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Initial Thought: I have been planning to watch this for awhile, but I never got around to it. I'm a sucker when it comes to inspirational sports dramas. I never really got into the real thing though except for baseball. Something about baseball always had my interest.
Characters/Acting: This has a pretty great cast. I haven't seen Mad Men or anything recently where Jon Hamm is the lead. He does seem to be a very good actor from what I have seen of his work. It's nice to see Suraj Sharma after his career starting Life of Pi performance. Madhur Mittal from Slumdog Millionaire is here too. Lake Bell is always a pleasure to behold on screen. Alan Arkin is quite a well versed actor with his plethora of film roles. The acting is quite good. The characters are all fun and unique.
Story: I find it intriguing that a guy could find baseball talent within a group of Asian cricket players. This really didn't feel like a Disney film. There was some risque humor that I think younger kids of this generation would catch on to. It was interesting to see how Indian culture translated with baseball. Who knew that the two best pitchers would not have any experience in any sort of ball sports. The ending was great and even gave us some of the real footage of these two.
Directing/Writing: Craig Gillespie has done pretty good work with Lars and the Real Girl as well as the Fright Night remake. He did however flop with his Mr. Woodcock film. Thomas McCarthy is the writer of Up! He also directed The Cobbler though which wasn't too popular.
Final Thought: You can do anything you set your mind to doing. I really enjoyed this. As I knew I would. The story was just powerful and well executed. It was a little cliche, but it's fairly unavoidable in most underdog sports films. If you like those kinds of movies I recommend giving this a shot as well.
