Great action footage, HORRIBLE film!

Rating: 1/10 (26 December 1999)

I am a MAJOR football fan, but this was one of the WORST movies of all time!! I admit that the scenes on the field were great. But, there was NO plot! Okay, an old, tired football coach (Pacino) is coaching a team of worthless thugs. Their owner (Diaz) is a major b****. She wants the team to win and they gradually do get better. Wow! I can't wait for Oscar night! During the climax of the film, after being in the theater for over 2 1/2 hours, I found myself praying that the team would not win the final game. I was afraid if they won we would then be dragged to the Super Bowl with them! Oliver Stone was way out of his league on this one. I wonder if he is even a football fan at all. Picture the same type of camera shots as in his epic U-turn and add some bone-crushing football and a bunch of immoral players and you'll have Any Given Sunday. If you go see this film, take some aspirin before you go in. You will get a headache from all the fighting and yelling and cursing! I'm not sure I've ever seen a film with such horrible language. Maybe that is true to form for behind the scenes football. But, he could have toned it down a bit. Take my advice, spare yourself the agony!