Leatherheads

Rating: 7
Genre: Comedy

This movie was about Pro Football in the mid-1920s, so while it was a comedy it also had an historical note to it that I really loved - especially since I'm a huge football fan.

George Clooney is at his best when he plays a character who has an overtly faulty, everyday man quality, while at the same time is extremely sharp-witted and clever as he did in O Brother Where Art Thou. Such was the case in this movie too. Renee Zellweger plays the female lead, a newspaper journalist who shoots fiery quips right back at Dodge (Clooney). The two have a great on-screen chemistry that made this movie much better than it should've been. John Krasinski (Jim Halpert on The Office) played the other lead part and does a much much better job than he did in License To Wed.

The story was pretty fun and only slightly predictable. It reminded me of A League of Their Own with more wit and a bit deeper story.