Draft Day

Draft Day

IMDB: 6.8  Rotten Tomatoes: 60%

Plot: Sonny Weaver Jr. (Kevin Costner) is the GM of The Cleveland Browns. Today is Draft Day and he has alot on his plate, his father, a well loved coach for the team until Sonny Jr fired him, died a week ago and he just found out he is going to be a father himself. Add to that an owner that doubts him and a coach that thinks he is a moron plus a team with a losing streak and it adds up to more trouble than it might be worth. He manuevers a trade to get the first Draft Pick and the question is, will he choose the star QB or pick up a different prospect and what will it cost him.


Review: Honestly I know next to nothing about football, but I do know movies and this one has heart. Kevin Costner is his standard every man self, don't read that as a slight against him because that is a character he does better than most anyone else. Director Ivan Reitman draws out the suspense of the pick masterfully, teasing the audience about what or who they should be rooting for, to be clear this is a film without a traditional villain, the only antagonist is doubt. Denis Leary plays the Brown's Coach with his usual angry self which at this point seems more annoyed than angry, the sour spot in this film is Jennifer Garner as Costner's love interest Ali, she is flat and uninteresting the two have zero chemistry and their scenes together fall flat on the floor with a thud. Overall it's a solid film and worth a watch. 

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