Million Dollar Arm
By Dougie Avellino
Based on a true story the 2014 film Million Dollar Arm takes place in Indian and the US. This sports drama film was released on may 16, 2014. Although this film did make it to theaters I didn't have a chance to watch it until recently, when it was added to Netflix.This film is based off of the true story of baseball pitchers Rinku Singh, and Dinesh Patel who were discovered in India by sports agent J.B. Bernstein. The main character, Bernstein is played by Jon Ham while Rinku is played by Suraj Sharma and Dinesh is played by Madhur Mittal.
J.B. Bernstein is a professional agent for athletes. After his partner and him start their own business they struggle to find new clients and their business is at risk to fail. J.B. realizes that he has to go somewhere new to get athletes. His partner (Ash) is obsessed with the sport cricket which is the national sport in India. J.B. plans a trip to India with motivation to find a cricket player that can be converted over to an American baseball picture and earn a spot on an MLB team.
Burnstein, along with a scout he brings along from the US travels to various towns around India and hosts contests to see who can pitch the fastest baseball. This is marketed as "The Million Dollar Arm Contest." The winning contestant will be awarded 1 million US dollars and a trip to America to tryout for a pro team. Second place will also be given a tryout and an award of 10 thousand US dollars. After J.B. makes it back to America with Rinku and Dinesh he faces multiple problems with the boys because they have never been outside of their Indian culture. As the movie progresses J.B. starts to grow more attached to these boys.
This is a feel good sports movie that is much more then about sports. This film teaches and shows you how different the Indian culture is from our American culture. Rinku, and Dinesh come from small towns where they have never been taught anything about baseball before. This movie was special in my eyes because it tells the story of two boys that were nothing and made themselves into major league baseball pictures. If you are a sports fan who enjoys heartfelt stories I highly suggest seeing this film. Rinku and Dinesh are now apart of the Pittsburg Pirates organization.
Film rating 8.5/10
by, Doug Avellino
I saw this movie when it first came out and although i do not like baseball this was a very good story. I really appreciated how the author was able to capture such a realistic life of these boys. Even though i wasn't very excited to watch this movie i was very glad i saw it after.
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