Implausible story, but good entertainment for football fans

Rating: 7/10 (13 July 2015)

Draft Day is completely successful in bringing in a never before seen take on the NFL Draft, one of the most important days in the NFL season. The movie takes us to different locations and shows us what happens behind the curtains during the Draft. And I thought it was interesting as hell and the parts of the movie regarding the football aspect were very enjoyable.
But I can't rate this movie higher though for many reasons. The main reason is that the story is both ridiculous and predictable. No spoilers, but by the first 10 minutes of the film I already knew how it was going to end. Most of the acting is pretty mediocre, too. You get good performances from Kevin Costner and Dennis Leary and some other ones too, but for the most part, the people that play the players and managers were pretty awful, for the most part. I hated the guy that played the intern, that guy was terrible in the movie. Draft Day also tends to drift into the sentimental sappy side, when it really shouldn't. Some things really should have been cut out of the movie. This is a football movie! So gives us more football and less sappiness, please.
Overall, Draft Day, although heavily flawed, is still pretty entertaining for football fans, in general.