| So we have a crusty old coach (Al Pacino) in a fictional football league, who just lost his crusty old star quarterback (Randy Quaid) to an injury and is forced to start the young punk rookie quarterback (Jamie Foxx) who still has a lot to learn about leadership (LL Cool J does a great job as his teammate). Meanwhile, the team's owner is an inexperienced woman (Cameron Diaz) who inherited the team from her father, and she's making some mistakes. In addition we have two team doctors, a good doc and a bad doc (excellently done by James Woods) who are at odds on how injured a player can be yet still play.
So, we've got enough star power and directorial skill to blow up the death star, which guarantees a great time. The two factors against this film are one, its length, well over two hours, and two, the football is all fake, so if you're a football fan you're not going to see any football (other than grunts and closeups), which is very disappointing. Maybe Stone isn't a football fan. |