A Chilling Look At Pro Football

Rating: 8/10 (11 February 2002)

Any Given Sunday
Rated R for strong language and some nudity/sexuality
Starring Al Pacino, Jamie Foxx, Dennis Quaid, Cameron Diaz, and LL Cool J
Plot Summary: Oliver Stone directs an inside view at pro football, as a third string hot shot quarter back must face off with his old school head coach and aging quarterback.
This film was a gritty but glossy look at the world of professional football. The head coach of the fictional team the Miami Sharks (Al Pacino), faces off with the popular third string quarterback (Jamie Foxx) who helps lead them to the playoffs, and with the young new school team owner (Cameron Diaz). This dramatic film has brilliant football scenes as well as an excellent soundtrack, which was seperated in two cds, both of them reccomended by me. The drama, which deals with the brilliant sport of football, is great.
Director Oliver Stone rips football open, destroying everything ever known about football and questioning everything that goes on behind the scenes of football and in the locker. The sex, drugs, and partying is a new look at what professional athletes really do with their millions of dollars. Though the film is very long the film goes by quickly, and the two and three quarter hours go by quickly. A highly reccomend this chillingly brilliant film.
My Rating: 8.5 out of 10 or B+