Movie Review for Any Given Sunday

Summary: The biggest battle for the NFL's Miami Sharks is not with the other teams, but within the Shark's own ranks as aging star quarterback, Jack "Cap" Rooney, and battle-weary coach, Tony D'Amato, go head to head with young players and new management who are more concerned with big money and the star-making potential of television than the ethics of the game or the health of its players.

                         Reviews of Any Given Sunday
By Kamal 'The Diva' Larsuel of 3BlackChicks Review (7/0)
            Every sports fan should see this film. It's an eye opener.

By Brian Webster of Apollo Guide (7/0)
            Worthwhile for hardcore football fans only.

By Philip Martin of Arkansas Democrat-Gazette (7/0)
            Stone's hilariously broad and belabored critique of American sports culture ...

By Marc Savlov of Austin Chronicle (7/0)
            I'm selling my shares in Dell and socking it all into Tylenol as soon as possible.

By Margaret A. McGurk of Cincinnati Enquirer (7/0)
            The cast does an impressive job.

By David Keyes of Cinemaphile.org (7/0)
            A movie of laughably bad proportions, shot with extensive graininess, and directed at an unforgiv...

                         Reviews of Any Given Sunday
By Cornell & Petricelli of CinemaSense.Com (7/0)
            This pumped up ensemble piece is a boiling sea of adrenaline, testosterone (with estrogen in the ...

By Harvey S. Karten of Compuserve (7/0)
            Goes overboard with garish camerawork.

By Scott Von Doviak of culturevulture.net (7/0)
            ...Any Given Sunday is a behemoth, and as it lumbers past the two-and-a-half hour mark, you m...

By John J. Puccio of DVDTown.com (7/0)
            The best parts about Any Given Sunday are the hits. The second-best parts are the hits.

By Andrew Howe of eFilmCritic.com (7/0)
            The perfect film for anyone in search of transient thrills.

By Scott Weinberg of eFilmCritic.com (7/0)
            This COULD have been that one awesome pro football movie we've been waiting for.

                         Reviews of Any Given Sunday
By Eric D. Snider of EricDSnider.com (7/0)
            I could hardly take my eyes off the screen. It's unflinchingly real, but explosively entertaining...

By David Luty of Film Journal International (7/0)
            Never transcending the cliches and predictability of its genre, but also maintaining a level of e...

By John R. McEwen of Film Quips Online (7/0)
            Any Given Sunday doesn't disappoint from an acting standpoint; with a cast like this it could har...

By Chris Gore of Film Threat (7/0)
            Ultimately, Any Given Sunday will disappoint football fans and won't win any new converts to the ...

By Athan Bezaitis of filmcritic.com (7/0)
            If you like football, you'll love this film.

By David Forsmark of Flint Journal (7/0)
            Stone simply attempts too much in Any Given Sunday.

                         Reviews of Any Given Sunday
By Ross Anthony of Hollywood Report Card (7/0)
            This is a hardcore football flick, not some mushy tale with football as a backdrop.

By Gary Brown of Houston Community Newspapers (7/0)
            At 170 minutes, the film would have benefited from an extensive half-time visit to the editing ro...

By Steve Rhodes of Internet Reviews (7/0)
            An uninviting mess.

By JoBlo of JoBlo's Movie Emporium (7/0)
            Football fans rejoice, this film is tailor-made for you. Everyone else, uhhmm......

By James Sanford of Kalamazoo Gazette (7/0)
            When pressed to say what has changed football from an all-American game into the sleazy business ...

By Robert Roten of Laramie Movie Scope (7/0)
            It appears there is something that Oliver Stone does take seriously, besides Kennedy assassinatio...

                         Reviews of Any Given Sunday
By Michael Dequina of Mr. Brown's Movies (7/0)
            An Oliver Stone football film--a fact that gives one an idea of how testosterone-happy this gridi...

By KJ Doughton of Nitrate Online (7/0)
            After two hours of shoving our noses into the most unsavory portrayal of professional sports ever...

By Blake French of NutzWorld (7/0)
            dead in the water

By Cynthia Fuchs of Philadelphia City Paper (7/0)
            This one doesn’t start so well, and ends up worse.

By Jon Popick of Planet Sick-Boy (7/0)
            The game sequences are spectacular!

By Tobias Peterson of PopMatters (7/0)
            For those interested in football as more than a game, as a cultural event, Stone's film falls sho...

                         Reviews of Any Given Sunday
By James Kendrick of Q Network Film Desk (7/0)
            It's almost all surface and clichés.

By Bob Bloom of rec.arts.movies.reviews (7/0)
            Any Given Sunday is merely a routine movie wrapped in an epic's clothing.

By Dustin Putman of rec.arts.movies.reviews (7/0)
            A fast-paced, entertaining drama that, little-by-little, grows problematic when you stop to think...

By Scott Renshaw of rec.arts.movies.reviews (7/0)
            Meet Oliver Stone, practitioner of smash-mouth film-making.

By Shay Casey of rec.arts.movies.reviews (7/0)
            For those interested in the sport, this football movie is a revealing experience.

By Susan Granger of rec.arts.movies.reviews (7/0)
            A manic, visceral cacophony of sights and sounds -- and as close as you're ever gonna get to play...

                         Reviews of Any Given Sunday
By David Nusair of Reel Film Reviews (7/0)
            ...the movie remains watchable if only for Pacino's amazing performance and the action-packed foo...

By Mike Gregory of Reel.com (7/0)
            An exhilarating, chaotic film that manages to be both admiring and critical of the game that keep...

By Robin Clifford of Reeling Reviews (7/0)
            This isn't the best film by Oliver Stone, but it is a first-rate job nonetheless.

By Betty Jo Tucker of ReelTalk Movie Reviews (6/1)
            Never has so much talent been wasted in such cinematic chaos.

By Jack Garner of Rochester Democrat and Chronicle (7/0)
            Stone makes the mistake of heightening the already over-the-top phenomenon of pro football. It's ...

By Peter Stack of San Francisco Chronicle (7/0)
            Raucous, violent, in-your-face and occasionally advancing like a punch to the belly.

                         Reviews of Any Given Sunday
By Wesley Morris of San Francisco Examiner (7/0)
            A football epic on performance enhancers that may be more flagrantly flawed, more shockingly pred...

By Jim Judy of Screen It! (7/0)
            Flawed but fascinating.

By William Arnold of Seattle Post-Intelligencer (7/0)
            Too darn long.

By Ed Gonzalez of Slant Magazine (7/0)
            A flawed yet riveting journey into the heart of a corrupt America.

By Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat of Spirituality and Practice (7/0)
            Offers an energetic look at this gladiatorial sport.

By Rob Blackwelder of SPLICEDWire (7/0)
            Watching this film, you get an overwhelming sense of exactly what it's like to be staring up at 6...

                         Reviews of Any Given Sunday
By Ian Waldron-Mantgani of UK Critic (7/0)
            Any Given Sunday is content to document, observe and convey. While it does all these things well,...

By Urban Cinefile Critics of Urban Cinefile (7/0)
            Coming from a man who has such a strong history of pushing the boundaries of social history in th...

By Annlee Ellingson of Boxoffice Magazine (6/1) No reference
            Amidst all the drama, there are comedic moments, such as the Sharks' version of the self-congratu...

By Madeleine Williams of Cinematter (6/1) No reference
            Loud, brash and fatally uninteresting.

By Sean O'Connell of Citysearch (3/4) No reference
            The brutal game sequences, combined with a thumping soundtrack you feel in your stomach, should m...

By Steven Rosen of Denver Post (3/4) No reference
            Sunday is the latest example of this year's worst movie trend, in which hyperstylist directors at...

                         Reviews of Any Given Sunday
By Dainon Moody of Deseret News, Salt Lake City (6/1) No reference
            Any Given Sunday tries to encapsulate everything that exists about the game of football -- what i...

By Brent Simon of Entertainment Today (3/4) No reference
            A solidly-acted action-drama hybrid whose cartoonish asides largely undermine the greater subtext...

By Hazel-Dawn Dumpert of IFilm (3/4) No reference
            On a purely cinematic level, the film is indeed triumphant, with wildly inventive player-perspect...

By Berge Garabedian of JoBlo's Movie Emporium (3/4) No reference
            Football fans rejoice, this film is tailor-made for you.

By Kenneth Turan of Los Angeles Times (3/4) No reference
            Yes, it's that kind of a movie, and if you know what you're getting into, it's unlikely you'll be...

By Chuck Rudolph of Matinee Magazine (3/4) No reference
            Taken as a whole, Any Given Sunday is probably the most purely enjoyable movie that Stone has eve...

                         Reviews of Any Given Sunday
By Jason Clark of Matinee Magazine (3/4) No reference
            Oliver Stone’s take on the world of pro football scores a few field goals, but is extremely short...

By Duane Dudek of Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (3/4) No reference
            Kinetic, cynical, shallow, commercial and entertaining.

By Mark Ramsey of MovieJuice! (3/4) No reference
            Can I call a time-out?

By Chris Phillips of Movieline (3/4) No reference
            Oliver Stone finally goes off the deep end with the best Bad Movie in years.

By Gene Seymour of Newsday (3/4) No reference
            Bombastic, overblown and -- despite its many flaws -- compelling entertainment.

By Shawn Levy of Oregonian (3/4) No reference
            Occasionally thrilling, but frequently meandering.

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By Jay Boyar of Orlando Sentinel (3/4) No reference
            Any Given Sunday has the dubious distinction of being the very first football picture to treat th...

By Steve Schneider of Orlando Weekly (3/4) No reference
            Any Given Sunday outstays its welcome.

By Christopher Shulgan of Ottawa Citizen (3/4) No reference
            Bloated.

By Joe Baltake of Sacramento Bee (3/4) No reference
            Rousing, entertaining.

By Darryl Sterdan of Winnipeg Sun (3/4) No reference
            At its core Any Given Sunday is just another trite, win - one - for - the - Gipper paean to the g...

By James Berardinelli of ReelViews (3/4) Not Reachable
            It is well known that superlative film editing can save a mediocre motion picture.

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