Oliver Stone's take on pro football.

Rating: 8/10 (3 June 2001)

Sure Oliver Stone did score several touchdowns and earned pro bowl honors, but still did not have a hall of fame movie. Any Given Sunday does it's best to show the life of pro football mostly the highs and lows that a team experiences in a season. Stone did very little to focus on the x's and o's of the game but decided to show more of the struggles, and I'm glad because it is how a team deals with differences and problems that makes them winners in the end. Al Pacino is veteran coach Tony D' Amato who deals with the pressure of life such as winning football and just basic everyday life only to have those matters become tougher when dealing with the tough and witch of a team owner the win at all cost Christina Pagniacci (Cameron Diaz) plus the struggle with young quarterback Willie Beamen (Jamie Foxx) who takes the team over when aging quarterback 'Cap' Rooney (Dennis Quaid) is injured Beamen who lightens up the game struggles with success in terms of team and clashes with old school coach Tony D' Amato only in the end when it is said and done you see that both Beamen and Amato taught each other how to win. After the championship season you see just how smart that coach Tony D' Amato is as he really shows this franchise what it is all about and how he goes about, the ending surprised me when I first saw it but each time you watch the ending you cheer for coach Tony more and more. Willie Beamen and Amato are on another highway to a championship. Al Pacino is great as always, Any Given Sunday also stars former NFL greats Jim Brown and Lawrence Taylor the musical scores played during the movie are great. Basically Oliver Stone makes Any Given Sunday a little long but hey this is a Stone movie he likes many many minutes in his films, but this does show a pretty good look at pro football but still I would take watching a real NFL game over this.