This film had some funny parts, but overall it was pretty boring. And that’s coming from someone who likes George Clooney, Renee Zellweger, and American football. This film has all the ingredients for greatness, or at least even a few good laughs, but it just misses the mark and doesn’t deliver. The casting, music, plot, and cinematography were all fine; I think where it went wrong was the dialogue. The few quippy jokes that may have livened it up a bit were trite.

The story is that of the birth of professional American football with a love triangle and a juicy news story thrown in. Set in 1925, George Clooney plays Dodge Connelly who, out of desperation, sets out to popularise professional American football. He does this by recruiting Carter Rutherford (John Krasinski), Princeton University’s star player/WWI war hero. The plot thickens when Lexie Littleton (Renee Zellweger), a reporter for the Chicago Tribune, tries to find out the truth behind Carter’s heroic claims. With all this going on, one would think there was more than enough plot to keep a viewer interested. But somehow there just isn’t. Leatherheads was so blah that I can’t even think of much to say about it except that it was boring. Save your money.

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