Million Dollar Arm

Sometimes to win, you have to change the game.

Another 'based on a true story' film, with a decidely offbeat plotline. A sports agent's career is in trouble. One night he sees a cricket match on TV, and an idea pops into his head. He and a talent scout head to India, where he launches a reality show competition called ''Million Dollar Arm.'' Two eighteen-year-olds emerge as winners, with their knack for throwing a ball really fast. They all go back to America for baseball training, where the Indians find themselves as fish out of water, not knowing either the game or the strange American culture. As time goes by, they learn what they need to know, and return the favour by teaching the sports agent what he really needs to know... and giving him something that he didn't even realise he was missing.

124 minutes.
Parental Guidance.
Biographical, Drama, Sports.

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

It's just not cricket!

Credits

Cast	Jon Hamm, Pitobash, Suraj Sharma, Madhur Mittal, Aasif Mandvi, Darshan Jariwala
Director	Craig Gillespie
Screenplay	Thomas McCarthy
Music	A.R. Rahman
Cinematography	Gyula Pados
Editing	Tatiana S. Riegel
Sound formats	Dolby Digital, Datasat
Soundtrack	Available
Made in	2014
Produced by	Walt Disney Pictures, Mayhem Pictures, Roth Films

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Sports
Language	Very low impact, infrequent, almost insignificant
Nudity	None
Sex	Low impact, infrequent, brief scenes of affection
Violence	None
Prejudice	None
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG: Parental Guidance Suggested	Rated PG for mild language and some suggestive content
Runtime	124
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity	Violence	Blood / Gore / Gross
Guns / Weapons	Profanity	Alcohol / Drugs
Smoking	Disrespectful / Bad Attitude	Imitative Behaviour
Frightening / Tense Scenes	Jump Scenes	Tense Family Scenes
Music (Scary/Tense)	Music (Inappropriate)	Topics to talk about

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 10 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Cape Argus / The Star Geoffrey McNab Disney film not cricket but baseball	10
Die Burger Laetitia Pople Disney se sport-resep sjarmant	10
Cape Times Michael Rechtshaffen Disney hits a home run	10
ReelViews James Berardinelli The movie is typical live action Disney: family-friendly and simplistic with nothing controversial and an upbeat ending. It's a little old-fashioned. Unfortunately, it's also a little boring.	10
Rolling Stone Peter Travers Hamm, holding steady and true against a wash of cornball, makes Million Dollar Arm worth rooting for.	13
ScreenIt C. Fuchs It might not be a cinematic grand slam that would get spectators jumping up and down in delight, but it's clearly an outing that most everyone can immensely enjoy.	13
Metacritic.com 37 critics	11
Rottentomatoes critics 131 critics	12
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer 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.	12
Movie Review Query Engine MRQE critics	12
CommonSenseMedia Staff evaluation Feel-good sports dramedy is a fine pick for tweens.	10
What the People say
Internet 5909 Netizens All I can say is that this film makes me proud to be an Indian!	15
Average .. 58%	12