Starring:
George Clooney, Renee Zellweger, John Krasinski, Jonathan Pryce,
…
Review:
He belongs to two churches — film and football — and
George Clooney worships at both in Leatherheads, a scrappy
debate on the rules we live by disguised as a screwball comedy. 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. Or does he? Leatherheads could be
subtitled We Only Kill the Things We Love. Clooney paints
a vivid picture of pro football circa 1925 and the advent of the
NFL, endorsements, free agency and contract money that could feed
several starving countries. Clooney plays Dodge Connolly, an aging
team captain who dodges growing up. He knows pro football is a
joke. College football gets respect, but Dodge and…

Rating: 3 Stars