Denny Wayman and Hal Conklin)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (Jeffrey Westhoff)Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (Jeffrey Westhoff)
Glib, sophisticated and silly. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Northwest Herald (Crystal Lake, IL) (Jeffrey Westhoff)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for USA Today (Claudia Puig)USA Today (Claudia Puig)
More amiable than witty and relying heavily on the likability and charm of its lead actors, Leatherheads scores more points as a retro romantic comedy than a football saga. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at USA Today (Claudia Puig)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Lee's Movie Info (Lee Tistaert)Lee's Movie Info (Lee Tistaert)
Judging from the audience reactions, though, it was hard to tell how Leatherheads was playing in general. A section of the crowd was usually with it, chuckling, and enjoying it, but it was difficult to tell if that was the majority reaction. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Lee's Movie Info (Lee Tistaert)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Just when you think, 'Enough already on the sliding-in-the-mud jokes,' Leatherheads tosses up a great joke that is the cinematic equivalent of a Hail Mary pass that sends the home team to victory. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at St. Paul Pioneer Press (Chris Hewitt (St. Paul))
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Richmond Times-DispatchRichmond Times-Dispatch
George Clooney's football comedy "Leatherheads" catches the ball in the end zone and streaks down the sideline, untouched. And then, for no reason at all, it fumbles the ball on the 10 yard line. The last half-hour is a mess, flailing about literally ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Richmond Times-Dispatch
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Urban Cinefile (Australia)Urban Cinefile (Australia)
Leatherheads delights in the brawls, especially those on the football field. But there are also bar brawls and in a fight between Dodge and Carter, they carefully explain to each other which body part to avoid. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Urban Cinefile (Australia)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)
It's surprisingly, refreshingly effective at times, and it is old-fashioned in several respects. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Deseret News, Salt Lake City (Jeff Vice)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
He belongs to two churches - film and football - and George Clooney worships at both in Leatherheads, a scrappy debate on the rules we live by disguised as a screwball comedy. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Rolling Stone (Peter Travers)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for Kansas City Star (David Frese)Kansas City Star (David Frese)
"Zellweger's Lexie isn't some silly sexpot or spoiled simp; she's a thoroughly modern moll." ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Kansas City Star (David Frese)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 3.00 out of 4 stars for WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
a madcap romp full of laughs and verbal gymnastics, but the movie becomes too serious towards the end ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at WaffleMovies.com (Willie Waffle)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.90 out of 4 stars for About.com (Rebecca Murray)About.com (Rebecca Murray)
The real high points of the movie are the verbal sparring matches between Clooney and Zellweger, and Clooney, Zellweger & Krasinski. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at About.com (Rebecca Murray)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.90 out of 4 stars for Beliefnet (Nell Minow)Beliefnet (Nell Minow)
Like the 1925 ragtag professional football team it follows, this movie has more high spirits than ability to deliver. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Beliefnet (Nell Minow)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.90 out of 4 stars for Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)
Even in a middling comedy such as this one, which he also directed, he's alarmingly ardent. Clooney is relying on the tremendous audience rapport he's built up over the years, and he's right to do so. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Christian Science Monitor (Peter Rainer)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.90 out of 4 stars for Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
No director-star in movies has a better gut understanding of the Great American Circus and the lost glamour of masculine heroism than George Clooney. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Baltimore Sun (Michael Sragow)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.90 out of 4 stars for EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)
A loopy Roaring Twenties screwball comedy, executed with confidence. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at EricDSnider.com (Eric D. Snider)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
The amusement level may not make for a sold out arena nor raise you to your feet in excitement but it has its moments of mirth and pizazz. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Cinema Signals (Jules Brenner)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for PopMatters (Bill Gibron)PopMatters (Bill Gibron)
You've got to give Clooney credit for trying, especially when most of Leatherheads is a jaunty, jazz age dream. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at PopMatters (Bill Gibron)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)
Clooney and Zellweger radiate intelligence and seem to take pleasure in each other's mental agility. Even when the lines are less than spectacular, the spark between the two actors is knowing and playful. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.80 out of 4 stars for Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
What starts as a thoroughly enjoyable screwball romp ... gets bogged down in some over-ambitious plotting and serious themes as it goes along ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Shadows on the Wall (Rich Cline)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Comingsoon.netComingsoon.net
It's hard to imagine that a mere eighty years ago professional sports as we know them didn't exist. How far we've come since those heady days of the mid-'20s when professional football was barely a step above working in a mine or on a farm, and the men ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Comingsoon.net
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Moviepie.comMoviepie.com
Listen, doll, here's the skinny on this picture: it's good, but it ain't great. It's got a whole lot o' rat-a-tat-tat dialogue comin' fast and furious like a sailor on shore leave, but it's sayin' a lot without sayin' much. Funny? Sure. But so's my aunt ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Moviepie.com
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for The New York Times (A.O. Scott)The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
In the good old days, around 1925, according to “Leatherheads,” professional football was a lot more fun, a rough, ragged enterprise, untrammeled by corporate influence and unconstrained by rules and regulations. And in the slightly more recent old da ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at The New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for At the Movies (David Stratton)At the Movies (David Stratton)
Maybe the final football match is a bit confusing – especially if, like me, you don’t know a great deal about these things – but overall LEATHERHEADS is like an oasis in the middle of a desert – a genuinely enjoyable romantic comedy. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at At the Movies (David Stratton)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Watertown Daily Times (Adam Tobias)Watertown Daily Times (Adam Tobias)
It's hard to deny that Clooney is one of Hollywood's best leading men, and "Leatherheads" proves that he can be just as good behind the camera as he is in front of it. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Watertown Daily Times (Adam Tobias)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for U.S. Conference of Catholic BishopsU.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
But, on the whole, Clooney has made an enjoyably innocent, old-fashioned love story, with an irresistible musical soundtrack, too. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for The New York Sun (Ruth Graham)The New York Sun (Ruth Graham)
The "Leatherheads" script, written 16 years ago by Duncan Brantley and Sports Illustrated columnist Rick Reilly, does lack zip in some places, which is no small problem in a film whose comedic ancestors were bursting with wit. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at The New York Sun (Ruth Graham)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Associated Press (David Germain)Associated Press (David Germain)
The film leaves you longing for a few Hail Mary end-zone passes, while the filmmakers stick to a story that tries to pound it out with a safe, tedious ground game. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Associated Press (David Germain)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for The New York Sun (Ruth Graham)The New York Sun (Ruth Graham)
It's a bit slick in some places, slack in others, but that's the film's point about football, too: Sometimes following the rules takes the fun out of things. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at The New York Sun (Ruth Graham)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)
George Clooney's "Leatherheads" is a movie you want to like. The Roaring '20s costumes, sets and music all look terrific, and a story about the early days of professional football -- a sport then relegated to college play -- is a fresh movie ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Hollywood Reporter (Kirk Honeycutt)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.75 out of 4 stars for Parent PreviewsParent Previews
It's 1925 and the concept of professional football is sputtering along like an ill-running Model T. Teams such as the Duluth Bulldogs are dogged by slow ticket sales, insufficient sponsorships ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Parent Previews
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.60 out of 4 stars for Onion AV Club (Keith Phipps)Onion AV Club (Keith Phipps)
If amiability equaled greatness, Leatherheads would be destined to become a classic. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Onion AV Club (Keith Phipps)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.60 out of 4 stars for Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)
It would have been interesting to see what the Coen Brothers would have made of this project. Still, "Leatherheads" has its moments and is certainly an amiable little comedy. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Reeling Reviews (Laura Clifford)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.60 out of 4 stars for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
Most of the gags work, but the shtick is overdone and Clooney finally runs out of charming reactions to the world's abuse. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Seattle Post-Intelligencer (William Arnold)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.60 out of 4 stars for FilmJerk.com (Edward Havens)FilmJerk.com (Edward Havens)
To call something a screwball comedy instead of just a comedy is to add an extra level of farcical expectations all too easy to not meet. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at FilmJerk.com (Edward Havens)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.60 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)
There's a subtlety to the filmmaking that's a refreshing change from the numbing obviousness of movies geared to the teen demo. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Philadelphia Daily News (Gary Thompson)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.60 out of 4 stars for Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
In the wake of "Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day," we have yet another screwball comedy. And this one, while it has its problems, isn't so bad, either. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Bangor Daily News (Maine) (Christopher Smith)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for ShowBIZ DataShowBIZ Data
Leatherheads, studio publicists have said, is intended to be a kind of throwback to those movies of the '40s and '50s called "screwball comedies." And Rafer Guzmán in Newsday applauds George Clooney, who both stars in the football film and directs it, ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at ShowBIZ Data
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
With George Clooney and Renee Zellweger as stars, “Letherheads” has to have at least some entertainment to offer, and there is special interest since Clooney is directing. Although far-fetched and a mess, the film’s period setting (the 1920s) and ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Wolf Entertainment Guide (William Wolf)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Leatherheads goes on a good 20 minutes too long, and there's very little in it that makes a lasting impression, but it's easy to watch while it's unspooling -- much like, you know, a lot of Cary Grant comedies. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Miami Herald (Rene Rodriguez)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Washington Times (Christian Toto)Washington Times (Christian Toto)
Leatherheads proves you can't make 'em like they used to, no matter how hard someone like George Clooney tries. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Washington Times (Christian Toto)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
Zellweger and Clooney do have screwball chemistry, but the screenplay, by sportswriters Duncan Brantley and Rick Reilly, is rife with scenes done better in the classic romantic comedies it admires. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (Duane Dudek)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Oregonian (Shawn Levy)Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
George Clooney, wearing his director's cap along with his movie star crown, has tried mightily to whip up a frothy, frisky and frolicsome frappe of snappy dialogue, slapstick comedy and smart-aleck romance. He and his writers and co-stars and crew fill ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Oregonian (Shawn Levy)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for The New York Sun (Ruth Graham)The New York Sun (Ruth Graham)
From "Philadelphia Story" through "Dumb and Dumber," one of the most tried-and-true cinematic formulas is the competition between two men for the same woman. Another is the ragtag underdog sports team that goes up against a bigger team that's all brawn ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at The New York Sun (Ruth Graham)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)
Everyone's too mannered, and most everything's too slow. Especially for a throwback. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Houston Chronicle (Amy Biancolli)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) (Gina Carbone)Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) (Gina Carbone)
There's a strange little war movie living inside Leatherheads. What isn't inside is a football film. Not enough of one, anyway. If this were American Idol, Randy Jackson would say it was pitchy and all over the place. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Seacoast Newspapers (NH/Maine) (Gina Carbone)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for kids-in-mindkids-in-mind
An enterprising professional football player (George Clooney) hires a college football star (John Krasinski) to give a much needed boost to his failing team and the failing business of professional football. At the same time, a journalist (Renée ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at kids-in-mind
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for MTV (Kurt Loder)MTV (Kurt Loder)
"Leatherheads" is a movie of steady, if unspectacular, pleasure. Nominally a story about the birth of professional football in the mid-1920s, when the sport was mostly a collegiate attraction, the picture is really a fizzy salute to the screwball ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at MTV (Kurt Loder)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for The Seattle Times (Moira Macdonald)The Seattle Times (Moira Macdonald)
You can't accuse George Clooney of being stuck in a rut. After a run of strong dramas — starring in "Michael Clayton," directing "Good Night, and Good Luck," executive producing and acting in "Syriana" — this generation's Cary Grant decided to direct ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at The Seattle Times (Moira Macdonald)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)
When a film stars three people you adore and still falters, the instinct is to blame the director. But that's tricky when the director is one of the people you adore. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Sacramento Bee (Carla Meyer)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Box Office Mojo (Scott Holleran)Box Office Mojo (Scott Holleran)
Leatherheads is Hollywood's latest George Clooney vehicle, supposedly a comedy about a football team in 1925. But Leatherheads is actually an unfocused, overloaded and self-indulgent mess. Digging right in with the roar of a pre-professional football ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Box Office Mojo (Scott Holleran)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Pittsburgh Post-GazettePittsburgh Post-Gazette
Noted prankster George Clooney is a man who knows how to laugh -- even, or especially, at his own expense. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Pittsburgh Post-Gazette
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for NewsBlaze (Prairie Miller)NewsBlaze (Prairie Miller)
An odd screen combo of insanely silly retro-screwball humor, the bumbling antics of a football team of attention deficit disorder, looney tunes Keystone jocks, and a smart-aleck, acid tongue reporter babe upstaging all those sweaty gents around her. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at NewsBlaze (Prairie Miller)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for L.A. Weekly (Scott Foundas)L.A. Weekly (Scott Foundas)
When Time recently featured George Clooney on its cover accompanied by the headline “The Last Movie Star” — note not even a question mark at the end — you didn’t have to read the article to know where it was coming from. After all, stars of the ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at L.A. Weekly (Scott Foundas)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
If you have a hankering for old-style Hollywood comedy and romance, and Turner Classic Movies is on a Steve McQueen or John Wayne jag, Leatherheads offers an agreeable substitute. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
Drawing from movies rather than life, Leatherheads often feels like a likable exercise in retro style rather than a film with a compelling reason to exist on its own. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Minneapolis Star Tribune (Colin Covert)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Mediasearch, Australia Mediasearch, Australia
â€Leatherheads’ is an intelligent comedy that will be greatly appreciated by film lovers that just don’t find most romantic or teenage comedies funny. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Mediasearch, Australia
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Baltimore City Paper (Cole Haddon)Baltimore City Paper (Cole Haddon)
Leatherheads, director/star George Clooney's take on the origins of professional football, reintroduces the screwball comedy to modern audiences. Except for a few thematic elements and a random tame curse word, it could have--and maybe should have--been ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Baltimore City Paper (Cole Haddon)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Newsweek (David Ansen)Newsweek (David Ansen)
Leatherheads," George Clooney's nostalgic comedy about the early, no-holds-barred days of pro football circa 1925, is meant to evoke the snappy romantic comedies of the '30s. The archetypes are in place: Renée Zellweger's ambitious gal reporter Lexie ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Newsweek (David Ansen)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for The Seattle Times (Moira Macdonald)The Seattle Times (Moira Macdonald)
What saves the movie, though, is something very old-fashioned indeed: movie-star charisma. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at The Seattle Times (Moira Macdonald)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Sean the Movie Guy (Sean McBride)Sean the Movie Guy (Sean McBride)
Has enough of the screwball comedy flavor to appeal to fans of Preston Sturges or George Cukor. Sports fans, on the other hand, will be disappointed. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Sean the Movie Guy (Sean McBride)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)
Given the contemporary imperative to put movies into boxes neatly sorted by function, it's hard to know what to make of "Leatherheads," a light, charming, well-executed pastiche of a 1930s screwball comedy that alternates between witty repartee and (less ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Los Angeles Times (Carina Chocano)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Newhouse News Service (Stephen Whitty)Newhouse News Service (Stephen Whitty)
Like the Jazz Age football players it idolizes, George Clooney's "Leatherheads" sets a good pace, holds on to a can-do spirit and has a lot of heart. Also like them, unfortunately, it's not quite as good as it needs to be, or thinks it is. Clooney's ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Newhouse News Service (Stephen Whitty)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
Leatherheads is no disaster, but it leaves you wanting both less and more. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Seattle Times (Moira MacDonald)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for cinemattraction (Brandon Fibbs)cinemattraction (Brandon Fibbs)
This has been a good spring for comedies that look backward in time for their inspiration. Last month, Miss Pettigrew Lives for a Day harkened back to an age of zany films that embraced farcical situations, mistaken identities, hidden secrets, slapstick ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at cinemattraction (Brandon Fibbs)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Premiere Magazine (Ryan Stewart)Premiere Magazine (Ryan Stewart)
Leatherheads isn't poorly made, but it's easy, hang-back material from a director who's already proven himself up for a challenge, and that's hard to accept. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Premiere Magazine (Ryan Stewart)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
It wouldn't be at all accurate to say that I disliked Leatherheads; I simply found myself kind of stunned that all the good stuff didn't somehow add up to more. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Aisle Seat (Mike McGranaghan)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for St. Louis Post-DispatchSt. Louis Post-Dispatch
All that earnest effort sinks "Leatherheads" with wooden performances, contrived scenarios and an utter lack of the charm and grace that highlights those classic romantic comedies of the 1930s. Clooney plays Dodge Connelly, an aging football star in ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for The Denver PostThe Denver Post
Slapstick meets screwball in "Leatherheads," an amiable valentine to an era of breakneck repartee, bathtub booze and anything-goes gridiron warfare. The setting is 1925 Duluth, Minn., home base of the Bulldogs, a rough-and-ready pro football team in ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at The Denver Post
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for New York Post (Lou Lumenick)New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
AFTER the twin triumphs "Michael Clayton" and "Good Night, and Good Luck" almost anything George Clooney does as an actor or filmmaker runs a risk of disappointing by comparison. Especially when "Leatherheads," the first film Clooney's directed where ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at New York Post (Lou Lumenick)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for San Antonio Express-News (Larry Ratliff)San Antonio Express-News (Larry Ratliff)
Oh brother, George, where art thou going with this? ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at San Antonio Express-News (Larry Ratliff)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.50 out of 4 stars for Wolfpack Productions (Sujit 'Chief' Chawla)Wolfpack Productions (Sujit 'Chief' Chawla)
So while Leatherheads has football as its centerpiece, the movie was really about the playful banter between George Clooney and Renée Zellweger. Now let me first say, I love John Krasinski on The Office and he seems like a really nice guy. But he was ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Wolfpack Productions (Sujit 'Chief' Chawla)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Sky Movies (Tim Evans)Sky Movies (Tim Evans)
By the final touchdown, there is enough to like and - let's face it - we'll always take time out for twinkly-eyed George. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Sky Movies (Tim Evans)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for MovieMaze.de (Dimitrios Athanassiou)MovieMaze.de (Dimitrios Athanassiou)
Sport kann mitunter "Mord" sein. Man braucht Helden und pfiffige Reporter, um dem Spiel wieder Leben einzuhauchen. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at MovieMaze.de (Dimitrios Athanassiou)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for MovieWeb (Matt Sheehan)MovieWeb (Matt Sheehan)
Let's get it over with: George Clooney is a sexy man. He's got good looks, charm, suave sophistication and tremendous talent to boot. Unfortunately, those indelible qualities get the ball running but can't help "Leatherheads" during the end game. It ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at MovieWeb (Matt Sheehan)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Total Film (Rob James)Total Film (Rob James)
Is it a romantic comedy? A sporting history lesson? A homage to Howard Hawks? It’s all three. Not the touchdown we expected after Good Night, And Good Luck, but still enough style, sophistication and movie-love to save Clooney from a kicking. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Total Film (Rob James)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Director-star George Clooney (Good Night and Good Luck, Confessions of a Dangerous Mind) wanted to make a solid screwball comedy like they made them back in the 1920s and 1930s, and while some of that style does make it into Leatherheads, the lackadaisica ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Qwipster's Movie Reviews (Vince Leo)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones)Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones)
You can’t read one of Clooney’s endless People profiles without hearing the Cary Grant comparison, but here, he’s all Gable – same rakishness and stubble and tanned-leather basso profundo. Nearing 50, he’s still almost improbably puckish, but th ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Austin Chronicle (Kimberley Jones)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for BBC (Laura Bushell)BBC (Laura Bushell)
It's good-looking, good-natured and sophisticated, but Leatherheads can't choose between football biopic or screwball romance. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at BBC (Laura Bushell)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Incorrectly marketed as a rom-com, Leatherheads starts well but runs out of steam about halfway through, though it's still worth seeing for the performances and Clooney's Coen-esque direction. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at ViewLondon (Matthew Turner)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Movies for Guys (Mack Guffin)Movies for Guys (Mack Guffin)
George Clooney directed this comedy about 1920s football. It’s also a homage to 1930s screwball comedy, with George Clooney and Renee Zellweger doing a Cary Grant/Katherine Hepburn imitation. Clooney plays Dodge, a professional in the ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Movies for Guys (Mack Guffin)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Austin Chronicle (Kimberly Jones)Austin Chronicle (Kimberly Jones)
It's awfully agreeable -- so why doesn’t it entirely work? ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Austin Chronicle (Kimberly Jones)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Metromix.com (Matt Pais)Metromix.com (Matt Pais)
A loving wink to the old days, when guys were fellas, people said, 'Here's the skinny,' and it was OK when entertainment didn't add up to a hill of beans. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Metromix.com (Matt Pais)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for CinemaBlend.com (Katey Rich)CinemaBlend.com (Katey Rich)
As a star Clooney is in his element, but as a director he's strained. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at CinemaBlend.com (Katey Rich)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for HollywoodChicago.com (Adam Fendelman)HollywoodChicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
The film's disjointedness would be acceptable except that it causes inconsistency with its overall pace and rhythm. Aside from some momentum snares and trite turns, though, Leatherheads succeeds in the entertainment department. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at HollywoodChicago.com (Adam Fendelman)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
If the real NFL had started off this tired, we'd be spending our Sundays watching jai alai. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Orlando Sentinel (Roger Moore)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for ReelzChannel.com (Jeff Otto)ReelzChannel.com (Jeff Otto)
George Clooney's football origin comedy starts strong but loses steam before reaching the end zone. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at ReelzChannel.com (Jeff Otto)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Film Threat (Pete Vonder Haar)Film Threat (Pete Vonder Haar)
Leatherheads is as trifling as Clooney's second movie (Good Night and Good Luck) was significant, but that's okay. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Film Threat (Pete Vonder Haar)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
The back-and-forth zing is what saves Leatherheads from being terminally dull. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Las Vegas Weekly (Josh Bell)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.40 out of 4 stars for Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)
The first truly heartbreaking disappointment of the movie year...too drowsy for its own good, less an homage and more a terribly slowed-down retread of some screwball tropes. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Antagony & Ecstasy (Tim Brayton)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.25 out of 4 stars for Film Journal International (Rex Roberts)Film Journal International (Rex Roberts)
As a director, George Clooney keeps moving further back in time, from the 1960s (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind), to the 1950s (Good Night, and Good Luck), to the 1920s. Leatherheads, a romantic scrimmage involving a couple of footballers and their Girl ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Film Journal International (Rex Roberts)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.25 out of 4 stars for PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
In 1925, U.S. professional football is an afterthought, a game played by “boys who refuse to grow up.” The real, exciting and popular action, according to Leatherheads, is college football. While crowds cheer wildly at stadiums built for the teams at ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at PopMatters (Cynthia Fuchs)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.20 out of 4 stars for Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
It breezes along without a care, dropping off a few puffball jokes now and then, just for fun. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Laramie Movie Scope (Robert Roten)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.20 out of 4 stars for Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
For something that was pitched as a screwball comedy, Leatherheads is kind of lumbering, unwieldy, and awkward. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Film Blather (Eugene Novikov)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.20 out of 4 stars for EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Though choppy, only mildly entertaining, and not really witty, Clooney's sports comedy deserves credit for its courageous effort to recreate Hollywood's suave screwball and newspaper comedies made by Cukor, Hawks, and Preston Sturges. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at EmanuelLevy.com (Emanuel Levy)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Scene-Stealers.com (Eric Melin)Scene-Stealers.com (Eric Melin)
The story wants to be madcap and freewheeling, but it doesn't quite take flight. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Scene-Stealers.com (Eric Melin)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Blackfilm.comBlackfilm.com
If only the rest of the script measured up to their inspired exchanges, the movie might have added up to something more memorable than a momentary diversion. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Blackfilm.com
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
Not bad but also so frivolous that there's nothing to grab onto and take away from it all. Leatherheads is a good-looking but misguided waste of time and effort. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at TheMovieBoy.com (Dustin Putman)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)
There are only three soldiers with lines in this movie. One is a fraud, another is bribed into lying, and the third one is stupid. With films like this and The Good German, it appears that George Clooney is attracted to movies that make the U. S. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Three Movie Buffs (Eric Nash)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for CNN Showbiz (Tom Charity)CNN Showbiz (Tom Charity)
Shot in muted, muddy browns and with a jaunty ragtime score by Randy Newman, "Leatherheads" is artfully constructed but tediously self-conscious. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at CNN Showbiz (Tom Charity)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Tiscali UKTiscali UK
George Clooney has made few missteps in his career to date. Each time he's donned a new hat, whether it be a writer's one or a director's, they've all suited his handsome looks equally well. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Tiscali UK
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Arizona Republic (Bill Goodykoontz)Arizona Republic (Bill Goodykoontz)
It's the equivalent of a busted play, with the players scrambling in different directions, making any kind of forward progress nearly impossible. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Arizona Republic (Bill Goodykoontz)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Slate (Dana Stevens)Slate (Dana Stevens)
Leatherheads (Universal), George Clooney's third outing as a director and the first in which he plays a starring role, has everything going for it on paper. Setting a screwball comedy against the backdrop of the emergence of professional football in the ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Slate (Dana Stevens)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
George Clooney has directed a couple of very fine films- Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Good Night & Good Luck. Unfortunately, Leatherheads cannot be added to that list. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Channel 4 Film (Leigh Singer)Channel 4 Film (Leigh Singer)
An amiable, good looking if largely inconsequential comedy that coasts on its stars' charms. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Channel 4 Film (Leigh Singer)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (John Wirt)Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (John Wirt)
Despite being so false and slight, the movie entertains. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) (John Wirt)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for CineScene.com (Chris Knipp)CineScene.com (Chris Knipp)
This is a trivial diversion, but George Clooney has fun with it and so can we (though it could have been a little shorter). Not everything he does has to be as important as Good Night, and Good Luck, nor all his roles as painful as the one in Syriana. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at CineScene.com (Chris Knipp)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Director and star George Clooney's game attempt to capture the high-spirited silliness of classic screwball comedies falls flat, in large part because Duncan Brantley and Rick Reilly's screenplay lacks sparkle. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at TV Guide's Movie Guide (Maitland McDonagh)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for VarietyVariety
It’s always been hard to interest modern moviegoers in the early days of even the most popular sports -- “A League of Their Own” seems the well-liked anomaly in the field -- and Clooney goes about it here by giving a â€20s story a â€30s feel a la ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Variety
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for CBC.ca Arts (Jason McBride)CBC.ca Arts (Jason McBride)
Leatherheads does the exact opposite: taking a forgotten time period and making a film that’s equally as forgettable. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at CBC.ca Arts (Jason McBride)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for National Public Radio (Bob Mondello)National Public Radio (Bob Mondello)
There are some nice fistfights, some cute byplay between the stars and a football game on a muddy field that looks like it must've been murder to film. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at National Public Radio (Bob Mondello)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Village Voice Village Voice
My point is simply that Clooney makes us expect the best of him each and every time out, and Leatherheads is a good deal less than that. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Village Voice
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for KyleSmithOnline.com (Kyle Smith)KyleSmithOnline.com (Kyle Smith)
Leatherheads is like going to a football game and watching the players bring desks and paperwork onto the field. How boring is this movie? I've been more entertained by halftime shows. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at KyleSmithOnline.com (Kyle Smith)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Film Monthly (Hank Yuloff)Film Monthly (Hank Yuloff)
But Clooney is still one of the most watchable actors around. Don't miss this one on cable. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Film Monthly (Hank Yuloff)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Lee's Movie Info (Craig Younkin)Lee's Movie Info (Craig Younkin)
As a director, Clooney brings a fun, airy tone to the movie, which almost makes up for the screenplay's near complete lack of jokes. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Lee's Movie Info (Craig Younkin)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for World Socialist Web SiteWorld Socialist Web Site
Whether the movie will open doors for Clooney in Hollywood is questionable. Were any really closed? It will not help his reputation for artistic integrity and seriousness. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at World Socialist Web Site
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Time Out New York (David Fear)Time Out New York (David Fear)
Ah, how we miss the days of screwball comedies, when romance lived or died depending on the bite of your banter. Most attempts to resurrect the genre fall flat, yet hope springs eternal: If anybody was capable of plausibly pulling this Lazarus act off, ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Time Out New York (David Fear)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
It seems as if the MPAA unfairly upped a clear "PG" movie into a "PG-13". But adding numbers can't even the score on the edge that Leatherheads lacks in the sharpness of its humor delivery and the hits on the field. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at eFilmCritic.com (Erik Childress)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Comes across as a pale period piece, an imitation enamored of energy and enthusiasm, but failing to generate either. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Combustible Celluloid (Jeffrey M. Anderson)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Film Snobs (Stephen Himes)Film Snobs (Stephen Himes)
Clooney tries to Flags of Our Fathers if directed by Preston Sturges. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Film Snobs (Stephen Himes)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Jam! Movies (Kevin Williamson)Jam! Movies (Kevin Williamson)
Clooney can't quite decide what he wants to make. A retro screwball comedy? A romance? A rough-and-tumble underdogs farce? A parable about how we invent our heroes? ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Jam! Movies (Kevin Williamson)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Box Office ProphetsBox Office Prophets
Leatherheads possesses an appreciable charm and nostalgia, but I'll probably forget about it within a month of writing this review. And to be fair, I think I'd feel the same even if it had come out 70 years ago. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Box Office Prophets
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)
Whatever possessed George Clooney to make a comedy about professional football circa 1925, an era when professional football, at least as we know it now, barely existed? It's hard to imagine who, if anyone, could care about such a subject. And yet the ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Salon (Stephanie Zacharek)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for MightyGanesha.com (Diva Velez)MightyGanesha.com (Diva Velez)
Falling short as a romantic comedy, Clooney would have done far better to keep Leatherheads trained onto the raucous, rambunctious beginnings of pro football, which are nearly the only laughs to be had. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at MightyGanesha.com (Diva Velez)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for NewsBlaze (Kam Williams)NewsBlaze (Kam Williams)
A pleasant period piece harking back to days of yore, but one so superficial that it's likely to be forgotten by the time you file up the aisle. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at NewsBlaze (Kam Williams)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The Onion A.V. ClubThe Onion A.V. Club
A film almost satisfyingly filled with small amusements, Leatherheads gets its biggest laugh out of the way early on. Playing a war hero turned college-football star, John Krasinski scores an impressive touchdown to the approval of cheering crowds and ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at The Onion A.V. Club
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Tragically, Leatherheads is just OK, though the film may well find an audience among those eager for a little diversion, what with the nostalgia factor and the George Clooney factor. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Screen InternationalScreen International
Clooney's considerable profile should give Leatherheads a solid opening weekend and domestic run. But despite his amiable public persona, the actor/director has a relatively spotty domestic commercial record with comedy (2003's Intolerable Cruelty pulled ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Screen International
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
George Clooney has directed a couple of very fine films – namely Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Good Night and Good Luck. Unfortunately, "Leatherheads" cannot be added to that list. It's not a bad film, and it definitely hosts moments of spark and ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Hollywood Report Card (Ross Anthony)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Leatherheads is not that good a movie, and yet it would be hard to enjoy saying anything nasty about it. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
It fumbles -- early -- and never really gets back in the game. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Newark Star-Ledger (Stephen Whitty)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman)New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman)
It's easy to see what Clooney's going for, but hard to understand the choices he makes. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at New York Daily News (Elizabeth Weitzman)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for TIME Magazine (Richard Schickel)TIME Magazine (Richard Schickel)
I never saw the Canton Bulldogs or the Decatur Staleys play professional football. I don't care what anyone thinks; I'm not that old. But I did grow up in Wisconsin, where the last of the small town teams, the Green Bay Packers, claimed my childish heart ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at TIME Magazine (Richard Schickel)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
Leatherheads a comedy of stock setups and kooky digressions in which nothing really comes to a head, and running at close to two hours, it lacks the essential brevity of the form. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Globe and Mail (Liam Lacey)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Palo Alto Online (Susan Tavernetti)Palo Alto Online (Susan Tavernetti)
George Clooney's third directorial effort has neither the snap of a screwball comedy nor the excitement of a gridiron film. He and leading lady Renee Zellweger have the right look for a movie set in 1925, as they did for such period pieces as "Oh ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Palo Alto Online (Susan Tavernetti)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
The flirtatious banter is often clever, but 'Leatherheads' demonstrates that writing alone wasn't responsible for the head-spinning irresistibility of Howard Hawks' 'Twentieth Century' and 'His Girl Friday,' to cite two screwball-masterpiece influences. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN) (John Beifuss)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Can Magazine (Fred Topel)Can Magazine (Fred Topel)
George Clooney may be the best actor/director of all time. I happen to have liked all of Mel Gibson's films, and probably more than half of Clint Eastwood's (don't ever forget he did Absolute Power and True Crime), but Clooney has really done something ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Can Magazine (Fred Topel)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Garrett Conti)Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Garrett Conti)
"Leatherheads" is bound to capture the attention of rabid football fans looking for a fix before the NFL draft kicks off later this month. But they would be wise to stay out of the stadium if they're seeking a flick based solely on the ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Pittsburgh Tribune-Review (Garrett Conti)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
From the sepia-toned Universal logo to the big-band soundtrack and even the slapstick speakeasy brawl, George Clooney's Leatherheads is a larky throwback to the breakneck screwballs of Frank Capra and Preston Sturges. Problem is, it isn't breakneck ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Philadelphia Inquirer (Steven Rea)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Tragically, Leatherheads is just OK, though the film may well find an audience among those eager for a little diversion, what with the nostalgia factor and the George Clooney factor. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for The Globe and MailThe Globe and Mail
Nothing seems more natural than for George Clooney, an actor who has often been considered a throwback to the era of Cary Grant and Clark Gable, to star in a traditional screwball comedy. As a director, Clooney also has shown a penchant for period ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at The Globe and Mail
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
"Leatherheads" is not that good a movie, and yet it would be hard to enjoy saying anything nasty about it. Imagine a really nice, jolly, genial person with a mild, intermittent hygiene problem. This movie is a little like that. It exudes goodwill and ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at San Francisco Chronicle (Mick LaSalle)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for National PostNational Post
There's an old Rodney Dangerfield line: "I went to a fight the other night and a hockey game broke out." I thought of it when Leatherheads swung past the 90-minute mark and the last 25 minutes of the film were taken up with a full-on football match ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at National Post
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Boston Herald (James Verniere)Boston Herald (James Verniere)
“Leatherheads,” I am sorry to relate, is more like “Dunderheads.” A short time ago, George Clooney, director and star of this retro-screwball comedy set in the post-World-War-I Prohibition era that gave birth to speak-easies and professional footb ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Boston Herald (James Verniere)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Toronto Star (Peter Howell)Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
George Clooney's million-dollar smile blazes even when he's covered head-to-toe in mud. This has its ups and downs, much like the football that is the nominal focus of Leatherheads, a weak throwback to the screwball comedies of the '30s and ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Toronto Star (Peter Howell)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Tragically, “Leatherheads” is just OK, though the film may well find an audience among those eager for a little diversion, what with the nostalgia factor and the George Clooney factor. Clooney, who directs and stars, has what it takes to pull off the ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Chicago Tribune (Michael Phillips)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 2.00 out of 4 stars for Time Out London (David Fear)Time Out London (David Fear)
It’s a tall order but when Zellweger tries to attain motormouth velocity, the pace falls three beats behind and everyone else scrambles to regain lost ground. In another comedy, she’d be a weak link. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Time Out London (David Fear)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.80 out of 4 stars for Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
A well-meaning movie fatally dazzled by the very nostalgia it's drowning in. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Flipside Movie Emporium (Rob Vaux)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.80 out of 4 stars for Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Loses by a few touchdowns. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Ozus' World Movie Reviews (Dennis Schwartz)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.80 out of 4 stars for Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
Reproducing a period-piece screwball comedy for a modern audience turns out to be one playful, self-deprecating wink too many for [Clooney]. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Entertainment Weekly (Lisa Schwarzbaum)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.80 out of 4 stars for MovieJuice! (Mark Ramsey)MovieJuice! (Mark Ramsey)
I don't want to be a wet blanket, boys, but here's the skinny: Unless it's raw Clooney-ness you seek (and that cup of Vitalis runneth over), or unless you think Zellweger's gams are the cat's meow, then scram before you upchuck. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at MovieJuice! (Mark Ramsey)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.80 out of 4 stars for Lessons of Darkness (Nick Schager)Lessons of Darkness (Nick Schager)
A 1920s football saga that blends rusty screwball comedy and perfunctory romance under a period piece veneer. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Lessons of Darkness (Nick Schager)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.80 out of 4 stars for One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
In this old-time football saga Coach Clooney gets sacked...succeeds neither as a paean to the rambunctious game of the old days nor as homage to the great screwball comedies. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at One Guy's Opinion (Frank Swietek)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Empire Magazine [UK]Empire Magazine [UK]
On paper it looks like a gem – roaring 20s setting, verbal fireworks and a silly sport in its rude infancy. In practice, it's way off the pace, far too slow for its screwball pretensions and the kind of film that confuses pastiche with period detail. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Empire Magazine [UK]
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
Gorgeous to look at, but difficult to sit through as it quickly loses its momentum and fizzles quietly into nothingness. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
There are some films that set you to pondering. What is the meaning of life? What is my role in the human comedy? The question that LEATHERHEADS inspires is much less esoteric. During the bumpy homage to IT HAPPENED ONE NIGHT, HIS GIRL FRIDAY, and MEET ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Killer Movie Reviews (Andrea Chase)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Scott's Movie Reviews (Scott Mantz)Scott's Movie Reviews (Scott Mantz)
After making an impressive directorial debut with 2002’s “Confessions of a Dangerous Mind” and following it up with the near-masterpiece that was 2005’s “Good Night, and Good Luck,” George Clooney fumbles with “Leatherheads.” Talk about a ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Scott's Movie Reviews (Scott Mantz)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Tucson Weekly (Bob Grimm)Tucson Weekly (Bob Grimm)
Clooney's third movie as director is his weakest. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Tucson Weekly (Bob Grimm)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for MSNBC (Alonso Duralde)MSNBC (Alonso Duralde)
Leatherheads shoots for the Frank Capra/Howard Hawks goal posts but instead winds up getting bogged down midfield. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at MSNBC (Alonso Duralde)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for New York Times (A.O. Scott)New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Leatherheads labors so strenuously to approximate some of the old screwball spirit of the ’30s and ’40s that it winds up in traction. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at New York Times (A.O. Scott)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for FilmJudge (David Mercier)FilmJudge (David Mercier)
It pushes aside the one character it should actually be about, and rather drifts between the romantic subplots and a strange commentary on the process of football's professionalisation. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at FilmJudge (David Mercier)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Bullz-Eye.comBullz-Eye.com
When “Leatherheads” was yanked from its December release schedule at the end of last year, the studio already had an excuse lined up. Director/co-star George Clooney had just been involved in a motorcycle accident and would no longer be able to promot ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Bullz-Eye.com
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.60 out of 4 stars for Denton Record Chronicle (TX) (Boo Allen)Denton Record Chronicle (TX) (Boo Allen)
Disappointing effort that relies on slapstick and other cliches of the genre. And it goes on way too long. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Denton Record Chronicle (TX) (Boo Allen)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Film Freak CentralFilm Freak Central
George Clooney's Leatherheads is a lifeless, desperate-feeling vacuum that arrives without much reason for being other than to underscore that the Coen Brothers' Intolerable Cruelty was pretty underestimated as an attempt to revive the screwball farce. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Film Freak Central
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for The Guardian (Peter Bradshaw)The Guardian (Peter Bradshaw)
Occasionally, just occasionally, George Clooney is allowed to play comedy. He does saucer-eyed "surprise" expressions and head-waggling, violent double-takes. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at The Guardian (Peter Bradshaw)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for The Hollywood ReporterThe Hollywood Reporter
Disappointing period football comedy laterals too often without a clear goal in mind. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at The Hollywood Reporter
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Detroit News (Adam Graham)Detroit News (Adam Graham)
No one's saying George Clooney isn't a dashing fellow. But his charm and affability only go so far in Leatherheads. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Detroit News (Adam Graham)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
A quiet variety of disaster--the type that attracts no cults and appears as a curiosity on a few talented folks' résumés for people to try to place in a year or so. Maybe less. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Film Freak Central (Walter Chaw)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.50 out of 4 stars for Wall Street Journal (Joanne Kaufman)Wall Street Journal (Joanne Kaufman)
Here is all I know about football: I know not to bother my husband when the Giants are playing. Actually, the first and last game I ever sat through, during freshman year in college, taught me one other thing -- that timing is everything. When the ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Wall Street Journal (Joanne Kaufman)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.20 out of 4 stars for Tolucan Times (Tony Medley)Tolucan Times (Tony Medley)
Watching Renée Zellweger look like she just sucked a lemon for the better part of two hours is only one of the many deficiencies of this frivolous disappointment. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Tolucan Times (Tony Medley)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)
It's hard to put into words my feelings about Leatherheads. Typically bad movies are a critic's dream because it is so easy to spill vitriol all over the place; far more easy than it is with a film you enjoyed. However, with Leatherheads, what you have ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at RopeofSilicon (Brad Brevet)
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for Slant MagazineSlant Magazine
Taking a break from his duties as class president of Hollywood to direct himself as an over-the-hill jock, George Clooney has gone for the third time in three films to a past American decade, this time the mid-1920s for an antic sports comedy set at the ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Slant Magazine
Leatherheads (2008) scores a combined 1.00 out of 4 stars for The Denver PostThe Denver Post
Drawing from movies rather than life, "Leatherheads" often feels like a likable exercise in retro style, rather than a film with a compelling reason to exist on its own. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at The Denver Post
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by ben on March 09, 2009 Roy, Utah
This movie changes moods so many times that you're not quite sure if its supposed to be a romance, a drama, a sports movie or a freakin' slap-stick Abbot & Costello routine. I try not to judge a movie before its over but about the time ...
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