Review of Undrafted

Undrafted (2016)
8/10
Came for the actors, stayed for the heart
4 March 2020
Warning: Spoilers
I will admit that I initially wanted to watch this movie purely for the actors. I mean you have Aaron Tveit, Tyler Hoechlin, Chace Crawford, Manny Montana, and Joe Mazzello. I've been following their careers and seeing them all in this movie was the best thing ever. And you can tell they all had a great time making this movie and playing baseball.

This movie is honestly one of my favorites and I was very excited when it finally was released. I enjoy watching it. It's hilarious and it has so much heart. I love that each of the players on D-Backs (the main team in the movie) has their own quirks that make them stand out in a stellar cast. Besides the names I've mentioned above, I recognized majority of the main cast in other projects and it was a "oh hey! he's in this!" for the first half of the movie.

I love that the whole movie is this one game on a disappointing day for all of them, not just Aaron Tveit's Maz. The whole team feels it and expresses it quite often in the film how good of player he is, but they also talk about why he probably wasn't picked. There are some great moments in this movie with so much heart. The team quarrels and are at odds with each other throughout the movie but they come together at the end and forgive each other. One of my favorite scenes consist of a passionate debate on which Backstreet Boy is the best. Hint hint, it's totally Brian.
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