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7.3 out of 10

Generally favorable reviews- based on 32 Ratings

User score distribution:
  1. Positive: 29 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 1 out of 32
  3. Negative: 2 out of 32

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  1. KingF.
    Aug 4, 2006
    4
    The movie starts out with a bang, but falls apart toward the end due to too many plot threads, which leaves you with a lack of understanding of most, if not all, of the characters. It doesn't help that the football action plays more like Madden '06 than a real football game. And this is yet another Pacino performance that he just seems to be mailing in. That still means capability, but you expect more from Pacino than "capable".… Expand
    • 1 of 2 users said yes
  2. AndyB.
    Apr 3, 2001
    6
    Better than I thought it would be, but it's certainly no "North Dallas Forty."
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  3. LevS.
    Jul 16, 2008
    9
    Great movie. Just lags a bit towards the end. I'm from Australia so I know nothing about NFL. But that doesn't matter, the story is remarkably poignant. Wonderful editing. Watch this movie. You may learn something.
    • 0 of 2 users said yes
  4. RickR.
    Jul 10, 2001
    1
    Walked out on it in the theater. Horrible movie. Overacted by Pacino, badly acted by Diaz, just plain lousy.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  5. RyanM.
    Jan 13, 2002
    10
    The first time I saw it, I didn't get it. Now, after seeing it a second time, I get it, and it has emerged as one of the best movies I've ever seen.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  6. LukeH.
    Jul 13, 2002
    10
    I don't like Oliver Stone but his film techniques simply enhance the brilliance of this movie. I'm from Australia and may not know much about American football but I don't think that matters in a movie like this. You can't watch it for the football scenes. You have to watch it for the intense story and ridiculously good acting. This movie is incredible and if you don't like you're a fool.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  7. MaxwellS.
    Oct 5, 2003
    9
    Incredibly complex with a dozen real characters who's emotion and depth smashes from the screen just as much as the hard hitting music and bone crushing football scenes. This is a true movie.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  8. Jeremy
    Sep 29, 2003
    7
    Like many of the recent Oliver Stone films, his self-indulgence and tendancy to throw everything and the kitchen sick, when just the kitchen sink is needed, doesn't overshadow the strong material that provides the forefront.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  9. NedD.
    Sep 14, 2001
    7
    Football in the only way Oliver Stone could deliver it. Technically amazing with a well-thought out story and surprisingly effective performance by Foxx. But it becomes all too much, and Stone seemed to be repeating himself and spinning his wheels a little too much this time.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  10. Cy
    Sep 21, 2001
    9
    I loved this movie. If it wasn't so long I would give it a 10. An All Star cast, with good acting. It also shows what the inside of sports is like.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  11. jefff.
    Aug 25, 2005
    0
    The MTV style of editing made me sick. Even the football scenes were badly done.If not for the Blair Witch project this would be the worst movie of 99.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  12. AlexanderM.
    May 12, 2002
    10
    No comment, it's a football. If you not play football you can't understand...
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  13. YoonC.
    Sep 13, 2003
    7
    An over-the-top Stone film about football that's notable for exploring the politics as well as the athletics of the sport. Stone exposes the professional sports world as one of excess, rage, delirium, and stampeding egos. It's a hormone pumped empire of tycoons and well-fed and groomed, overpriveleged stable beasts who however face annihilation thru self-destructive excess, the violent ruthlessness of the sport itself, and exploitation based on dog-eat-dog competition and racial bias. Often ugly and putrid, but always fascinating, on occasion even eloquent as satire and celebration of the American past-time. A classic? Maybe, maybe not but a victory of sorts.… Expand
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  14. Kal
    May 26, 2005
    8
    This is a great movie, it keeps you infront of the screen till the end of it..it's a good story and great actors.
    • 0 of 0 users said yes
  15. PigBenis
    Jun 8, 2011
    7
    Al Pacino is the highlight, but it rises about the majority of American Football movies. Some of the Oliver Stone overwork is present, but overall a very enjoyable movie. Stay around for the credits.
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Metascore
52 out of 100

Mixed or average reviews - based on 32 Critics

Critic score distribution:
  1. Positive: 17 out of 32
  2. Mixed: 7 out of 32
  3. Negative: 8 out of 32
  1. Baltimore Sun
    Reviewed by: Ann Hornaday
    75
    A kinetically charged gridiron drama that is enormous fun to watch.
  2. Salon.com
    Reviewed by: Mary Elizabeth Williams
    50
    Stone is an undeniably stylish director, and his talent for conveying intense emotion is well put to use here. But more often Stone's in-your-face technique is as exhausting as his steroid-enhanced players.
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  3. Los Angeles Times
    Reviewed by: Kenneth Turan
    50
    This energetic and diverting sports soap opera throws a few head fakes in the direction of an iconoclastic examination of the dark side of professional football.
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