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Million Dollar Arm

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Million Dollar Arm

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Summary

An American sports agent struggling to match his bigger budgeted rivals travels to India, where he hopes to recruit local cricketers for baseball teams in the States. He finds two talented young players and brings them back to Los Angeles, but mastering a new sport in an alien culture proves a daunting challenge. Fact-based drama, starring Jon Hamm, Suraj Sharma and Madhur Mittal

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A star rating of 3 out of 5.

Victoria Luxford

This feel-good true-life fish-out-of-water comedy drama stars Jon Hamm as JB Bernstein, a sports agent who recruits two young cricket players from India with the intention of turning them into US baseball stars. But the change in sport and culture proves harder than all three had first thought. The underdog sports story is hard to resist, especially given some delicate handling from director Craig Gillespie (Fright Night), though he lays the sentiment on pretty thick and the representation of India is a bit of a cliché. Hamm's gruff cynicism clashes amusingly with bright-eyed rookies Suraj Sharma and Slumdog Millionaire's Madhur Mittal, while Lake Bell's wise-cracking tenant/love interest completes the unusual surrogate family. As JB's scout, Alan Arkin delivers grumpy comic relief that's familiar but still hilarious. Predictable but charming, Million Dollar Arm may be just another sports movie, but what it does, it does well.

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Cast

rolenameJB BernsteinJon HammBrendaLake BellRinkuSuraj SharmaDineshMadhur MittalRay PoitevintAlan ArkinTom HouseBill PaxtonAsh VasudevanAasif MandviAmitPitobash LisetteBar Paly

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rolenameDirectorCraig Gillespie

Details

Theatrical distributor

Walt Disney

Released on

2014-08-29

Languages

English | Hindi

Guidance

Some swearing

Available on

DVD and Blu-ray

Formats

Colour

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