Shows the inner workings of football like nothing else. Beyond that, not much.

Rating: 6/10 (24 December 1999)

If you want to see a move that shows what football is like from the insides, from the fights on the sidelines to the battles on the gridiron, this is the film for you. If you're looking for a good movie, it isn't. Any Given Sunday chronicles the last few games of the season of the fictional Sharks. Yet although it shows football very well, and what goes on inside it, it is filled with inaccuracies about points (7 points for a touchdown) and time on the clock. So in that regard, it fails. But the main thing it fails at is providing an entertaining movie. The movie basically rehashes the same tired points over and over again. The whole thing seems thrown together, with different scenes interjecting at different times, and seems out of order. Most importantly, the movie really seems like it is missing a story line with a beginning, middle, and end. Also, at a length of over two and half hours, it drags on, even with all the football scenes. Great photography, and great football insights, but generally a boring movie to sit through. 6 1/2 out of 10.