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

Craig Gillespie's by-numbers schmaltzathon never transcends its tourist's-eye views of India or patronisingly cliched views of its people.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 31, 2014

In its own gently comical way, Million Dollar Arm plays up the misunderstandings between Hollywood and India -- as well as the mutual fascination.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 29, 2014

A cold, hard business story, reshaped by Disney into a warm, fuzzy hug.

| Original Score: 2/5 | Aug 28, 2014

There's nothing wildly unpredictable on offer here, but it still winningly manages to sneak its way past your defences.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Aug 28, 2014

Very funny underdog comedy that's genuinely heartwarming and full of charm.

| Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 25, 2014

"Million Dollar Arm" benefits from a strong performance by Jon Hamm in the lead and a top-notch supporting cast.

| Original Score: 2.1/2 | Jun 2, 2014

A completely by-the-numbers affair.

| May 16, 2014

Million Dollar Arm's biggest strength is its sneaky way of making you care about its characters. Sure, it's clichd, but it's perfectly fine Sunday afternoon movie fare.

| Original Score: B | May 16, 2014

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.

Full Review | Original Score: 3.5/4 | May 16, 2014

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.

| Original Score: B- | May 16, 2014

There is a gaping hole where "Million Dollar Arm"'s heart should be that widens to crater-size in the second half.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 16, 2014

Million Dollar Arm is cute, cloying, simplistic, borderline offensive ... and thoroughly effective.

| May 16, 2014

Hamm and Bell are likeable actors with terrific timing. The location shots in Mumbai are beautiful, chaotic and jarring. The script is amusing.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 16, 2014

Million Dollar Arm pulls so hard on your heartstrings, it tears most of the tendons in its pitching arm.

Full Review | Original Score: 1.5/4 | May 16, 2014

You can see the stuff "Million Dollar Arm" throws at you from miles away, but that doesn't stop this baseball movie from being genially enjoyable.

| May 15, 2014

[A] watchable but rambling, flaccid movie ...

| May 15, 2014

Among other things, lacks a noteworthy performance to ground an otherwise loosely-constructed film.

| May 15, 2014

An unusual story and sharp talents have been put through the Disney family-film machinery and come out flattened into formula. It's an average movie, and that isn't bad - just average.

| Original Score: 2/4 | May 15, 2014

"Million Dollar Arm" presents a particularly flagrant case of a true story reprocessed into a feel-good fable that rings false.

| May 15, 2014