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(1 - 39) of 39 OFCS Rating: 51% Rotten Page   1   "As long as you enter the theater in the right frame of mind, you'll have no problem scoring yourself some of the charm 'Leatherheads' gives away by the gross."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   A. J. Hakari "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."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   Betty Jo Tucker 3.5/5 "You've got to give Clooney credit for trying, especially when most of Leatherheads is a jaunty, jazz age dream."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron 1.5/4 "Call it embalmed screwball."   Slant Magazine   Bill Weber B+ "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."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf "Pleasant and clever, Leatherheads is not built for surprises."   PopMatters   Cynthia Fuchs 2.5/4 "Agreeable yet uneven..."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair C "Loses by a few touchdowns."   Ozus' World Movie Reviews   Dennis Schwartz 2/4 "Not bad but also so frivolous that there's nothing to grab onto and take away from it all. Leatherheads is a good-looking but misguided waste of time and effort."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman B- "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."   FilmJerk.com   Edward Havens B "A loopy Roaring Twenties screwball comedy, executed with confidence."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 2/4 "It seems as if the MPAA unfairly upped a clear "PG" movie into a "PG-13". But adding numbers can't even the score on the edge that Leatherheads lacks in the sharpness of its humor delivery and the hits on the field."   eFilmCritic.com   Erik Childress C+ "For something that was pitched as a screwball comedy, Leatherheads is kind of lumbering, unwieldy, and awkward."   Film Blather   Eugene Novikov "Clooney stages screwball repartee like a ping-pong match shot through molasses"   CinePassion   Fernando F. Croce C "In this old-time football saga Coach Clooney gets sacked...succeeds neither as a paean to the rambunctious game of the old days nor as homage to the great screwball comedies."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek "An odd hybrid of a sports flick and a screwball comedy that just doesn't work."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat B "Clooney's actors...deliver their lines as though their tongues were packed with lead weights."   Cinepinion   Henry Stewart 3.5/4 "It's an enjoyable diversion."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 3/4 ""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 ..."   Cinematical   James Rocchi 6/10 "Mostly simply tries for fun, and for a good part of it, it delivers. But with it's jumble of elements, it doesn't allow a central one to take hold and truly fly."   Window to the Movies   Jeffrey Chen 3/4 "George Clooney's goofy ode to the origins of professional football is nothing short of an old-fashioned screwball comedy. And a pretty good one at that."   Big Picture Big Sound   Joe Lozito "As much as I was hoping it would be a game effort, I'd quick-kick 'Leatherheads' on any given Sunday."   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   John P. McCarthy 2.5/5 "A gorgeous, charming, quaintly stylish movie comprised almost exclusively of moments and not so much story or characters."   Cinerina   Karina Montgomery B- "It would have been interesting to see what the Coen Brothers would have made of this project. Still, "Leatherheads" has its moments and is certainly an amiable little comedy."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 2/4 "Director and star George Clooney's game attempt to capture the high-spirited silliness of classic screwball comedies falls flat, in large part because Duncan Brantley and Rick Reilly's screenplay lacks sparkle."   TV Guide's Movie Guide   Maitland McDonagh 2/3 "Parece más un examen de fin de curso que otra cosa, una respuesta a la pregunta "Por veinticinco pesetas cada una, haga usted una screwball comedy""   Off-Off-Critica   MalaBesta 2.5/4 "It wouldn't be at all accurate to say that I disliked Leatherheads; I simply found myself kind of stunned that all the good stuff didn't somehow add up to more."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B "Like the 1925 ragtag professional football team it follows, this movie has more high spirits than ability to deliver."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow C "A 1920s football saga that blends rusty screwball comedy and perfunctory romance under a period piece veneer."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 3/5 "Leatherheads is as trifling as Clooney's second movie (Good Night and Good Luck) was significant, but that's okay."   Film Threat   Pete Vonder Haar 4/5 ""Leatherheads" is a profoundly unprofound film that really doesn't have anything on its mind other than to give audiences a couple of hours of giggly fun."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski 3.5/5 "What starts as a thoroughly enjoyable screwball romp ... gets bogged down in some over-ambitious plotting and serious themes as it goes along"   Shadows on the Wall   Rich Cline C "A well-meaning movie fatally dazzled by the very nostalgia it's drowning in."   Flipside Movie Emporium   Rob Vaux C+ "It breezes along without a care, dropping off a few puffball jokes now and then, just for fun."   Laramie Movie Scope   Robert Roten 4/5 "hangs so close to films produced during a forgotten age that audiences who don't recall how quick-witted screwball comedies used to be might not fully appreciate it (or even care to)."   Filmcritic.com   Sean O'Connell 6/10 "Admirably stylized but, as sports comedies go, it fumbles."   SSG Syndicate   Susan Granger 6/10 "The first truly heartbreaking disappointment of the movie year...too drowsy for its own good, less an homage and more a terribly slowed-down retread of some screwball tropes."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton 1.5/4 "A quiet variety of disaster--the type that attracts no cults and appears as a curiosity on a few talented folks' résumés for people to try to place in a year or so. Maybe less."   Film Freak Central   Walter Chaw "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf  (1 - 39) of 39 OFCS Rating: 51% Rotten Page   1