Too Much Unneccessary Oliver Stoneisms

Rating: 6/10 (20 January 2000)

Overall, this was a good job of presenting a very simplistic sports story, somewhat done in by Stone's need to insert his usual over-the-top symbolism and in-your-face lessons. This had the effect of making the story about 20-30 minutes longer than necessary, while adding nothing about storking Oliver's ego and reminding the casual viewer why many people dislike his films in the first place.
The football scenes, while a little too quick-cut in the editing, were exciting