9 out of 10 doctors prefer this movie to syrup of ipecac

Rating: 1/10 (28 December 1999)

When I went to this movie with my brother, I had no idea that he had just drank a can of engine anti-knock compound. Fortunately, _Any Given Sunday_ saved his life. And it can save *your* life too. I'd say keeping a copy of this movie on hand is at least as important as say, deadbolts or smoke detectors. Doctors recommend that you keep tickets on 24 hour reserve until this movie comes out on video.
How can a movie be so effective? At first you think it's only the out-of-focus shots of people spinning around, then it's Cameron Diaz's stilted, nonsensical yammerings, or the painfully caustic music, but it's really the whole package. It works at so many levels.
The Department of Health and Human Services should give Oliver Stone a medal of valour for this movie, which is projected to save the lives of over 300 poisoning victims next year.
On one sour note, however, James Woods does not live up to the potential he displayed in John Carpenter's _Vampires_. Oliver Stone really dropped the ball on this one. He should have researched that one more thoroughly because the dialogue between Woods and the padre in this movie wasn't nearly as gripping as the similar altercations in Vampires. Also he should have been wearing sunglasses.