2008's Leatherheads was not a movie that connected with critics or audiences overall. The film lost money at the box-office and currently only holds a 52% critic rating on Rotten Tomatoes and a 6/10 on IMDb. Sure, within the genre of sports films it's no Rocky or Field of Dreams, or The Wrestler but, with that being said, I liked the film when I originally saw it in theaters and re-watching it today I still thought it was pretty entertaining.
Set in 1925, the film stars George Clooney as Dodge Connelly an aging pro football player who plays for team that, like so many others, is broke and about to fold. However, there is a war hero/stud football player out of Princeton named Carter "The Bullet" Rutherford (played by John Krasinski) that Dodge convinces to join his Duluth Bulldogs in an effort to save the team and legitimize pro football. There is one wrinkle though; this 'war hero' may not be a hero after all and reporter Lexie Littleton (played by Renee Zellweger) is determined to get the real story. The film, I feel, blends it's sports, screwball comedy, and love triangle aspects all pretty well. It's well shot and well acted with good chemistry between the three leads, but it probably didn't need to be nearly two hours as it does seem to drag at few points.
Overall, this is a film I enjoy and if you like sports movies then this is one I recommend checking out if you haven't seen it.
3.5 out of 5.
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