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Rating: 8/10 (29 April 2000)

Oliver Stone's Any Given Sunday is a fictional chronicle, but carries a lot of meaning about today's contemporary sports. The tale has fake teams with fake players (except for Lawrence Taylor). Al Pacino (great as always) plays Tony D'Amato, a burnt out coach who has to deal with a bad team full of players who only want money and fame to play the game. Jamie Foxx is terrific as a hot shot football player who as a star quarterback takes the spotlight from Dennis Quaid, a living legend who's days are numbered. Quite intriguing, quite cool, and quite hard-hitting, this isn't Stone's best, but he gives his best here. A