Any Day is not a bad little ensemble drama despite its more than lame title. This one was really dogged by the press with a lot of one-star ratings on sites like Roger Ebert. The film's huge problem is it doesn't bring anything new to the table 🙄 with the whole ex-convict comes home and tries to make good thing. Even worse, it steeps itself in every cliche associated with the genre. He's an ex-drunk. He struggles to get a job by revealing or not revealing that he's an ex-con. He dates a girl with an overzealous ex-boyfriend and you know that's where our protagonist is going to stumble. And, of course, he eventually gets drunk again.
The best scenes and overall enjoyment take place in a pizza parlor with Tom Arnold as his boss. It's great to see Arnold again and he's looking and acting as though he's aging gracefully. Sean Bean is excellent and it helps lift up the quality but in the end Any Day just can't seem to get out of it's own way. 2.0 stars/5
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