Review of Any Given Sunday (1999) by Susan Stark for Detroit News — 01 Jan 2000

Pretentious almost to the point of silliness.

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This review of Any Given Sunday (1999) was written by Susan Stark and published by Detroit News on 01 Jan 2000.

Any Given Sunday has generally received positive reviews.

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