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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Jon Hamm | ... | JB | |
| Pitobash | ... | Amit (Deepesh Solanki) | |
| Suraj Sharma | ... | Rinku | |
| Madhur Mittal | ... | Dinesh | |
| Aasif Mandvi | ... | Aash | |
| Darshan Jariwala | ... | Vivek | |
| Lake Bell | ... | Brenda | |
| Alan Arkin | ... | Ray | |
| Bill Paxton | ... | Tom House | |
| Gregory Alan Williams | ... | Doug | |
| Allyn Rachel | ... | Theresa | |
| Tzi Ma | ... | Chang | |
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Rey Maualuga | ... | Popo |
| Bar Paly | ... | Lisette | |
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Jaspaul Sandhu | ... | Grumpy Guy |
In 2008, J. B. Bernstein is a sports agent who finds his business being seriously outplayed by his deep-pocketed competitors. Inspired by reality shows and Indian cricket games on TV, Bernstein gets the bold idea of finding cricket players in India and training them to become pro baseball players in America. After a long search, Bernstein finds two talented, but non-cricket playing, youths, Rinku Singh and Dinesh Patel. Together, Berthstein takes his prospects to Los Angeles where they find mastering a new sport in a foreign land a daunting challenge. As these boys struggle amid an alien culture, Bernstein must find a way to make their dream come true. In doing, Bernstein finds a deeper humanity to his work with growing friendships he never expected to have. Written by Kenneth Chisholm (kchishol@rogers.com)
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First, let me say I LOVE sports movies. Second, it is rare that I give any movie higher than a rating of 8. This movie has it all--and it's not really a "sports" movie.
To begin with, there is a great story. The characters are well developed and the scenes in India provide just the right background for what these young men must have gone through in their transformation. There was more that one heart-jerking moment without ever being maudlin. I was prepared to give this a lower score because I was sure the love-interest story was contrived just for the movie, but it turns out to be true.
Be sure to stay for the credits, which has many "real-life" photos as well as more scenes from India, and updates on most of the characters. I was disappointed to see there wasn't a follow-up on Aash who provided the initial inspiration for the concept, but I'm guessing he/that WAS created for movie.
While sports movies usually follow a tried-and-true formula, and this one hones pretty close to that formula, it is still refreshing nonetheless and quite enlightening. I was not at all familiar with this story, and am interested in finding out more.
And lastly, how refreshing it is to see a good movie (set in professional sports, no less) that has NO obscene language. Other filmmakers, take a look at how successful and enjoyable this movie is without a profanity laced (or drenched) script.