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Any Given Sunday is the first Oliver Stone movie that I've seen. I have meant to see a lot of his other movies, including Platoon, JFK, and Wall Street. A friend of mine who likes Oliver Stone films commented that he always uses strange camera angles. I don't know about his other films, but in Any Given Sunday he definitely uses some strange shots in certain places, most noticeably in the beginning. Dennis Quaid is a star quarterback on a the Miami Sharks while Al Pacino is his coach. After being seriously injured in a football game, Quaid has to sit out until the playoffs. Will the Miami Sharks break their losing streak with rookie quarterback Jamie Foxx? Or will they have a bad season? Any Given Sunday has a lot of different characters, most of them played by decent actors-some of the actors I haven't mentioned who are in this movie are Cameron Diaz, James Woods, and Charlton Heston. As in Magnolia, Any Given Sunday has a lot of characters. Unlike Magnolia, which had multiple characters in independent plots, Any Given Sunday rambles along without a clear plot. Is it about Jamie Foxx's experience as the new guy in the team? Is it about Al Pacino trying to coach without team owner Cameron Diaz bitching him out all the time? Is it about an ethical medical situation that arrives between an injured player and the head of the medical group for the team, James Woods? Any Given Sunday seems to not know and kind of bumps back and forth between each plot. The acting in Any Given Sunday is pretty decent actually. I was impressed by parts of Jamie Foxx's performance, especially the scenes where he shows his anger. Al Pacino was decent, as were most of the other actors. The music was mainly rap and seemed to work well within the context of the movie, the only exception being Jamie Foxx's lame pop song "Any Given Sunday." I give Any Given Sunday **1/2 out of ****. Watch it if you want to see a different kind of sports movie. |