True underdog sports story starring Mad Men's Jon Hamm as washed up talent agent J.B. Bernstein who travels to India to set up a televised game show - titled Million Dollar Arm - in an attempt to find a baseball star amongst the cricket-mad population. Co-stars Life of Pi's Suraj Sharma, Slumdog Millionaire's Madhurt Mittal, Argo's Alan Arkin and Lake Bell. From the writer of The Station Agent.
The show uncovers two fast-pitching young men in Dinesh Patel (Mittal) and Rinku Singh (Sharma), both from extremely poor families. Despite the pair never having seen a game of baseball and being unable to speak English, Bernstein brings them to America for training before setting his sights on Professional League contracts.
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What’s not to love about Jon Hamm? The Mad Men star continues to get away with Draper-like behaviour (of the family-friendly variety) in this unconventional true story, told in a conventional way. Hamm plays real-life sports agent J.B. Bernstein, who travelled to India to produce a reality TV show competition to get young Indian cricketers to give baseball a shot in the U.S.
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Hamm does an amiable riff on his Don Draper persona, Lake Bell is a delight as his tart-tongued love interest, and Sharma and Mittal are all charm as the cultures-uniting underdogs.
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The only splash of cold water comes from Lake Bell as J.B.’s bohemian tenant, who pops his bubble of self-importance (and the film’s) whenever she gets the opportunity...
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Hamm is first-rate, his nuanced portrayal lifting the movie to the winner's circle.
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Credit a rock solid turn by lead Jon Hamm that doesn’t shy away from revealing a darker underbelly to his underdog character...
Full reviewMillion Dollar Arm is available to stream in New Zealand now on Google Play and Apple TV and Disney+.
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