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Leatherheads (2008)

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Critics Reviews Average Grade:   B-
Source Brief Review Grade*
Boston Globe
Wesley Morris
"The film moves slowly and steadily, but it's never exactly dull, just mild." more... B-
Chicago Sun-Times
Jim Emerson
"Best of all are the picture's abundant grace notes." more... B  
E! Online
Chris Farnsworth
"A good-natured throwback to the days of screwball comedy..." more... A-
Entertainment Weekly
Lisa Schwarzbaum
"The dialogue drags no matter how fast Clooney and Zellweger rattle off their he-said-she-said lines..." more... C  
filmcritic.com
Sean O'Connell
"...a snappy throwback..." more... B+
Hollywood Reporter
Kirk Honeycutt
"Disappointing period football comedy laterals too often without a clear goal in mind." more... C  
Los Angeles Times
Carina Chocano
"George Clooney and RenĂ©e Zellweger are a potent 1-2 punch." more... B  
New York Times
A. O. Scott
"The picture labors so strenuously to approximate some of the old screwball spirit that it winds up in traction." more... D  
ReelViews
James Berardinelli
"Leatherheads is carefully crafted and works on its own terms, but it's not Clooney's most accessible movie." more... B  
Rolling Stone
Peter Travers
"...most on its game when it's in the game..." more... B  
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
William Arnold
"...hits the ground with a wee bit of a stumble." more... B-
USA Today
Claudia Puig
"...a nimble throwback to the screwball comedies of the 1930s..." more... B  
* Yahoo! Movies converts each critic's published rating into a letter grade. If the critic's review does not include a rating, Yahoo! Movies assigns a grade based on an assessment of the review. (more...)
 
 


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