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34 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 75ReelViewsJames BerardinelliReelViewsJames BerardinelliClooney and Zellweger play off each other perfectly, delivering their dialogue with the rhythm of a well-choreographed dance and falling in love in the time-honored tradition of '40s romantic comedies.
- 75Rolling StonePeter TraversRolling StonePeter TraversLeatherheads 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.
- 75Charlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanCharlotte ObserverLawrence ToppmanIn the end, Leatherheads recalls the gloriously dated sentiments of Grantland Rice, one of that era's beloved sportswriters, expressed 17 years earlier in the poem "Alumnus Football."
- 67Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesAustin ChronicleKimberley JonesYou can’t read one of Clooney’s endless People profiles without hearing the Cary Grant comparison, but here, he’s all Gable – same rakishness and stubble and tanned-leather basso profundo.
- 63Philadelphia InquirerSteven ReaPhiladelphia InquirerSteven ReaA larky throwback to the breakneck screwballs of Frank Capra and Preston Sturges. Problem is, it isn't breakneck enough.
- 60SlateSlateBetter than a finger in your eye. It's a perfectly passable, if instantly forgettable, date movie, lushly shot by Newton Thomas Sigel and with a script intelligently versed in American classics like "His Girl Friday" and "Hail the Conquering Hero."
- 50The Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttThe Hollywood ReporterKirk HoneycuttClooney, the film's director and star, can't make up his mind how to approach the story. One minute it's a romantic comedy. Then it switches to slapstick, then to screwball comedy before sliding into Frank Capra territory.
- 50VarietyTodd McCarthyVarietyTodd McCarthyArch and funny in equal measure, this looks like a theatrical non-starter that Clooney fans and football devotees might be tempted to check out down the line on DVD or on the tube.
- 50Village VoiceVillage VoiceFor its entire two hours, Leatherheads is rarely less than very promising--and also rarely more.
- 50Entertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumEntertainment WeeklyLisa SchwarzbaumReproducing a period-piece screwball comedy for a modern audience turns out to be one playful, self-deprecating wink too many for the star, who also directed Leatherheads.