Million Dollar Arm (English, 2014)

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.