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STARRING: Al Pacino, Dennis Quaid, Jamie Foxx, Cameron Diaz DIRECTOR: Oliver Stone OPENS...
Basically, it's your mean, very mean, standard sports story: an aging coach (Pacino) who is on a losing streak; a great veteran quarterback (Quaid) whose winning spirit has gone south; a cocky kid (Foxx) who needs some life lessons before he can step into the starter's shoes. The up-to-date spin on this tale is provided by the tough and scheming owner (Diaz), who has inherited the team, the Miami Sharks, from her more benign father and wreaks a certain amount of nontraditional havoc before she gets some sort of comeuppance...
Playing by Heart has plenty of potential and merit as long as you skip the movie and just watch the trailer. The cast is very talented, sporting names such as Sean Connery, Gena Rowlands, Jon Stewart, Gillian Anderson, Dennis Quaid, Anthony Edwards, Angelina Jolie and Ryan Phillipe. Producers must have expected that an ensemble of such famous actors would draw the crowds, although if often seems quite ridiculous that some of these beautiful people have not found dates in years. Also, the trailer displays every laugh-out-loud moment found in this romantic comedy in less than five minutes...
...finding their true love. Mildred (Ellen Burstyn) bonds with her son (Jay Mohr) on his deathbed, where they exchange long-concealed secrets. Gracie (Madeleine Stowe) pursues an adulterous, purely sexual relationship with Roger (Edwards), a no-strings-attached acquaintance with an ironic occupation. The most compelling story involves Hugh (Quaid), a character who wanders through various bars and restaurants telling pathetic, and each time different, sob stories to the people he meets. Finally, the night club atmosphere is the setting for love between the obnoxious, talkative Joan (Jolie) and the quiet, mysterious Keenan (Philippe...
...scenes. In the beginning of other sequences, the screen bursts into white, as July 4th draws nigh. The story, written by director Roland Emmerich and Dean Devlin, has a handy way of faithfully returning to the bits of exposition and information dropped along the way. The drunken pilot (Randy Quaid) whom we see being teased early on for his supposed alien encounters eventually gets his just dues...