Million Dollar Arm Review
By Erin
Disney’s newest film, Million Dollar Arm has arrived in theaters everywhere today! I had the chance to attend a press screening of the movie last month and here’s what I have to share about this wonderful film. There’s so much to love about it, so much more than I was expecting there to be, I was pleasantly surprised, and I am sure you will be too! It doesn’t hurt that one of the stars of the film is Jon Hamm. 😉
Based on a true story, Million Dollar Arm stars Jon Hamm as JB Bernstein who is a struggling sports agent. Bernstein realizes that business has changed drastically and things aren’t going so well for his career. As a last-ditch effort to save his career and livelihood he comes up with this crazy idea to find baseball’s next great pitching ace by traveling to India to produce a reality show competition called “The Million Dollar Arm.” He leaves everything behind, leaving a large prestigious firm to go out on his own with a dear friend Ash (played by Aasif Mandvi).
With the help of retired baseball scout Ray Poitevint (Alan Arkin) who is cantankerous yet has a remarkable eagle eye, they soon discover Dinesh (Madhur Mittal from “Slumdog Millionaire”) and Rinku (Suraj Sharma from “Life of Pi”), who are two 18-year-old boys who have no idea about playing baseball, yet have a knack for throwing a fastball. Many hilarious and heartfelt scenes ensue with these boys.
