Rotten
Sappy, saccharine, and predictable to the point where it's almost painful.
James Berardinelli, ReelViews
Million Dollar Arm
Sometimes to win, you have to change the game.
2014 · 2h 4m · PG
Drama
Directed by
Craig Gillespie
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Million Dollar Arm
Overview
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.
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Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
65%
Tomatometer
Rotten
A completely by-the-numbers affair.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Fresh
JB is not the wisest of men and Million Dollar Arm makes no bones about him being a character in need of an upward arc. Even so, the movie never sacrifices the other characters as mere handmaidens to his growth.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Fresh
Million Dollar Arm, based on true events, did a fairly good job of keeping me engaged even though I knew exactly where it was going every step of the way.
Peter Rainer, Christian Science Monitor
Fresh
Million Dollar Arm is cute, cloying, simplistic, borderline offensive ... and thoroughly effective.
Bilge Ebiri, New York Magazine/Vulture
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