Oliver Stone's ambitious "Any Given Sunday" attempts to be two things at once: a detailed expose on the corporate mentality of modern day pro football, and a traditional rah-rah sports flick. It's long-winded, epic in length, and given to the director's own self-indulgent style.

It's also surprisingly entertaining.

Stone has said that he envisioned the project as sort of the "Dirty Dozen" of football films, and for much of its running time, the movie succeeds on the strengths of its high-powered…