Leatherheads Reviews Overview

Leatherheads Good Reviews

  • RogerEbert.com (3/4): Leatherheads Review
    • "Clooney's a team player, and his generosity toward his collaborators, as an actor and a director, shines throughout the movie."
  • Rolling Stone (3/4): Leatherheads Review
    • "In his third shot at directing, following two savvy meditations on media and politics (Confessions of a Dangerous Mind and Good Night, and Good Luck), Clooney throws us a rowdy party of a movie."
  • ReelViews (3/4): Leatherheads Review  WARNING: Pop-ups
    • "...a pleasant enough comedy - one of those movies that offers plenty of smiles and warmhearted chuckles but no big belly laughs. The dialogue in particular is rich and witty, and delivered in a rat-a-tat fashion that demands perfect timing."
  • Newsday.com (3/4): Leatherheads Review
    • "Once upon a time, Hollywood produced smart, light comedies like this as a matter of course. These days, Leatherheads seems like a gift."
  • The Austin Chronicle: Leatherheads Review
    • "...a loving nod to the screwballs of yore; good-looking, appropriately scored, and well-acted; and possessing of a handful of truly transportive moments. It's awfully agreeable &mdash so why doesn't it entirely work?"
  • San Jose Mercury News (B): Leatherheads: Clooney and Team Score a TD
    • "Artificial as "Leatherheads"' sometimes gets, it's grounded in modern screen naturalism. As in all of Clooney's directing efforts, there's also an ethical seriousness at its core."

Leatherheads Neutral Reviews

  • Variety: Leatherheads Review
    • "...aims only to please and proves perfectly amiable, but ultimate effect is one of much energy expended to minimal payoff."
  • The Hollywood Reporter: Leatherheads Review
    • "Clooney and co-star Renee Zellweger certainly will lure customers, but story weaknesses and ill-defined characters will challenge their most ardent fans to root for anything other than a swift ending."
  • EW.com (C): Leatherheads Review  WARNING: Pop-ups
    • "The dialogue drags no matter how fast Clooney and Zellweger rattle off their he-said-she-said lines in a studious imitation of Cary Grant and Rosalind Russell."
  • Slate: Illegal Use of Hands
    • "Leatherheads is better than a finger in your eye. It's a perfectly passable, if instantly forgettable, date movie..."

Leatherheads Bad Reviews

  • The New York Times: Leatherheads Review
    • "What is harder to comprehend is how Mr. Clooney turned out such a sloppy, haphazard and tonally incoherent piece of work."
  • The Arizona Republic (2.5/5): Leatherheads Review
    • "If nothing else, Leatherheads answers the question: Can George Clooney do no wrong? Yes, evidently."
  • Newsweek: Fumble, by George  WARNING: Pop-ups
    • "The great '30s comedies had edge, bite and relentless forward momentum. Leatherheads is laid-back, amiable and terminally tepid."

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