Leatherheads
Ezra Buzzington, George Clooney, John Krasinski
A romantic comedy set in the world of 1920s football, where the owner of a professional team drafts a strait-laced college sensation, only to watch his new coach fall for his fiancée.
DVD Released: September 16, 2008
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April 12, 2009I'm a big fan of George Clooney's other directorial outings but Leatherheads just didn't cut it. I applaud him for trying to make not only another period piece but a movie that echoed the classic screwball comedies of the 30s and 40s. Leatherheads has its amusing moments (the spe... ...( read more )
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April 7, 2009A lovely and amusing film which really looks the buisness but is unfortunatley rather dull haha. As said the look of the film is truely brilliant, the costumes and sets all look great and really stand out.
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April 5, 2009I normally like sports films. I like John Krazinski from "The Office" and I like George Clooney. So you'd think I'd like this movie but I didn't.
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June 15, 2009Cleverly written and likeable tribute to early cinema as well as the start of professional football.
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April 4, 2008
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com
April 4, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today
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. full review
April 4, 2008
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle
Leatherheads is not that good a movie, and yet it would be hard to enjoy saying anything nasty about it. full review
April 4, 2008
Pete Hammond, Boxoffice Magazine
Without anything else on its mind but to entertain, Leatherheads throws the equivalent of a cinematic touchdown. full review
April 4, 2008
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle
Everyone's too mannered, and most everything's too slow. Especially for a throwback. full review
April 4, 2008
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail
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. full review
April 4, 2008
Edward Havens, FilmJerk.com
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. full review
April 3, 2008
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
Leatherheads labors so strenuously to approximate some of the old screwball spirit of the '30s and '40s that it winds up in traction. full review
April 3, 2008
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
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. full review
April 3, 2008
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Leatherheads is most on its game when it's in the game, and in the zone of Clooney's no-bull affection for the faces of his actors. full review
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April 29, 2008Check out this great review on YouTube by these two old school hollywood veterans.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nBD8m1m9vOk
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