Million Dollar Arm

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Million Dollar Arm

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Released May 16, 2014

2h 3m

Drama

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In a last-ditch effort to save his career, sports agent J.B. Bernstein (Jon Hamm) plans to find baseball's next star pitcher. He heads to India to find a cricket player whom he can nurture into a major league star. With the help of a scout (Alan Arkin), J.B. finds teens Dinesh (Madhur Mittal) and Rinku (Suraj Sharma), who haven't a clue about baseball but throw powerful pitches. As the boys adjust to American life, J.B. learns valuable lessons about teamwork and family.

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Critics Consensus

Pleasant to a fault, Million Dollar Arm is a middle-of-the-plate pitch that coasts on Jon Hamm's considerable charm without adding any truly original curves to Disney's inspirational sports formula.

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Udita Jhunjhunwala

Livemint

The pace slackens when the location shifts to LA but the performances and the gentle hand with which the subject is directed keep you interested.

Aug 14, 2019

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Mark Kermode

Observer (UK)

Craig Gillespie's by-numbers schmaltzathon never transcends its tourist's-eye views of India or patronisingly cliched views of its people.

Rated: 2/5

Aug 31, 2014

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Geoffrey Macnab

Independent (UK)

In its own gently comical way, Million Dollar Arm plays up the misunderstandings between Hollywood and India -- as well as the mutual fascination.

Rated: 3/5

Aug 29, 2014

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Kip Mooney

College Movie Review

A swing and a miss.

Rated: C+

Sep 9, 2021

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Joanne Laurier

World Socialist Web Site

The film ... is a paean to the ingenuity of entrepreneurs who scour the globe for human investments that can yield millions.

Feb 26, 2021

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Richard Crouse

Richard Crouse

Clichés aside, there is something appealingly old fashioned about how Million Dollar Arm wears its heart-on-its-sleeve.

Rated: 3.5/5

Feb 1, 2021

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Sean S

If you are looking for a straight up predictable cool sports movie this is it.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/31/24

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brendan b

Great casting with good chemistry with one another. Hamm plays the socially unresponsive talent agent role convincingly. The only critique I have would be the relationship between Hamm and Bell needed to have more focus on it developing as it came together a slightly rushed side note to the story.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/30/23

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georgan g

A true story that's touching. You knew how would end so there wasn't much tension.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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Audience Member

very good. the themes of it aren't original or anything, but it's a nice story with a great ending. a nice feel-good watch with some funny parts dispersed throughout.

Rated 3 out of 5 stars

01/20/23

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Audience Member

Motivating, inspirational story that gave me a refreshed feeling. The cast was overall pretty balanced, with Jon Hamm and Bill Paxton. The story could have had some more highlights, and felt flat. For starters, the story of JB and Brenda can be elaborated a little more. Other than that, the story was simple, the message is clear, and fun to watch as a first timer.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

02/03/23

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r 9

I can't say there is anything overly noteworthy about 'Million Dollar Arm'. but it's well paced and features a great (true) story - it makes for a very enjoyable 124 minutes. Jon Hamm is a good choice to play lead character JB, he does carry the film with his performance. There are other pleasant performances though, Pitobash Tripathy (Amit) stands out most from those behind Hamm. Bill Paxton (Tom), Lake Bell (Brenda), Suraj Sharma (Rinku) and Madhur Mittal (Dinesh) merit props too. It's a feel-good premise, one that is rather nice to see play out. The score is solid, as is the cinematography. It's a positive that they spend a decent chunk of the film actually in India, I had a inkling they might've skipped it but thankfully they do not - they tell the story well. It's probably Disneyfied in ways, but who cares. It isn't anything necessarily special, but I certainly thoroughly enjoyed this. Recommended.

Rated 3.5 out of 5 stars

03/31/23

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In a last-ditch effort to save his career, sports agent J.B. Bernstein (Jon Hamm) plans to find baseball's next star pitcher. He heads to India to find a cricket player whom he can nurture into a major league star. With the help of a scout (Alan Arkin), J.B. finds teens Dinesh (Madhur Mittal) and Rinku (Suraj Sharma), who haven't a clue about baseball but throw powerful pitches. As the boys adjust to American life, J.B. learns valuable lessons about teamwork and family.

Director: Craig Gillespie
Producer: Mark Ciardi, Gordon Gray, Joe Roth
Screenwriter: Tom McCarthy
Distributor: Walt Disney
Production Co: Roth Films, Mayhem Pictures
Rating: PG (Some Suggestive Content|Mild Language)
Genre: Drama
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): May 16, 2014, Wide
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 7, 2014
Box Office (Gross USA): $36.4M
Runtime: 2h 3m
Sound Mix: Dolby Digital

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