A true chance of a lifetime.

Rating: 5/10 (27 November 2014)

Based on true events; a baseball drama with limited sports action. J.B. Berstein(Jon Hamm)is a struggling sports agent in fear of his business hitting rock bottom. There has to be something untapped, something to generate attention and become his career's salvation. Bernstein by happenstance views an Indian cricket game on TV and realizes that major league baseball has no players from India. J.B. launches a reality show to find India's best cricket players, with the goal of turning them into professional baseball players. Thus signing them to contracts and saving his business. The reality show in India would be called Million Dollar Arm and would generate throngs of tryouts of various ages.
The tedious search will provide two prospects, and neither are cricket players. J.B., as advertised, will take Rinku Singh(Suraj Sharma) and Dinesh Patel(Madhur Mittal)to Los Angeles, where former major league pitcher Tom House(Bill Paxton)will try to cultivate the two and present them to tryouts in front of pro team scouts.
A true chance of a lifetime for two poor young men from India. There is the cultural and language barriers to overcome. And being scrutinized by strangers. It is all not for the love of the game, but what the money will do for their futures and families. Bernstein must find a way to keep the promises he has made and make a few dreams come true. It takes time for J.B. to realize the humanity aspect of what he is doing is worth more than the dollar sign.
Also in the cast: Pitobash, Aasif Mandvi, Lake Bell, Alan Arkin and Tzi Ma.