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A.O. Scott, New York Times: Leatherheads labors so strenuously to approximate some of the old screwball spirit of the '30s and '40s that it winds up in traction. Read more
Joanne Kaufman, Wall Street Journal: There's a jaunty score by Randy Newman, and Clooney, as always, has charm to burn, but here, he's off his game. Read more
David Germain, Associated Press: The film leaves you longing for a few Hail Mary end-zone passes, while the filmmakers stick to a story that tries to pound it out with a safe, tedious ground game. Read more
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times: Leatherheads is no disaster, but it leaves you wanting both less and more. Read more
Keith Phipps, AV Club: If amiability equaled greatness, Leatherheads would be destined to become a classic. Read more
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic: It's the equivalent of a busted play, with the players scrambling in different directions, making any kind of forward progress nearly impossible. Read more
Wesley Morris, Boston Globe: This is an unmade bed of a movie -- and ambiguous to a fault. Read more
Carina Chocano, Los Angeles Times: Clooney and Zellweger radiate intelligence and seem to take pleasure in each other's mental agility. Even when the lines are less than spectacular, the spark between the two actors is knowing and playful. Read more
Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune: Tragically, Leatherheads is just OK, though the film may well find an audience among those eager for a little diversion, what with the nostalgia factor and the George Clooney factor. Read more
Amy Biancolli, Houston Chronicle: Everyone's too mannered, and most everything's too slow. Especially for a throwback. Read more
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor: Even in a middling comedy such as this one, which he also directed, he's alarmingly ardent. Clooney is relying on the tremendous audience rapport he's built up over the years, and he's right to do so. Read more
Adam Graham, Detroit News: No one's saying George Clooney isn't a dashing fellow. But his charm and affability only go so far in Leatherheads. Read more
Lisa Schwarzbaum, Entertainment Weekly: Reproducing a period-piece screwball comedy for a modern audience turns out to be one playful, self-deprecating wink too many for [Clooney]. Read more
Amy Nicholson, I.E. Weekly: Just as robot scientists describe the "uncanny valley" effect, the more Clooney tries to be Clark Gable, the wider the gulf appears between them. Read more
Scott Foundas, L.A. Weekly: Clooney makes us expect the best of him each and every time he takes to the field, and Leatherheads is considerably less than that. Read more
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald: Leatherheads goes on a good 20 minutes too long, and there's very little in it that makes a lasting impression, but it's easy to watch while it's unspooling -- much like, you know, a lot of Cary Grant comedies. Read more
Rafer Guzman, Newsday: Both behind and before the camera, Clooney imbues Leatherheads with an irresistible charm and intelligence, raising it far above the average period piece. Read more
Stephen Whitty, Newark Star-Ledger: It fumbles -- early -- and never really gets back in the game. Read more
Elizabeth Weitzman, New York Daily News: It's easy to see what Clooney's going for, but hard to understand the choices he makes. Read more
Lou Lumenick, New York Post: Leatherheads is far from a touchdown, but you gotta give points to any movie where a character describes its climactic game as a 'muddy snoozefest.' Read more
Roger Moore, Orlando Sentinel: If the real NFL had started off this tired, we'd be spending our Sundays watching jai alai. Read more
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer: If you have a hankering for old-style Hollywood comedy and romance, and Turner Classic Movies is on a Steve McQueen or John Wayne jag, Leatherheads offers an agreeable substitute. Read more
Jim Emerson, Chicago Sun-Times: Film fans used to speculate about whether Clooney could become the Cary Grant of our time, and now we know he's our Clark Gable and William Holden and Dean Martin, too. Read more
Stephanie Zacharek, Salon.com: [Has] a breezy, affable spirit, and its very casualness is something that's extremely rare in mainstream movies these days. Read more
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle: Leatherheads is not that good a movie, and yet it would be hard to enjoy saying anything nasty about it. Read more
Dana Stevens, Slate: Why does the whole thing feel sloggier than the climactic game, a near-scoreless battle waged in a lake of mud? Read more
Colin Covert, Minneapolis Star Tribune: Drawing from movies rather than life, Leatherheads often feels like a likable exercise in retro style rather than a film with a compelling reason to exist on its own. Read more
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail: Leatherheads a comedy of stock setups and kooky digressions in which nothing really comes to a head, and running at close to two hours, it lacks the essential brevity of the form. Read more
Peter Howell, Toronto Star: Clooney is now at the stage of his life and career where a flash of his playboy grin earns him enough audience goodwill to carry him over rough patches -- and Lord knows, this movie has them. Read more
Richard Schickel, TIME Magazine: Maybe the film loses a little steam as it rolls along, but it is still puffing and tooting as Clooney and Zellweger ride off into the sunset. Read more
David Fear, Time Out: The movie gets lots of things right, yet it fumbles key facets so badly that you simply can't christen it the gridiron version of 'His Girl Friday'. Read more
Claudia Puig, USA Today: More amiable than witty and relying heavily on the likability and charm of its lead actors, Leatherheads scores more points as a retro romantic comedy than a football saga. Read more
Todd McCarthy, Variety: Aims only to please and proves perfectly amiable, but ultimate effect is one of much energy expended to minimal payoff. Read more
John Anderson, Washington Post: There's a flatness about the whole enterprise -- like drinking champagne, but from an old house slipper. Read more