The film is based on the true story of two young men from India who broke into Major League Baseball in the United States via a talent scouting competition – the brain-child of a sports agent‘s last-gasp effort to save his career.
Language:
English
Running Time:
120 min
Rating:
PG
Release date:
16 May 2014
Directed by:
Craig Gillespie
Produced by:
Joe Roth
Mark Ciardi
Gordon Gray
Written by:
Tom McCarthy
Starring:
Jon Hamm
Aasif Mandvi
Bill Paxton
Suraj Sharma
Lake Bell
Music by:
A.R. Rahman
Shot by:
Gyula Pados
Editing by:
Tatiana S. Riegel
Distributed by:
Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures

What’s Hot

What’s Hot

  • Jon Hamm, the movie’s strongest asset – plays the role of a sports agent whose main interest is the success of his business and is on the look-out for opportunities to exploit. Hamm’s transformation from a self-centered, materialistic jerk to an empathetic man has been well depicted.
  • Madhur Mittal and Suraj Sharma – the two rookies play out their parts as neat as they can. The culture shock they experience in the U.S. does render a few giggles – though many Indians would be able to relate to it.
  • Lake Bell as Hamm’s tenant-turned-love interest portrayed as the un-clichéd idiosyncratic girlfriend is awesome, witty and candid. Aasif Mandvi, Pitobash, Alan Arkin & Bill Paxton have essayed their roles without much fuss.
  • The director Craig Gillespie does try to retain the flavor of the original story and succeeds in his attempt to narrate the story of an unsympathetic business man who discovers more meaning in life through a cultural collision.

What’s Not

  • After a very strong first half, the film relaxes into a more foreseen pace which could have been better handled.
  • The feeling one gets is that the entire story would have been more endearing had it been narrated from the perspective of the two boys than from that of a well-off businessman who visits another country and learns valuable lessons from its culture.

Badges

Verdict

Verdict Stamp

Million Dollar Arm is neither a home-run nor a Strike Three with the movie’s most eye-catching interactions coming courtesy of the film’s non-American actors.