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)
"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)
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. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at Moviepie.com
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. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at kids-in-mind
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)
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. ...read the complete Leatherheads movie review at MovieWeb (Matt Sheehan)