A Fan of Stone, but 'Sunday' misses mark

Rating: 4/10 (23 November 2000)

I am a huge fan of pro football, and I am a fan of Oliver Stone. However, the two together is a disaster. Stone totally goes overboard with his action scenes on the football field. Stone portrays the football field like the war zone battle fields in his past movies. It just doesn't work because football is exciting and violent enough every Sunday in the NFL and Stone's version looks fake! There was no one to like in this movie. The coach was a drunk that neglected his family, the owner was a power hungry monster that did not care about the players or fans, and the players only cared about the money and women. I love Cameron Diaz, and I thought she gave a great performance, departing from other cream puff roles.