Any Given Sunday (1999)
49 %
Reviews Counted: 113 Fresh: 55 Rotten:58 Average Rating: 5.5/10
Consensus:
Sometimes entertaining, but overall Any Given Sunday is a disappointment coming from Oliver Stone.
Runtime: 2 hrs 58 mins
Synopsis: Oliver Stone delves into his love-hate relationship with pro football in this high-impact film, thriving on the game's adrenaline rush while revealing its ultimate corruption. When legendary Miami Sharks quarterback Cap Rooney (Dennis Quaid) is badly injured in a game, coach Tony... [More]
Genre: Dramas
Starring: Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, LL Cool J
Director: Oliver Stone
Screenwriter: Oliver Stone, John Logan
Producer: Dan Halsted, Lauren Shuler Donner, Oliver Stone, Clayton Townsend
Composer: Richard Horowitz
Screenwriter: Oliver Stone, John Logan
Producer: Dan Halsted, Lauren Shuler Donner, Oliver Stone, Clayton Townsend
Composer: Richard Horowitz
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Reviews
Almost three hours of this jitter deteriorates from bravura filmmaking to annoying mannerism, and Any Given Sunday ends up less than the sum of its many, often interesting parts.
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08/22/08
Top Critic
You'd have to be a very undiscriminating football die-hard to get anything out of it.
07/23/07
With few surprises and little to say in this film, it is unclear why Oliver Stone was interested in making it in the first place.
07/14/07
Stone's hilariously broad and belabored critique of American sports culture ...
03/28/06
This isn't the best film by Oliver Stone, but it is a first-rate job nonetheless.
04/09/05
Os excessos visuais de Stone (tão bem utilizados em seus trabalhos anteriores) e o fraco terceiro ato, mais conveniente do que o apropriado, comprometem o resultado final.
04/16/04
Any Given Sunday doesn't disappoint from an acting standpoint; with a cast like this it could hardly miss.
02/08/03
A solidly-acted action-drama hybrid whose cartoonish asides largely undermine the greater subtext.
01/16/03
Ultimately, Any Given Sunday will disappoint football fans and won't win any new converts to the game, and worse, is just a painful film to watch
12/08/02
...the movie remains watchable if only for Pacino's amazing performance and the action-packed football sequences.
09/25/02
Oliver Stone’s take on the world of pro football scores a few field goals, but is extremely short of a touchdown.
07/02/02
When pressed to say what has changed football from an all-American game into the sleazy business it is today, Stone feebly points a finger at television as the culprit, then wriggles away from the question.
06/21/02
Amidst all the drama, there are comedic moments, such as the Sharks' version of the self-congratulatory end zone dance the Dirty Bird, the metal-vs.-rap locker room debate and the loose crocodile in the shower.
06/05/02
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