Stone Me! It's Football

Rating: Null/10 (21 February 2001)

The trailers for this movie looked great. Pacino shouting the way only he can, forceful directing from Oliver Stone,James Woods and Dennis Quaid in supporting roles and, don't forget, the glory of football.The actual film is a total disappointment and is yet another cliche -ridden , predictable sports movie. Like Spike Lee's He Got Game ( on the subject of Basketball) this movie promised much but failed to deliver. The film is long and long-winded and is quite frankly dull for lengthy periods. Pacino's presence is the saving grace and keeps the whole thing afloat long past the time where you have given up caring what happens to any of the characters. Maybe movie-makers should leave sports alone or stick to documentaries on the subject as recent efforts such as Any Given Sunday have been tiresome.