Whenever a movie is partially filmed in your hometown,you tend to develop an automatic bias in favor of it,no matter the quality of it.This is what has occurred with me when it comes to Leatherheads.It was filmed in various locations across the southeast including my hometown of Greer,South Carolina.I even have a cousin as an extra in some of the crowd shots filmed in Charlotte,but he is so lost in that crowd,he can't be spotted.As for the film itself,I regret to say that there is no greatness here,but a just barely likable period piece.It's faults lie in it's attempts to recapture the lightning quick wit and dialog of films made in the era it represents.We basically have George Clooney and Renee Zellweger trying too hard to be Cary Grant and Katherine Hepburn,and it just doesn't work.The story itself is likable enough,and that's all.
Review of Leatherheads
