Million Dollar Arm

It's "Slumdog Millionaire" meets "Trouble with the Curve"when a sports management agency travels to India in search of raw new talent for Major League Baseball. John Ham, Lake Bell, Bill Paxton, and Alan Arkin are the name draws for this inspirational story that sounds too improbable to be believable. However, this film is based on a true story that most people never even heard of. Alien loved the film's sense of humor and the exposure of cultural differences. This fun family film felt Disney-fied just to pitch that perfect plot until the real life photos and clips were revealed during the credits. This January 22, 2014 review has been postpone until the film's official estimated release date in May 2014.

Alien gives it 3 "unconventional recruitment strategy" stars out of 4.

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It is indeed a strange irony that three baseball fans from San Francisco launched a venture in July 2006 that led to the discovery of India's first professional baseball pitchers, who were signed two years later by the Pittsburgh Pirates, the very team that beat the Giants the day the initial idea was conceived.


Million Dollar Arm (revisited)

Alien just got another chance to screen this marvelous film and it seemed even better the second time around. Disney magic knocks one out of the park with great characters, exotic locale, wonderful sense of humor, and lots of heart in this inspirational true story for all of those dreamers out there.

Alien gives it 3 ½ "let's play ball" stars out of 4.