The snappy dialogue and witty one-liners don't come fast enough, but they do come often.
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04/04/08
Leatherheads (2008)
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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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Reviews for Leatherheads
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.
04/04/08
Disappointing effort that relies on slapstick and other cliches of the genre. And it goes on way too long.
04/04/08
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.
04/04/08
Maybe the film loses a little steam as it rolls along, but it is still puffing and tooting as Clooney and Zellweger ride off into the sunset.
04/04/08
Top CriticThere's a jaunty score by Randy Newman, and Clooney, as always, has charm to burn, but here, he's off his game.
04/04/08
[Has] a breezy, affable spirit, and its very casualness is something that's extremely rare in mainstream movies these days.
04/04/08
Top CriticMore 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.
04/04/08
Clooney is now at the stage of his life and career where a flash of his playboy grin earns him enough audience goodwill to carry him over rough patches -- and Lord knows, this movie has them.
04/04/08
Top Critic"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 ...
04/04/08
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.
04/04/08
Leatherheads is no disaster, but it leaves you wanting both less and more.
04/04/08
Clooney is exceptionally better when he is not pursuing his smug political agenda.
04/04/08
Leatherheads is not that good a movie, and yet it would be hard to enjoy saying anything nasty about it.
04/04/08
Top CriticWhen 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.
04/04/08
There's a subtlety to the filmmaking that's a refreshing change from the numbing obviousness of movies geared to the teen demo.
04/04/08
A completely charming film that comes a few inches from being a great one.
04/04/08
If the real NFL had started off this tired, we'd be spending our Sundays watching jai alai.
04/04/08
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.
04/04/08
It fumbles -- early -- and never really gets back in the game.
04/04/08
Top CriticLatest News for Leatherheads
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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April 16, 2008:
UK Box Office Breakdown: Sony's 21 Gamble pays off
Gambling drama 21 cleans up at the UK box office this week, taking both the number one spot and twice-as-much cash as another film. George Clooney however should maybe stick to... More...
April 10, 2008:
Box Office Guru Preview: Teens Dress Up For Prom Night
Multiplexes gear up for another weekend of empty seats as Hollywood supplies three new films that are unlikely to energize the North American box office. More...
April 07, 2008:
WGA, George Clooney at odds over Leatherheads credit
Clooney went financial core last fall, after the WGA decided 2-1 in a credit arbitration vote that only Duncan Brantley and Rick Reilly deserved screen credit on the picture... More...
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