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- Million Dollar Arm, Disney's latest underdog sports tale, is a conflict of morals and emotions. There's no denying the feel good vibes of a well-crafted athletic drama — fast ball exhilaration amplified by everyman star Jon Hamm.
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May 16, 2014 · Reviews. Million Dollar Arm. 124 minutes ‧ PG ‧ 2014. Susan Wloszczyna. May 16, 2014. 4 min read. Million Dollar Arm. The trouble with “Million Dollar Arm” is not limited to its title, which suggests a cheesy horror thriller about an overpriced artificial appendage that is coming to get you.
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May 16, 2014 · This supposedly uplifting true-life baseball tale never quite strikes the necessary emotional sweet spots that these types of inspirational sports movies shamelessly if effectively milk, despite a pitch with great potential: Opportunistic sports agent out to save his struggling company attempts to sniff out untapped baseball talent in far-off ...
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...
- (147)
- Craig Gillespie
- PG
- Jon Hamm
While watching a cricket match and Britain's Got Talent, JB hatches an idea to sign an Indian baseball player, and turn it into a reality contest, called Million Dollar Arm. After finding a crotchety, old, retired baseball scout named Ray, (Alan Arkin) JB heads to India to find his prospects.
Based on a true story, Million Dollar Arm is a predictable motivating sport film from the Disney stable. Jon Hamm with his flawlessly groomed stubble and cocky grin plays the haughty sports agent Bernstein with ease.
- (48K)
- Biography, Drama, Family
- Craig Gillespie
- 2014-05-16
May 16, 2014 · Million Dollar Arm features a strong cast, an accomplished screenwriter, and a quality director - who ultimately deliver a solid but unremarkable sports drama. Viewers will be affected by certain characters and scenes more than others but the film never outright fails in its intentions.
With lavish, warm cinematography capturing a magical-looking Mumbai... and some snappy dialogue between Hamm and Bell, Million Dollar Arm might not achieve anything remarkable, but takes a good...
