WWTD 171 - Million Dollar Arm: Nice Technical Package

We Want The D

Hold on to your peanuts and crackerjacks, D-Lover, we're going back old to the old ball game this week on We Want The D. Rather than a scrappy underdog story that Disney tends to love for their sports movies, however, MILLION DOLLAR ARM centers mostly on a successful sports agent who hit a bit of a rough patch, and may have to sell his very large LA home or perhaps even his luxury sports car if he can't find two young Indian boys to exploit for his own personal gain. In an unexpected twist, this film is actually based on a rather wholesome story that Disney had to dirty up a bit to make dramatically interesting; but the results are mixed, to say the least. We'll try not to hold that one strike against them.