A great sports film

Rating: 9/10 (22 January 2006)

Stones film about a NFl coach and his crisis during a year in which he is getting no younger and changes are happening around him. Al Pacino is great in this role, one of his better films in recent years. A performance kind of similar to work in Simone and Two for the money, however the film is much better, and his performance a bit more complex as well. I also liked Dennis Quaid, James Woods, Matthew Modine, Bill Bellamy and Aaron Eckhart. My favorite performance came from jamie Foxx though, he was great as 3rd string quarter back Willie "Steamin" beamen who gets to be the team's answer to problems after first 2 quarterbacks are injured. This film is written well by John Logan(Aviator, last samurai, Gladiator). This is not a bad film, IMDb rating is too low, it is one of the best sports films i have seen. 9/10