Leatherheads Release
Date: April 4, 2008 Studio: Universal Pictures Director: George Clooney Screenwriter: Duncan Brantley, Rick Reilly Starring: George Clooney, Renée Zellweger, John Krasinski, Jonathan
Pryce, Stephen Root, Ezra Buzzington, John Vance, Dan John Miller Genre: Comedy, Romance MPAA Rating: PG-13 (for brief strong language) Official Website: Leatherheadsmovie.com
Plot Summary: George Clooney and Renée Zellweger match wits in
Leatherheads, a quick-witted romantic comedy set against the backdrop of
America's nascent pro-football league in 1925.
Clooney plays Dodge Connolly, a charming, brash football hero who is determined
to guide his team from bar brawls to packed stadiums. But after the 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 (John Krasinski), 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 (Zellweger)
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 both fight to keep his guys together and to 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...
EN 5 Second Review:
How can you turn a football movie into inspiration less
drivel. Put George Clooney in it.
He
belongs to two churches — film and football — and George Clooney
worships at both in Leatherheads 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...more
If
nothing else, Leatherheads answers the question: Can
George Clooney do no wrong? Bill Goodykoontz: Arizona Republic
It's the equivalent of a busted play, with the players
scrambling in different directions, making any kind of
forward progress nearly impossible...more
EN 5 Second Review:
How can you turn a football movie into inspiration less
drivel. Put George Clooney in it.
