Mildly disappointing, but entertaining just the same.

Rating: Null/10 (7 September 2000)

Any Given Sunday begins as a rather powerful statement on racial issues that draws an interesting comparison of a football team to a regiment of military soldiers. (I couldn't help but see echoes of Vietnam in some of the gridiron scenes.) I found most of the film to be quite insightful, as one might expect an Oliver Stone film to be, and highly entertaining. I was disappointed though - mildly embarrassed even - by it's formulaic plot resolution (ala. Rocky), the feeling being that I had seen this movie too many times before already, and that the film had fallen short of the potential it had to be a far more important film than it is.

A very good football flick, just the same. I give it 3 stars out of 5.
Gus