Draft Day

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Draft Day

PG-13

Released Apr 11, 2014

1h 49m

Drama

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Sonny Weaver Jr. is the general manager of the Cleveland Browns. One of pro football's most important days, NFL draft day, is drawing near, but Sonny has much more on his mind than just which players to recruit. His lover is pregnant, and the team's owner wants to fire him. After Sonny accepts a deal with Seattle that nets him that team's first-round pick, he immediately wonders if he has made the right choice for himself and the Browns.

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Critics Consensus

It's perfectly pleasant for sports buffs and Costner fans, but overall, Draft Day lives down to its title by relying too heavily on the sort of by-the-numbers storytelling that only a statistician could love.

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

Plays like Moneyball-lite ...

Rated: 2/5

Oct 5, 2014

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David Jenkins

Little White Lies

Air-punch inducing drama with Kevin Costner about the surprisingly fascinating sport of American Football player trading.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 3, 2014

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Catherine Shoard

Guardian

Quarterback scrambles forever muscle centre stage, leaving the human element scrimmaging on the sidelines.

Rated: 3/5

Oct 2, 2014

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Cory Woodroof

For the Win (USA Today)

Draft Day is ridiculous NFL pulp. It’s outlandish that a movie exists about the NFL Draft, but it’s hard not to get swept away with how shameless this film is to entertain.

Oct 26, 2024

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

Rest assured, thanks to his endless versatility and charm, Costner proves again that he is a comfortable and lifting presence to any sports film.

Rated: 3/5

Apr 7, 2024

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

The story is crisp and exciting...

Rated: 4/5

Aug 20, 2022

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Audience Member

Surprisingly gripping for someone who not only does not follow American Football but who has never seen a game played. Costner bounces from problem to problem in both his personal and work life; the film deals with his search for solutions and he ends up pleasing everyone - even himself. Fade to satisfaction.

Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars

01/26/25

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Audience Member

Take it for for what it is...it's entertaining. It's a popcorn movie...don't take it seriously. Agree it is ridiculous and unbelievable....it's a movie and what it does well is excite and entertain. It does a good job doing that and worth a watch.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

01/17/25

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Jay R

Who knew that Ivan Reitman could step out of comedy? Brilliant film that brings the human element to people we easily boo, hiss and call for them to lose their jobs at the drop of a hat. Kevin Cosner is brilliant and loved the seeing the late great Chadwick Boseman

Rated 4 out of 5 stars

08/21/24

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Audience Member

It's so bad! The ending was so ridiculous. Now that RT has disabled the ability to see what Individual scores are, I will tell you... "One star"

Rated 1 out of 5 stars

08/16/24

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NASHVILLE I

Something tells me Kevin Costner had a ton of say when it came to producing this thing. Painfully desperate to throw every cliche line and sports trope as if their lives depended on it. Horribly unrealistic if you've watched the NFL for more than a year....it's more of a fairy tale crammed in with predictable moves and corny lines.

Rated 1.5 out of 5 stars

08/15/24

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Al J

Nice movie about the 1st Pick of the Draft in the first Round of the NFL teams. But what happened with the 2nd. Round, 3rd. Round, 4th, 5th, 6th and 7th? They didn't choose no more players? 🤔

Rated 2.5 out of 5 stars

06/23/24

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Draft Day: Official Clip - If I Trade You, I Trade You

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Draft Day: Official Clip - We Have First Pick

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Draft Day: Official Clip - Burning the Draft Analysis

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Draft Day: Official Clip - Nothing Into Something

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Draft Day: Official Clip - Why Did You Hate Your Father?

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Draft Day: Official Clip - I Have the Pick

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Draft Day: Official Clip - Bo vs. Mack

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Draft Day: Official Clip - I Want My Picks Back

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Draft Day: Official Clip - Trading With the Jaguars

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Draft Day: Official Clip - The NFL Draft

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Synopsis

Sonny Weaver Jr. is the general manager of the Cleveland Browns. One of pro football's most important days, NFL draft day, is drawing near, but Sonny has much more on his mind than just which players to recruit. His lover is pregnant, and the team's owner wants to fire him. After Sonny accepts a deal with Seattle that nets him that team's first-round pick, he immediately wonders if he has made the right choice for himself and the Browns.

Director: Ivan Reitman
Producer: Ivan Reitman, Ali Bell, Joe Medjuck
Screenwriter: Rajiv Joseph, Scott Rothman
Distributor: Lionsgate Films
Production Co: Montecito Picture Company, Odd Lot Entertainment
Rating: PG-13 (Sexual References|Brief Strong Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Apr 11, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Aug 19, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $28.8M
Runtime: 1h 49m
Sound Mix: Datasat, Dolby Digital

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