a movie that is OK and worth seeing but came off as feeling way to forced to have the emotion needed

Rating: 6/10 (6 October 2014)

"The potential of this thing is off the chart. It's the stuff dreams are made of." JB Bernstein (Hamm) is a struggling sports agent who just lost his best client. Worried that he may have to close his agency he comes up with an idea that may fix everything. He decides to travel to India and find a cricket player that he can convert into a Major League Baseball pitcher. The problem is that he has a harder time finding one then he anticipated and he only has a year to make it happen. I am a huge fan of sports movies and I also love true stories but for some reason I wasn't looking all that forward to watching this. I can't say this is a bad movie because I did enjoy it OK but it was pretty much what I expected. The main downfall of this movie is that it felt too forced to seem real. That is funny to say because it's based on a true story but the entire time it felt like the movie was dragging you to where it wanted you to go. The thing that stood out the most was the love story aspect. To me it just didn't feel needed. The movie The Rookie was a much smoother style and really had the emotion needed for a movie like this. I know this review sounds harsh but keep in mind that I did think the movie was OK. The problem with a movie like this, one that has the ability to inspire, is it needs to be more than just OK. Overall, a movie that is OK and worth seeing but came off as feeling way to forced to have the emotion needed. I give this a B-.