Ein verlockendes Spiel (2008)

Ein verlockendes Spiel: Directed by George Clooney. With John Krasinski, David de Vries, Rick Forrester, Craig S. Harper. In 1925, an enterprising pro football player convinces America’s too-good-to-be-true college football hero to play for his team and keep the league from going under.

“You know the phrase u0026quot;they donu0026#39;t make them like they used toou0026quot;? Well, George Clooney definitely took that to heart when he decided to direct and act in Leatherheads. This movie hits back to u0026quot;It Happened One Nightu0026quot; type of slap stick, or at least thatu0026#39;s what it reminded me of. To me it seems like George Clooney is trying to be like the next Clark Gable, Renee Zellwegger, donu0026#39;t get me wrong, I love this girl, sheu0026#39;s a great actress, but I wasnu0026#39;t too impressed with her performance in Leatherheads. With her and George it seemed like they were trying so hard to make the slap stick work and really forced it, while the jokes are funny, it doesnu0026#39;t click as well as it should like the old time comedies. The problem with this movie is that it doesnu0026#39;t know wither it wants to be a romantic comedy slap stick or how football was born in America type of comedy, so George Clooney misses more than hits.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eSet in the 1920u0026#39;s, Jimmy and his football team are in the birth of football. The problem is that they donu0026#39;t win and their sponsors are fed up with their stunts and loosing streaks. So when they drop the football team, Jimmy looks for a job, but fails, but later he comes across college football star, Carter Rutherford. He offers Rutherford to join the team and the sponsors get back into play. Rutherford is also known war hero and reporter, Lexie Littleton is on the case to find out u0026quot;the truthu0026quot; that could possible damage Carteru0026#39;s career. But Jimmy is also attracted Lexie and may have to give up the only way to boost the football teamu0026#39;s reputation again for Lexieu0026#39;s story.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003eWould I recommend Leatherheads? I would say that itu0026#39;s worth a matinée, itu0026#39;s a cute movie and has some fun laughs. I loved the scene with Jimmy and Carter who just punch each other in the face and beg not to hit anywhere else because itu0026#39;s their weak spot. Just I think the editing was a little off, some scenes I donu0026#39;t understand why they were not cut in half or were even needed. George Clooney wasnu0026#39;t looking to make a masterpiece, but I think he took this film in the wrong direction and itu0026#39;s not that impressive. Itu0026#39;s a decent movie, worth the watch, but itu0026#39;s not something I would buy.u003cbr/u003eu003cbr/u003e6/10”