LEATHERHEADS

"LEATHERHEADS" WAS SAILING ALONG, IT WAS A JOYFUL JOURNEY INTO THE 1920s. THE LAUGHS WERE COMING WITH REGULARITY. THE ACTION WAS HUMOROUS, THE DIALOGUE WAS SNAPPY - ALL WAS SWEETNESS AND LIGHT. THEN, FOR NO REASON, SOMEONE DECIDED TO DROP THE COMEDY AND MAKE THIS INTO HIGH DRAMA. THE LAST 25 MINUTES HAD ABOUT AS MANY LAUGHS AS, "JUDGMENT AT NUREMBERG." WHY THIS FINE FILM TOOK A DETOUR WHILE IN SIGHT OF THE GOAL LINE, IS A MYSTERY TO ME. IT IS OUR HOMETOWN BABY, FILMED RIGHT HERE IN SOUTH CAROLINA AND WE WANT TO LOVE IT, BUT THOSE LAST 25 MINUTES MAKES THAT DIFFICULT. GO SEE IT ANYWAY.