Another great Oliver Stone film. Intense movie.

Rating: 10/10 (5 January 2003)

First I need to admit that I'm a big fan of Oliver Stone's movies. (although I didn't like "Natural Born Killers"). Stone has always been extremely accurate, realistic and impressive in his way to describe the American society in his movies. "Any Given Sunday" describes the world of professional sport where money and power is taking over tradition and team spirit. Al Pacino is simply great in this movie. He plays coach Tony D'Amato who has to deal with a declining starting quarterback (Dennis Quaid), a rising star (Jamie Foxx), a selfish player (LL Cool J) and a team owner (Cameron Diaz) trying to sell the team. The rest of the cast is also very good with stars like James Wood and Charlton Heston. Other supporting roles include actors who played in Stone's previous movies, James Karen (Wall Street) and John C. McGinley (Wall Street and Platoon). The soundtrack is also excellent and add more emotions to the movie. Although a few scenes could have been deleted without impacting the movie too much, you never get a chance to get bored. Pacino's speeches to players scenes are magnificent and full of emotion. I strongly recommend this movie even if you are not a football fan.