Draft Day
Summit Entertainment | Release Date: April 11, 2014 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
54
METASCORE
Mixed or average reviews based on 33 Critic Reviews
Positive:
17
Mixed:
12
Negative:
4
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Critic Reviews

Critic scorePublicationBy date
60
Los Angeles TimesKenneth TuranApr 10, 2014
This is an earnest and way-contrived endeavor that manages, due largely to Costner's efforts, to be genially diverting in a gee-whiz kind of way. Read full review
60
The DissolveMatt SingerApr 10, 2014
The biggest problem with Draft Day is that even as it shows Sonny sticking to his guns, its absurd, saccharine third act suggests Reitman didn’t stick to his, and allowed his latest celebration of free-spirited mavericks to get co-opted by the very kind of system they were created to criticize. Read full review
58
The A.V. ClubIgnatiy VishnevetskyApr 9, 2014
It’s the first, and probably last, sports comedy to take its visual cues from Ang Lee’s "Hulk." Read full review
50
The New YorkerDavid DenbyApr 16, 2014
This literal-minded movie sells old pieties and washes away fear so thoroughly that it creates a new kind of fantasy, in which all's right with a very troubled world. [21 April 2014, p.110]
50
RogerEbert.comBrian TallericoApr 11, 2014
All of these interesting performers can't save a dull script. To work, Draft Day needs the kind of witty dialogue and snappy energy that Steve Zaillian and Aaron Sorkin brought to “Moneyball” but the screenwriters mistake constant activity for actual screenwriting. Read full review
50
The Globe and Mail (Toronto)Dave McGinnApr 10, 2014
There’s plenty of shimmying here, maybe too much, and lots of spin moves, but it’s missing on-the-field results. Read full review
50
Washington PostStephanie MerryApr 10, 2014
This isn’t a sports movie so much as a procedural about backroom dealings, double-crosses and high-stakes trades. Read full review
50
The New York TimesA.O. ScottApr 10, 2014
I don’t really buy Draft Day — it’s a shallow and evasive movie, built more around corporate wish fulfillment than around reality — but I have to say that it sells itself beautifully. Read full review
50
McClatchy-Tribune News ServiceRoger MooreApr 10, 2014
Costner and Garner are good and Langella properly menacing, but Leary has lost his fastball and seems to be holding something back in his quarrel scenes with Costner. Costner has to carry the film, which he does. Read full review
40
New Orleans Times-PicayuneMike ScottApr 11, 2014
The problem is, Draft Day doesn't really capture that sense of urgency until late in the film. Read full review
40
Arizona RepublicBill GoodykoontzApr 10, 2014
Costner works hard, and it shows. That's even more true of Leary. Garner's stuck in a thankless role. Only Langella seems to be having unencumbered fun. Read full review
40
Austin ChronicleKimberley JonesApr 9, 2014
The promising-sounding football movie would turn out to be a movie about men talking on phones. Read full review
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