It's as long as it is good

Rating: 7/10 (6 January 2000)

Usually the quality of a movie can help to make up for the fact that the movie is a bit too long. Any Given Sunday almost accomplishes this. At about three hours long, Oliver Stone provides a fairly entertaining look at the inner workings of a struggling fictional football team in Miami. Al Pacino is his usual mesmerizing self as the under fire coach of the team. He must deal with a meddling owner (Cameron Diaz), an aging, injured star quarterback (Dennis Quaid),a prima-dona star running back (L.L. Cool J.), and the young third string quarterback (Jamie Foxx) that he must rely on to get the Miami team into the playoffs. Mr. Foxx gives probably the best performance of the movie as we see him develop from a backup so nervous he vomits on the field before his first play into the toast of the sports world who butts heads with his head coach over who really leads the team. Cut out about a half hour of the movie, and it may go from a fairly entertaining saturday afternoon or evening experience to a really enjoyable , funny look at pro football.