1999 · drama · sport
Any Given Sunday
Directed by Oliver Stone2h 43m1999
A star quarterback gets knocked out of the game and an unknown third stringer is called in to replace him. The unknown gives a stunning performance and forces the aging coach to reevaluate his game plans and life. A new co-owner/president adds to the pressure of winning. The new owner must prove herself in a male dominated world.
Our read: Any Given Sunday (1999) reads as a sombre, breathless, grounded drama · sport entry — extreme in intensity, mid-stakes in scope, measured in temperature, ambivalent in outlook.
Sombre, breathless, extreme drama / sport, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, mid-stakes, measured.
- sombre
- kinetic
- extreme
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