I watched this movie finally because it was made here in Cleveland and I know people who were extras in it. I want you to know that I am not a football fan, nor am I a Browns fan. I do not watch the games and could absolutely not care less who wins or loses. However, being a living- breathing being who does listen to the radio, I know a slight amount about draft day and am familiar with the hype surrounding certain players and our ever-hopeful for next year fans here.That being said, I was pleasantly surprised that I enjoyed this movie so much. It's not really a "sports movie" as other reviews have said; it's more an inside look at the big day, the rules and conventions, how life goes on for others despite this day and how the "perfect choice" is different for different people. You hope your coach chooses your guy, but what does he know that you do not? It's like choosing a spouse, in the long-run who will be best for the team?

"Draft Day" is quite unusual as a sports movie. It doesn't show any of the cast actually playing or coaching in practice or a game. It does have some film clips of great NFL games of the past. What it's about is the behind the scenes big business of building teams each year during the NFL draft. It includes aspects of caring about players, talent scouts and searches, player agents, owners, coaches and team managers.And, for the realism of this film, it includes scenes that show some of the NFL stadiums around the U.S. Other realism is added with the on-site filming of the 2013 NFL draft in New York City, and scripted reports by TV sports show hosts Chris Berman and others. While some may be put off by the backstage wrangling and big business aspects of professional football, this gives a glimpse of what that must be like. Without the NFL draft to regulate and help level the field for various franchises to build their teams, the sport would be chaotic and probably dwindle to just a few teams that had the backing to afford the salaries and costs. The cast all perform well. Kevin Costner, as Sonny Weaver Jr., gives a real sense of the angst a manager must go through around the time of the annual NFL draft. All of the cast give good performances. I thought it somewhat strange and out of character, though, for Sonny's mother to insist on spreading her husband's ashes on the field on the most trying day of the year for her son. As a football wife and widow, she surely would have waited until the next day. The film has a sense of reality about it. It's refreshing for not being laden with foul language. It has romance without the frequent Hollywood nudity or sex. It reflects the growing modern view of intimate relationships, including having children, with no thoughts or commitments for marriage. Most sports fan should enjoy this film, and others should find it interesting. It may help non-enthusiasts to a little better understand the scope of professional football. My favorite line in the film is Ali (played by Jennifer Garner) telling Sonny, "There's no such thing as a sure thing. At the end of the day, all that matters… is what do you think?" (sic)

I actually barley Know a thing about The American Football and it was difficult for me to get what is happening at first but nearly to the end I understand it totally. The movie will but you in what really happens during The Draft Day with a lot of excitement and expecting.It's fun to watch it at the end for calm day while you are resting and eating some snacks and don't want to tire your mind with a heavy movie, It's simply an interesting light movie.Kevin Costner was great as always but I really didn't felt him as guy who still in a new relation ship with Jennifer Garner who is more than 10 years younger than him but it's OK, It's Kevin Costner after all.

The usual sports movie focuses either on the players, the coach, or both. This one doesn't. It focuses on the manager, and it fairly succeeds in being different.Kevin Costner did a nice job acting in this one, and I really can imagine him in a job like this. He takes the role of Sonny Weaver Jr., general manager of Cleveland Browns, who had finished last season with a really poor record, and the fans are getting tired of it. Though the owner and the coach and pretty much everybody have an idea of what he should do, Costner's fictional character follows his vision through the movie as he ends up being a hero. Nothing less. This movie is entertaining, unusual, the acting is fair, the football world is well described, and the best of all, it is indeed inspirational.