I will have to settle for a field goal with this one!

Rating: 6/10 (26 September 2000)

There has not been a more controversial director in the last ten years than Oliver Stone. With any given movie he directs- he brings us distracting, but yet, powerful images of the film's subject matter. Now Stone has decided to engrave himself into the world of the National Football League. `Any Given Sunday' is about the glitz, glamour, pathos, greed, and hypocrisy of the NFL. The film is full of pro bowl actors. Some of them did touch down with their performances ( Al Pacino, James Woods, Jamie Foxx), while others did not backup some of their fine work in earlier films (Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Mathew Modine). Oliver does twist the plot a few times to surprise the viewer. However, I do have to blow the whistle on the film's length. This movie should definitely not have gone into overtime. I will defend those who did like this movie but at the same time I will not offend those who did not like it either. *** Average