Movie Cosmos - Million Dollar Arm

Description:

In a last-ditch effort to save his career, sports agent JB Bernstein dreams up a wild game plan to find Major League Baseball’s next great pitcher from a pool of cricket players in India. He soon discovers two young men who can throw a fastball but know nothing about the game of baseball. Or America. It’s an incredible and touching journey that will change them all — especially JB, who learns valuable lessons about teamwork, commitment and family.

Top Cast >

Jon Hamm

As J. B. Bernstein

Aasif Mandvi

As Ash Vasudevan

Bill Paxton

As Tom House

Suraj Sharma

As Rinku

Madhur Mittal

As Dinesh

Lake Bell

As Brenda Paauwe

Pitobash

As Amit

Alan Arkin

As Ray Arkin

Bar Paly

As Lisette

Al Sapienza

As Pete

Tzi Ma

As Chang

Allyn Rachel

As Theresa

Ravi Naidu

As Indian Reporter

Gabriela Lopez

As Hot Girl

Tanner Anderson

As Basketball Player (uncredited)

Tom Verducci

As Scout

Brett Zimmerman

As Mark

Andrew Benator

As Hotel Manager

Ismail Bashey

As Emcee (uncredited)

Top Crew >

Craig Gillespie

Director

Barry Robison

Production Design

Tom McCarthy

Screenplay

Sean Thigpen

Visual Effects Supervisor

Tabrez Noorani

Co-Producer

Arturo Rojas

Key Hair Stylist

Sheila Jaffe

Casting Director

Theraesa Rivers

Hair Department Head

Jon Mooney

Music Supervisor, Music Editor

Seher Aly Latif

Casting Director

Jeanette Scott

Set Decoration

Jeremy Woolsey

Art Direction

Michael McCue

Second Assistant Director

Ron Pipes

Key Makeup Artist

Kevin Halloran

Unit Production Manager, Executive Producer

Mike Topoozian

First Assistant Director

Lana Horochowski

Makeup Department Head

Mark P. Stoeckinger

Supervising Sound Editor

Alan Rankin

Sound Designer

A.R. Rahman

Original Music Composer

Gordon Gray

Producer

Daniel Boccoli

First Assistant Editor

Mark Ciardi

Producer

Neil Mandt

Co-Producer

Kirston Mann

Costume Designer

Tatiana S. Riegel

Editor

Palak Patel

Executive Producer

Bill Simmons

Executive Producer

Connor Schell

Executive Producer

Gyula Pados

Director of Photography

Joe Roth

Producer

Michael Mandt

Co-Producer

Jille Azis

Set Decoration

Reviews:

r96sk (8/10)

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.

2020-11-13