Pathetic, cliche-ridden, and less suspense than Monday Night NFL.

Rating: Null/10 (26 December 1999)

This movie tries to hype the experience of a professional football game. The problem is it's impossible to hype a football game more than the NFL already does. This struck me as being made and written by Hollywood types that haven't watched a pro football game in years. Your standard NFL video of the Superbowl has finer action. The conflicts were ridiculous. An owner that disagrees with the coach as strongly as Cameron Diaz did with homily-spouting Al Pacino would fire him. Happens all the time. Why would the writers think we would root for such a bunch of whiners? Who needs to watch a football game where the outcome isn't in doubt? And PS, once the football crosses the plane of the goal line it's a TD whether or not the player retains possession of the ball after he lands.