Any Given Sunday (1999)
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Reviews Counted:116
Fresh:56
Rotten:60
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
Genre: Dramas
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... 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 D'Amato (Al Pacino) is forced to reach deep into his bench for Willie Beamen (Jamie Foxx). The third-stringer's injury-plagued career and difficulty with maintaining focus make him a dubious commodity at best. But Beamen, aware of what this opportunity could mean, starts playing at a much higher level than ever before, planting championship hopes in the minds of Miami fans. The extraordinary success of Beamen, an athlete whose flamboyance contradicts everything the Lombardi-like D'Amato believes about the game, makes the coach wonder whether his time is passing. To add to his problems, Christina Pagniacci (Cameron Diaz), a young woman who has inherited ownership of the team from her late father, is pressuring him to win now, and at any cost. Will D'Amato be able to pull the team together for a final run at the championship? The film conveys a vivid sense of the atmosphere of pro football and features a finely modulated performance by Pacino. [More]
Starring: Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx
Starring: Al Pacino, Cameron Diaz, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, LL Cool J, James Woods, Matthew Modine, Ann-Margret, Bill Bellamy, Elizabeth Berkley, Jim Caviezel, Aaron Eckhart, Charlton Heston, Lauren Holly, John C. McGinley, Lela Rochon, Lawrence Taylor
Director: Oliver Stone
Director: Oliver Stone
Screenwriter: Oliver Stone, John Logan
Producer: Dan Halsted, Lauren Shuler Donner, Oliver Stone, Clayton Townsend
Composer: Richard Horowitz
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Hit and miss, certainly, but intense stuff. Full Review |
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A meathead burlesque. Full Review |
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Despite the film's multifarious faults, which also include a truly rotten cameo from Stone himself as a sports commentator, there can be no argument that this is one of the most visually exciting experiences you will have this year... Full Review |
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Any Given Sunday may fall on its face a few times during the game, but wouldn't you rather watch a team going recklessly for the touchdown than playing safely for time? Full Review |
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Any Given Sunday is content to document, observe and convey. While it does all these things well, a little more passion would not have gone amiss. Full Review |
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Stone isn't interested in merely bashing modern football: Any Given Sunday looks at the best and worst of the sport. [Blu-ray]Full Review |
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...it's hard to tell if Stone was making a serious sports movie here or a parody of a sports movie. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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You'd have to be a very undiscriminating football die-hard to get anything out of it. Full Review |
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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. Full Review |
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Stone's hilariously broad and belabored critique of American sports culture ... Full Review |
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This isn't the best film by Oliver Stone, but it is a first-rate job nonetheless. Full Review |
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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.
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Loud, long and exhausting. Full Review |
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Any Given Sunday doesn't disappoint from an acting standpoint; with a cast like this it could hardly miss. Full Review |
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A solidly-acted action-drama hybrid whose cartoonish asides largely undermine the greater subtext. Full Review |
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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 Full Review |
Latest News for Any Given Sunday
July 15, 2005:
LL Cool J Finds a Multi-Pic Home at Lions Gate
The Hollywood Reporter brings news of a deal between actor/rapper LL Cool J and Lions Gate Films. Although the exact numbers have not been released, Mr. J (born as: James Todd... More...
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