Any Given Sunday
An aging Miami football coach battles a rising quarterback and a ruthless owner as professional ambition collides with loyalty, identity, and the business of winning.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Breakneck
- Intensity
- Strong
- Complexity
- Layered
- Violence
- Moderate
- intense
- hyperkinetic
- confrontational
- sports movie night
- football season viewing
What critics said
Critics found the football action and occasional character drama entertaining and forceful, but considered the nearly three-hour film overlong, stylistically excessive, and built around a conventional story.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Christina Pagniacci emphasizes football marketing while the players’ health and labor are subordinated to the franchise’s business interests.
Football games and training sequences use blizzard-like imagery, teeth-jarring sound, and heightened editing associated with Oliver Stone’s style.
Tony D’Amato must reassess his time-tested coaching values after Willie Beamen’s sudden rise and the changing business of football.
Christina Pagniacci seeks legitimacy as an aggressive young co-owner in a male-dominated professional football world.
Films like Any Given Sunday, and why
Friday Night Lights
shared American football setting, aging coach protagonist, team politics, and motivational sports drama
The Replacements
shared professional sports pressure, veteran leadership conflict, corporate interests, and ensemble drama
Jerry Maguire
shared intense locker-room culture, athletic ambition, and examination of identity within a competitive team
The Last Boy Scout
shared hyperkinetic sports filmmaking, masculine conflict, and critique of institutional power
Movie Details
- Director
- Oliver Stone
- Release Date
- 1999-12-22
- Runtime
- 163 min
- Rating
- 6.8 / 10 (1887)
Cast
- Al Pacino
- Cameron Diaz
- Dennis Quaid
- James Woods
- Jamie Foxx
- LL Cool J
- Matthew Modine
- Jim Brown
- Lawrence Taylor
- Bill Bellamy
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- USA Network
- Rent
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
- Buy
- Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, Fandango At Home
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is Any Given Sunday about?
- An aging Miami football coach battles a rising quarterback and a ruthless owner as professional ambition collides with loyalty, identity, and the business of winning.
- What is Any Given Sunday like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of Any Given Sunday as breakneck, its intensity as strong and its storytelling as layered.
- Is Any Given Sunday violent?
- Somewhat. Ember rates the violence in Any Given Sunday as moderate.
- What did critics think of Any Given Sunday?
- Critics found the football action and occasional character drama entertaining and forceful, but considered the nearly three-hour film overlong, stylistically excessive, and built around a conventional story.
- Which films are like Any Given Sunday?
- Films with a similar feel include Friday Night Lights, The Replacements, Jerry Maguire, and The Last Boy Scout.
- How long is Any Given Sunday?
- Any Given Sunday runs 163 minutes.
- Where can I watch Any Given Sunday?
- In United States, Any Given Sunday streams on USA Network.
