Mere weeks later, Hollywood heavyweight George Clooney followed suit with a flop of his own, Leatherheads.

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In "Leatherheads, " Clooney lays it on a bit thick -- no reaction shot is undersold -- but at least he's game.

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Shot in muted, muddy browns and with a jaunty ragtime score by Randy Newman, "Leatherheads" is artfully constructed but tediously self-conscious.

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But George Clooney attempts something a little more sophisticated in "Leatherheads": a screwball comedy set during the early days of professional football in the mid-1920s.

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Which brings us, unavoidably, to "Leatherheads, " the disappointingly leaden, if eager-to-please attempt by George Clooney, the movie's star and director, to evoke the screwball comedies of Hawks, Cukor and Sturges.

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In many instances the head impact doses and head injury risks while wearing vintage leatherheads were comparable to or better than those while wearing several widely used 21st century varsity helmets.

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Take George Clooney's flick Leatherheads.

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