Very Cool!!!

Plot so thin, it passes unnoticed.

It's hard to see any effort in the film. There's no comedy to speak of, no real drama and, worst of all.

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

When I saw the credits in the beginning of the movie and I saw it was a Disney movie I feared the worst because that's normally not the kind of movies I like. But since it was based on a true story it makes it a bit different and more enjoyable to watch. And I have to admit it was a good movie. A bit predictable but nonetheless an enjoyable feelgood movie about the two first Indians becoming professional baseball players. Even my wife that hates baseball and most sports in general thought it was a lovely story. You don't need to love baseball to appreciate Million Dollar Arm. The cast did a good job and the filming was very professional. You feel immediately an immense sympathy for the Indian characters. If you like feelgood stories with a happy ending than you should watch this one.

I read through a few of the previous reviews and have to agree with some of them. While this movie is very predictable, a little slow and doesn't have very many funny parts, the acting is very good, the story is a good one. It throws in a success story and a love story, two out of three of my favorite things in a movie. It would have been great to see more funny parts in the movie, but it's not what it was all about. While I like the fact that they had a story about two boys they brought from India to be successful pitchers here in the U.S. it reminded me of businesses that continue to outsource to other countries because they don't want to pay for the people here. However kudos to the two boys from India that became a success (movie based on a true story).

I guess Hollywood has run out of film ideas concerning the prejudice black people suffered in various sports so now they have turned to the inspiring true story of people from cricket loving India trying to break into professional baseball.Jon Hamm plays the struggling sports agent who hits upon an idea of launching a talent contest to find baseball talent in India and then bringing them over to the USA and train them for the major league.The film has location shooting in India as Hamm tagged along with a snoozing Alan Arkin looks for pitchers with the right throwing arm. We have scenes of Mumbai, Agra with the obligatory Taj Mahal.When he finds two pitchers we have the cultural clash as they try to adapt to life in the States as well as impressing the big league scouts as Hamm and his partner stave off money troubles.The film has a side plot of Hamm trying to sign a major league player which echoes Jerry Maguire right to the bit where the player signs with a bigger agency as Hamm is diverted to look after his other charges.There is nothing original in the story. In fact it's downright predictable with only the idea of getting players from India being novel. It also felt too long which led me to believe the film was padded.Jon Hamm and Aasif Mandvi give a lot of conviction as the struggling sports agents. Suraj Sharma and Madhur Mittal have the right balance of sweet eyed innocence, young people leaving a village life in search to hit the jackpot in the lottery of life.

Based on a true story, Disney's "Million Dollar Arm" follows JB Bernstein, a once-successful sports agent who now finds himself edged out by bigger, slicker competitors. He and his partner Aash (Aasif Mandvi) will have to close their business down for good if JB doesn't come up with something fast. Late one night, while watching cricket being played in India on TV, JB comes up with an idea so radical it just might work. Why not go to there and find the next baseball pitching sensation? Setting off for Mumbai with nothing but a gifted but cantankerous scout (Alan Arkin) in tow, JB stages a televised, nationwide competition called "Million Dollar Arm" where 40,000 hopefuls compete before two 18-year-old finalists, Rinku and Dinesh (Suraj Sharma, Madhur Mittal), emerge as winners. JB brings them back to the United States to train with legendary pitching coach Tom House (Bill Paxton). The goal: get the boys signed to a major league team. Not only is the game itself difficult to master, but life in the U.S. with a committed bachelor makes things even more complicated-for all of them. While Rinku and Dinesh learn the finer points of baseball and American culture, they in turn teach JB the true meaning of teamwork and commitment. Ultimately, what began as a purely commercial venture becomes something more and leads JB to find the one thing he was never looking for at all-a family.