If there was any problems with this movie, it came with the other teammates. I wish we could’ve gotten more stories from them but then again it’s just a minor problem.

But ‘Leatherheads’ is a good old-fashiones screwball comedy and you will definitely have a great time with this movie.

For a hilarious video review check this link out: http://www.spill.com/movie-review/Leatherheads/361870

It’s PG-13 so it’s fun for the whole family – just a little cursing, no blood or gore that I remember. It was scripted to be just like a Screwball/Romantic Comedy from the 1940’s with the time period being 20 years earlier. So it’s like watching a 1920’s screenplay using 1940’s techniques. So, don’t expect any special computerized effects, bone rattling acoustics, or alien creatures and space travel!

Now with that intro, I can say that it was really fun to watch, with Clooney, Zellweger, and Krasinski being quite entertaining. The movie gives you a humorous feel for what the early days of pro football were like. It starts with College football being the most exciting sport, drawing large crowds and filling stadiums with up to 40,000 fans. Back then after College the players almost always left the sport and went on to start their careers in whatever their education geared them for. But, there were a few stragglers that wanted to keep playing football, and they did – to much, much smaller crowds, and much less enthusiasm. The pay and scheduling was as unpredictable as the weather. And – most importantly they had very few rules, so a lot of stunts were used to get the ball into the endzone. Many people got injured in those days, in fact one of the statistics was the number of athletes that died during a given year – because the equipment and rules were not good. Sure, leather helmets were a little protection – maybe only against the most severe of blows to the head. Technology had not really been focused on the sport, so the rest of the gear they wore was not very protective either. A few people like Dodge Connelly (Clooney) liked playing the sport beyond College, and wanted it legitimized as a profession, so he pursues this, and eventually more rules are imposed on the game to make it safer and more humane. The romantic struggle between the two football players over Lexie Littleton (Zellweger) is fun to watch the progression of, and also to get a good feel of what romance was like in those days among famous people. These three all had strong personality traits to convey in each of their roles, which involved prowess, honesty, deception, and a bit of sass.

I highly recommend this movie because it is fun, historical, and gives you a sense of the long struggle to legitimize professional football. It helps to answer the question – how did we really develop this highly popular professional sport of football as we know it today – this game of intensity, physicality, and much strategy.

As for this movie, Clooney alone has my interest piqued, but God, Zellweger looks like she’s sucking lemons all of the time. It’s very odd. She isn’t a real favorite of mine. I did not enjoy her in Chicago. Truth be told, I haven’t liked her in anything since Jerry Maguire.