A swing and a miss.

| Original Score: C+ | Sep 9, 2021

The film ... is a paean to the ingenuity of entrepreneurs who scour the globe for human investments that can yield millions.

| Feb 26, 2021

Clichés aside, there is something appealingly old fashioned about how Million Dollar Arm wears its heart-on-its-sleeve.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Feb 1, 2021

The kind of film that reminds you exactly why Disney has built its studio on telling stories that matter and make you feel better about life.

| Original Score: 3.5/4.0 | Sep 16, 2020

[L]oads the bases with heart, humor and fun and then hits it out of the park for grand slam entertainment.

| Dec 14, 2019

The pace slackens when the location shifts to LA but the performances and the gentle hand with which the subject is directed keep you interested.

| Aug 14, 2019

It may not hit a home run, but Million Dollar Arm definitely does not strike out.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Feb 20, 2019

It's just hard to root for [Jon Hamm's character], which in turn makes it hard to root for "Million Dollar Arm."

| Original Score: C+ | Feb 1, 2019

Million Dollar Arm makes us want to spend time with its people, and while the movie is successful in many other respects as well, this is its biggest and best victory.

| Original Score: B | Jan 15, 2019

The film is comfortable being a textbook pitch, one that brings home game-going rather than game-changing points.

| Oct 10, 2018

With lavish, warm cinematography capturing a magical-looking Mumbai... and some snappy dialogue between Hamm and Bell, Million Dollar Arm might not achieve anything remarkable, but takes a good swing at it nonetheless.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 22, 2018

Viewers won't be all that surprised by the big moments in Million Dollar Arm, but they will be charmed by its small moments (be on the lookout for Amit's coaching debut).

| Nov 28, 2017

These cliches are handled in such a deft manner by Gillespie as to make the overall package quite heartwarming.

| Original Score: 3.5/5 | Nov 14, 2017

The movie certainly found the right screenwriter in Tom McCarthy.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | Oct 25, 2017

Million Dollar Arm is presented in a largely predictable package aimed at tugging on the heartstrings. It takes a while, but it manages to get there in the end.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Sep 8, 2017

Given its its male-weepy genre, the "inspirational sports movie based on a true story," Million Dollar Arm is surprisingly enjoyable.

| Aug 8, 2017

A well-made, enjoyably predictable, by-the-numbers sports drama.

| Original Score: B | Jun 6, 2016

Hamm and Bell have real chemistry together and the supporting players - apart from Arkin's perfunctory performance - uniformly keep pace with the leads.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Apr 15, 2016

The art of the deal gives way to matters of the heart, giving viewers a game changer both charming and uplifting.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Oct 10, 2015

"Million Dollar Arm" is bland and overlong at 124 minutes. Simply put, there is nothing here of interest.

| Original Score: 1.5/4 | Oct 6, 2014