Sports Fans' Movie

Rating: 5/10 (14 April 2014)

I saw "Draft Day", starring Kevin Costner-Man of Steel, Malibu Hot Summer; Jennifer Garner-Dallas Buyers Club, Alias_t.v.; Denis Leary-The Amazing Spider-Man, Demolition Man and Frank Langella-Superman Returns, Masters of the Universe.
If you know me, I am not a football fan, so I'm sure that if you are a fan, you would probably like it more than I did. This is a sports fans' movie. There are cameos-some that even I recognized, such as Jim Brown- and there are clips of former football greats from their hey-days. It's directed by Ivan Reitman, who also directed No Strings Attached, Kindergarten Cop, the 2 Ghostbuster movies and one of my favorite comedies, Stripes, among a few others. The movie covers about 12 hours and starts off about 12 hours before the NFL Draft Day picks are chosen- there is even a clock that counts down every so often on the screen. Kevin is the general manager of the Cleveland Browns that is also the man that picks his future football players. After, of course, weighing all other opinions from his team owner and boss, Frank, and his coach, Denis and anyone else that wants to put in their own two cents worth. Jennifer is his love interest that also knows as much about football as he does. The movie pretty much covers everything you would want to know about the process of picking the players. It's rated "PG-13" for language and sexual content-no nudity-and has a running time of 1 hour & 49 minutes. It's not one that I would buy on DVD but if you are a football fan, you would probably love it. For me, it's a rental.