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Reviews Counted:161
Fresh:84
Rotten:77
Average Rating:5.8/10
Consensus: Despite a good premise and strong cast, this pro football romcom is half screwball and half fumble.
Theatrical Release:Apr 4, 2008 Wide
Box Office: $31,199,215
Synopsis: From his casual charm to his cleft chin, George Clooney has frequently drawn comparisons to an actor of another age: Cary Grant. With his third directorial effort, the Oscar winner pays homage to... [More]
Starring: George Clooney, Renee Zellweger, John Krasinski, Jonathan Pryce
Director: George Clooney
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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.
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.
With its screwball comedy approach to how football changed from a no-holds-barred sport to one with strict rules, 'Leatherheads" is a nostalgic treat.
You've got to give Clooney credit for trying, especially when most of Leatherheads is a jaunty, jazz age dream.
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.
The snappy dialogue and witty one-liners don't come fast enough, but they do come often.
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.
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.
Top CriticA good-natured throwback to the days of screwball comedy, the movie is at its best away from the playing field.
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.
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.
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.
Pleasant and clever, Leatherheads is not built for surprises.
Clooney and gang turn this intelligent sports comedy into a fun and enjoyable escapade.
"Zellweger's Lexie isn't some silly sexpot or spoiled simp; she's a thoroughly modern moll."
Agreeable yet uneven...
Leatherheads is like an oasis in the middle of a desert – a genuinely enjoyable romantic comedy.
Leatherheads, which opens with the logo that Universal used back in the 1940s instead of the present one, is so successful at reviving the screwball comedy that you're prepared to forgive it some flaws.
A deeply satisfying and entertaining film that will appeal just as much to guys as their ladies.
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.
September 10, 2008:
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. 
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