Leatherheads

Name: Leatherheads
Genre: Drama, Sport, Comedy, Romance
Released: April 4, 2008
Duration: 114 min
Rating: 56
Cast: George Clooney, John Krasinski

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Universal Pictures | Release Date: April 4, 2008 | PG-13

Starring: George Clooney, John Krasinski

Summary: Dodge Connolly is a charming, brash football hero determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after his players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join his ragtag ranks. The captain hopes his latest move will help the struggling sport finallyDodge Connolly is a charming, brash football hero determined to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after his players lose their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge convinces a college football star to join his ragtag ranks. The captain hopes his latest move will help the struggling sport finally capture the country's attention. Welcome to the team Carter Rutherford, America's favorite son. A golden-boy war hero who single-handedly forced multiple German soldiers to surrender in WWI, Carter has dashing good looks and unparalleled speed on the field. This new champ is almost too good to be true, and Lexie Littleton aims to prove that's the case. A cub journalist playing in the big leagues, Lexie is a spitfire newswoman who suspects there are holes in Carter's war story. But while she digs, the two teammates start to become serious off-field rivals for her fickle affections. As the new game of pro football becomes less like the freewheeling sport he knew and loved, Dodge must fight to keep his guys together and get the girl of his dreams. Finding that love and football have a surprisingly similar playbook, however, he has one maneuver he will save just for the fourth quarter... (Universal)… Expand

Director: George Clooney

Genre(s): Drama, Sport, Comedy, Romance

Rating: PG-13

Runtime: 114 min

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Shawn Levy

Football, they say, is a game of inches, and so can be moviemaking, and Leatherheads is a completely charming film that comes a few inches from being a great one. Read full review

James Berardinelli

Clooney and Zellweger play off each other perfectly, delivering their dialogue with the rhythm of a well-choreographed dance and falling in love in the time-honored tradition of '40s romantic comedies. Read full review

Carina Chocano

Leatherheads proceeds agreeably, hitting occasional high notes when it isn't getting bogged down in forced slapstick hi-jinks. Read full review

Pete Vonder Haar

Leatherheads is as trifling as Clooney’s second movie (“Good Night and Good Luck”) was significant, but that’s okay. It succeeds where so many other romantic comedies fail because of a superior script and because everyone involved has the good sense not to take themselves too seriously. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Maitland McDonagh

A screwball comedy without a charismatic, smart-talking dame is no screwball comedy at all. Read full review

Stephanie Zacharek

You have to give Leatherheads this much: It's like no other comedy, or movie, out there these days. Clooney, one of our few old-style Hollywood movie stars himself, obviously loves old-fashioned moviemaking. Read full review

A.O. Scott

What is harder to comprehend is how Mr. Clooney turned out such a sloppy, haphazard and tonally incoherent piece of work. Leatherheads lurches hectically between Coen brothers-style pastiche and John Saylesian didacticism, while Mr. Clooney works his brow and his jaw and waits in vain for his charm to kick in and save the day. Read full review

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Mr.C.

Apr 6, 2008

Funny ! This Movie is very wonderful!

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FranceL.

Apr 7, 2008

Terrific period sets, great music, fine cinematography, rapid fire dialogue, a dash of slapstick, and a few very funny moments combine for entertainment well worth the ticket price.. And did I mention George Clooney?

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AdamA.

Oct 2, 2008

Entertaining, but not great. However, being the only film about early football wins it some points.

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SheilaM.

Apr 15, 2008

I like both the stars, Clooney and Zellweger, but the script did not serve them well. It put my husband (an incredible football fan) and me to sleep! Very disappointing! I can not imagine using such terrific actors in a movie with great potential and a lacklustre script.

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falconium

Aug 30, 2019

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Did anyone get that the ending of the movie defied the rules of football and was a total sham? Clooney's mud-covered defensive back intercepts the ball thrown by the opposing team. He's mobbed in the end zone and someone throws a bucket of water at him cleaning the mud and revealing that the guy who caught the ball (Clooney's character "Dodge") was on the defense not a receiver for the offense. Clooney's team rejoices that he caught the ball in the end zone and the ref's signal touchdown--game over. This is so glaringly wrong I cannot believe it was written and filmed. A defensive player does not score a touchdown in the endzone. He's awarded a touchback and the ball is placed on the 20 yard line. The defensive player's offensive team mates would then try to score a touchdown going the other way. I cannot believe this movie, with all of its sophisticated sets and beautiful photography would have ended on this. Clooney did you learn nothing about football growing up? Was there not one person on the set who said, "uh, we have a problem here..."… Expand

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Spangle

Jul 30, 2016

I like George Clooney, but Leatherheads sucks. The story is horribly written, the characters are one-dimensional stereotypes, and the film is too torn between being a cliche sports film or a cliche rom-com. However, the worst part of all that is the story. Just dumb and it never worked. ItI like George Clooney, but Leatherheads sucks. The story is horribly written, the characters are one-dimensional stereotypes, and the film is too torn between being a cliche sports film or a cliche rom-com. However, the worst part of all that is the story. Just dumb and it never worked. It felt like an entirely dull experience that just never clicked or could get out of its own way. The jokes all fall flat and feel entirely forced. So forced, in fact, I kept waiting for a laugh track. Leatherheads honestly felt like a bad SNL skit or a bad skit on a late night television show that went on for two hours. If you know anything about how bad those skits can get, then you know how bad Leatherheads can be. The only redeeming part here is Clooney himself who turns in a characteristically charismatic performance in the lead role. Unfortunately, that is the only nice thing I can say. Bad writing, direction, and unfunny "jokes" derail Leatherheads into a very bad film.… Expand

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DavidG.

Apr 9, 2008

Clooney has turned in to the movie equivalent of a cover band. Vomiting back genres of pictures no one goes to see any more. Clooney is a few pictures away from doing tv again.

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