Draft Day

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Draft Day

PG-13

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)

10/05/2014

2/5

Plays like Moneyball-lite ...

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David Jenkins

Little White Lies

10/03/2014

3/5

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

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Catherine Shoard

Guardian

10/02/2014

3/5

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

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Don Shanahan

Every Movie Has a Lesson

04/07/2024

3/5

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

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Keith Garlington

Keith & the Movies

08/20/2022

4/5

The story is crisp and exciting...

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Robert Sims

Lights Camera Austin

01/22/2022

While Ivan Reitman's a master of comedy, he fails to bring the necessary sense of urgency to a ticking-tock drama that's already hurt by a predictable script that lacks the thoughtfulness of Moneyball.

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Victor O

Dec 14

I’m not the biggest fan of Kevin Costner, but I do enjoy an all-star cast, and this movie appeared to have it in spades with great men and women from film and TV. Plus, a movie about the comings and goings of the NFL draft season does make for a cool story if it is told right and I was ready to watch. I like football but I’m not the most observant in the comings and goings of the sport, but this was pretty cool. Costner was fine, but its everyone else that does a great job in making this movie work. Jennifer Garner, Dennis Leary, Frank Langella, Ellen Burnstyn, and so many others make this movie so well.

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tommy J

Nov 30

A pretty boring movie. A star studded cast of familar faces, interesting subject matter, seems like a huge waste to do a movoe over the Browns... maybe do it over the Cowboys when they traded herschel walker in 1989 for picks they won the superbowl with the very next season and created a dynasty.

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Frans B

@FransB Aug 9

Loved it. Unrealistic sometimes, but hey movies are supposed to be hey? Kevin Costner convincing in character, as is whole cast. Some of the real life trading in players like commodities is not far off. Lots of twists, action, intrigue, suspense and drama. Good cinematography and manages to capture the narrative quite effectively

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Corey R

@Battaglia173 Apr 11

Pretty lame movie, and yet somehow I wanted to finish it. It seems like whoever wrote it wanted it to be a gritty, "Ballers" realistic style movie with hard nosed businessmen trading in flesh for high stakes under the biggest spotlight, but it ended up feeling like a VERY PG-13 compromise. I guess that was necessary if it were to be done with a Roger Goodell cameo and the NFL's blessing. It's also a touch off-putting to see Jennifer Garner's by this time increasingly "worked on" face struggling to emote. The whole thing felt like a bowling game with bumpers on.

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Kyle G

Apr 8

Chemistry between Costner and Jennifer Garner was non-existent, lots of cheesy moments with humor falling flat, and the stakes felt inflated.

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Jedi D

Apr 4

Sure, it's unrealistic, but it's a damn fun movie to watch if you're a sports fan. I would've given it 4 stars, but P Diddy is in it.

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

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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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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: Odd Lot Entertainment, Montecito Picture Company
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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