A Good Film But Al Pacino Is Too Miscast To Make It Great

Rating: Null/10 (23 October 2002)

"Any Given Sunday" is a lengthy and mostly satisfactory football drama epic. It is given several strong performances by the likes of Dennis Quaid, Cameron Diaz, and Jamie Foxx while several other familiar film and TV faces as well as popular football personalities contribute costarring or bit parts. Foxx is the main focus of the film giving a strong dramatic portrayal as a disgrutnled young quarterback who gets into frequent spats with the team's veteran coach (Al Pacino). The only sour note of an otherwise fine film is in the performance of the usually great Pacino who just isn't entirely believable as a football team coach. Don't leave it on the sidelines but there are some better (and more appropriately cast) football films of various genres out there.