Draft Day Review

Rating: 6/10 (11 April 2014)

My Thoughts: Draft day is a movie that gives us a peek at what goes on behind the scenes during the NFL Draft. The movie opens up with 12 hours before the Draft begins. I will admit that I am a die hard football fan. When football season starts, you better not plan anything on a Sunday because I will probably not show up, especially if my Denver Broncos are on TV.
So, the general principle of the movie is that we are following Sonny Weaver Jr. (Kevin Costner), the General Manager, of the Cleveland Browns who have the number 7 pick. Coach Penn (Denis Leary) is the new head coach of the team; he came from the Dallas Cowboys who seems to have won the Super Bowl within the last few years and was brought on board to help the Browns get to the big game. We also see Ali (Jennifer Garner) who is the CAP specialist and the love interest for Sonny. We also get Anthony Molina (Frank Langella), the owner, who wants Sonny to make a splash in this draft day or things might not be good for him.
In a nutshell, this movie is nothing more than a NFL advertisement. I think the NFL went to their big name network stars and said you will be making a cameo in this movie–no if, ands or, buts. They also must have reached out to some of the players and said that they would really like to see them on screen. If you are a Baltimore Ravens fan, you might like one of the cameos that pops up during the NFL Draft.
But even with that being said, this is a pretty good movie; it keeps you entertained while watching the wheeling and dealing of Sonny throughout the last twelve hours before the draft. We see him dealing with an owner that wants the big name that he thinks will help him get into the Super Bowl. We also see dealing with a new head coach that wants the players he wants and not the ones the General Manager thinks the team needs. Sonny has to deal with some personal matters that are popping up on a day that he really needs to just focus on what is going on at the job.
My Recommendation: If you are a big football fan and just need something to hold you over until the real draft takes place, then this movie will do that for you, but if you could careless about the behind the scenes stuff, then just wait till this movie comes out on DVD. I will also warn that this is what the title claims: a movie about Draft Day, so don't go in there expecting you are going to see football games, though you do see some highlight reels.
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