As usual with Stone, there are excesses galore: of style, symbolism (the arena warrior metaphor, already overworked on the big screen, seems even more so on video, especially in the wake of ''Gladiator''), subplots, and, especially in one (literally) eye popping case, gore. Despite ''Sunday'''s trenchant take on today's sports industrial complex, tradition wins out, as D'Amato teaches the young'uns a lesson. An almost quaint resolution, especially coming from the iconoclastic director. But then, this is the product of Stone the wistful football fan, not Stone the postmodern paranoiac.
'SUNDAY' SCHOOL Pacino teaches Foxx the rules of engagement
EW's GRADE
B+Details Movie Rated: R; Genres: Action/Adventure, Drama; With: Jamie Foxx, Al Pacino and Dennis Quaid; Distributor: Warner Bros.
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