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starstarstarstar Sean Means - Film.com
starstarstar Roger Ebert - Chicago Sun-Times
starstarstar Rob Blackwelder - SPLICED Online
starstarstar Jon Popick - @N-Zone
starstarstar Kenneth Turan - LA Times
starstarstar Lou Lumenick - NY Post
starstarstar Jay Carr - Boston Globe
starstarstar Dainon Moody- Deseret News
starstar Stephen Holden - NY Times
starstar Jonathan Lewis - The Reel Site
starstar James Berardinelli - ReelViews
starstar Mark Rahner - Seattle Times
star Philip Wuntch - Dallas Morning News
star Scott Von Doviak - culturevulture.net
star Wesley Morris - SF Examiner

Big, bold, brash and occasionally brilliant, it also runs nearly three hours – about as long as a real NFL game, but with much more drama and intrigue

- Sean Means

A football epic on performance enhancers that may be more flagrantly flawed, more shockingly predictable and just plain cornier than its rickety predecessors

- Wesley Morris

Any Given Sunday

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Al Pacino stars as the coach of a football franchise that's falling apart due to an aging quarterback (Dennis Quaid), a fame-loving rookie (Jamie Foxx), and a profit-driven co-owner (Cameron Diaz). James Woods, LL Cool J, Jim Brown, Lawrence Taylor, Matthew Modine, Ann-Margret, Bill Bellamy. Director: Oliver Stone (1999, R)

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