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Despite a good premise and strong cast, this pro football romcom is half screwball and half fumble. Read critic reviews
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Leatherheads: Official Clip - Three Suitors
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Dodge Connolly (George Clooney), captain of a 1920s football team, wants to give the sagging sport a boost and capture the country's attention. He recruits Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski) to play for the team. Carter is not only a war hero, but he is also fast, handsome, and guaranteed to pack the stands with fans. Newswoman Lexie Littleton (Renée Zellweger) goes digging for dirt on Carter, while both Dodge and Carter try to score with her off the field.
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Rating: PG-13 (Brief Strong Language)
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Genre: Romance, Comedy
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Original Language: English
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Director: George Clooney
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Producer: Grant Heslov, Casey Silver
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Writer: Duncan Brantley, Rick Reilly
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Release Date (Theaters): wide
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Release Date (Streaming):
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Box Office (Gross USA): $31.2M
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Runtime:
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Distributor: Universal Pictures
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Production Co: Casey Silver Productions, Smoke House
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Sound Mix: Dolby SRD, DTS, SDDS
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Aspect Ratio: Flat (1.85:1)
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I was pleasantly surprised by Leatherheads. Directed by George Clooney, this is a well made romantic comedy that I found enjoyable and fun. With some surprisingly good performances, Leatherheads is a different, refreshing romantic comedy. Renee Zellweger is pretty good considering I've never really found her that good to begin with. This is a fine film with a good script, and effective directing from Clooney who also stars in this film. What kept me involved with the film were the well written story, and the cast. Every person here delivered something special to the screen. This is not a film that is for everyone, but if you're interested in watching a different type of romantic comedy, then give this one a shot. The blend of sports film with the romantic comedy elements work well because of a smart script, a great cast and good directing. George Clooney clearly has talent, and he makes this a charming film to watch. I found this film to be a bit underrated, and I don't understand why it has received so much flack. This is much better than the usual Adam Sandler, Jenifer Aniston rom-com. I don't get why the negative reviews. The main actors give great performances and really bring out the best out of the film. This is a different take on the genre, and I very much loved it. Funny, silly and fun, this is a film worth watching. Leatherheads is an underrated film, one that should get more praise as a well written, well acted and actually very smart film in a genre where the films usually fall flat due to its predictability, poor plot and poor cast. This film has none of those, and really should be seen.
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Leatherheads is a comedy/sports film directed by George Clooney that I will admit I found enjoyable. The plot was not very good, nothing really happens but the well written characters keep the film flowing enough so that its interesting. The dialogue of the film is also witty and clever, and for a comedy I thought it actually was a smart comedy. The cast consists of great actors like George Clooney, Renee Zellwegger, and John Krakinski and I liked each one of them, and I was espically impressed with Zellwegger who I usually am not a huge fan of. George Clooney is a good director in my opinion, I loved The Idea of March and Good Night, and Good Luck and here he has proved to me that although it was not perfect, his directing skills can range to sports and comedy.
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Three stars might be a little high, but I had heard such bad things about this movie that to end up liking it bumps up its rating. It's another old-timey Clooney joint, which he is perfect for, and Renee Zellweger, whose look is really not for me, plays well as a determined journalist in an age of blatant sexism. Lots of honest laughs and love, but there's a chase scene in the middle that's so campy you might want to turn it off. It's an immature work by an emerging director, but Clooney's going to keep getting better - Good Night and Good Luck showed a ton of promise. As for Leatherheads, though... it's a silly, disposable film, but fun nonetheless; I mean, how many other movies about 1920s professional football have you seen? If nothing else, it's fairly original (for Hollywood), and Rick Reilly's work on the script appears to have helped a lot.
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In 1972, legendary director Peter Bogdanovich followed up what would become his masterwork, the damn-near perfect The Last Picture Show, by resurrecting the screwball comedy from a 30-year Rip Van Winkle-esque hibernation. A student of film history, Bogdanovich gave audiences the bulls-eye laugh-riot What's Up, Doc?, which expertly captured the madcap mechanics used by two of his idols, Howard Hawks (Bringing Up Baby) and Frank Capra (It Happened One Night). With O Brother, Where Art Thou?, the Coen Brothers also emulated this sub-genre to great effect, albeit wrapped in their determinedly quirky style. Though he was the star of the latter, George Clooney seems unable to FULLY re-capture the magic of his forebears. He does not completely fail, however. Clooney's homage to the screwballs results in a romp that, although fun, simply lacks the slapdash tomfoolery (read: breakneck pacing) created by the masters. In Leatherheads, a 1920s pigskin hero (Clooney) tries to pluck the little-known sport of football from obscurity and capture the nation's attention by signing a war hero college star (John Krasinski) to join his team's ranks. Though his first two directorial efforts demonstrated the eye of a learned cinema scholar, Clooney's love letter to '20s cinema is not in the same game as, say, Bogdanovich...but he is in the same ballpark. Some of the rapid-fire dialogue between the spot-on cast echoes the brilliance of Preston Sturges (Sullivan's Travels). Owing much to an overly romantic sub-plot, however, the loco-motion often winds down, killing the frenetic pace needed to keep such screwy comedy a-chugging. Bottom Line: A couple screws loose.
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