Any Given Sunday

Stone's blend of mayhem and sensuality-which doesn't shy away from the eroticism of athletes-is a refreshing alternative to the solemnity of most sports dramas.

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.

A meathead burlesque.

Choc-a-bloc with manly blather about sacrifice and honour and rugged individuals pulling together for the greater glory of the team.

A flawed yet riveting journey into the heart of a corrupt America.

Any Given Sunday is the best-ever football movie because it’s actually about football, and not the other way around. It’s decorated with a black eye and grass stains, but it’s never afraid to get back in the huddle.

Makes me feel as if I was concussed.

Hard-hitting football drama has strong language, sex, drugs.

Oliver Stone's hyperkinetic, ultraviolent football epic distills America's most popular sport to its essence, adds caffeine, taurine, and guarana...