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But after the players lose
their sponsor and the entire league faces certain collapse, Dodge
convinces a war hero & college football star (The Office's John Krasinski) to join his ragtag ranks.
However
it seems that the 'College Golden boy' is too good to be true, leading
to feisty journalist Lexie Littleton (the ever squinty Reneee
Zellweger) putting all her efforts to bring him down... from the
inside! That is, of course, if she can avoid the romantic advances of
Dodge and Rutherford in the process!
Everything about Leatherheads
seemed to work for mine. From the classic sepia-toned Universal logo at
the beginning of the film, to the quick witted Vaudevillian humour
which is generously laced throughout the film - Clooney has woven
together a quality comedy with a good dose of originality to boot.
Clooney
& Zellweger share a surprising amount of chemistry, with their fast
paced dialogue delivering the sort of wit which has sadly been absent
from cinematic comedy for far to long.
I
actually saw this twice during it's theatrical run (the first time at a
press screening, the second at a local theatre with my mum) and it has
to be said that it's all about your surroundings. For some reason, in a
half full theatre on a Sunday afternoon... Leatherheads
failed miserably to excite of enthral anyone. However, revisiting it
for a third time on DVD, on the couch, with some snacks - it is just as
fun as charming as it was the first time I saw it.
Isn't it strange how movies are like that sometimes? But I digress...
Cleverly written, superb performances - and most importantly - a great deal of fun. DVD EXTRAS
Considering this flopped in the US and in Australia (for some reason
sports movies just don't seem to click with movie audiences anymore - I
can't understand why, they are a lot of fun) there are a few decent
extras included here.
Again, the focus here is Clooney - but
even in the fluffy featurettes on offer - he still steals the show.
There are also a bunch of deleted scenes (which are really pretty
average) plus an interesting featurette on th special effects that went
into making the movie as 1920s-photo real as possible.
The sort of nice, light, fluffy comedy that everyone should have in their DVD collection for a rainy day (we all have copies of Sister Act 2 somewhere in the house... don't deny it!!).
Conclusion:
Movie 80% Extras: 98%
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