Based on a true story, John Hamm plays a sport agent looking for an angle to keep his fledgling business afloat. Fledgling as in he-has-no-clients. Channel surfing one night juxtaposes cricket and a TV talent show. Bam - a brilliant idea. Go to India, run a contest to find cricket players who can be converted to baseball pitchers. Then just sign these pitchers and create your own clients. The fun in this film is the Indian scenery and people. The rest of it is pretty standard. Two kids are found, brought back to the US and dumped on the pitching coach. They don't succeed, the agent gets distracted, the girl helps him refocus, everyone gets a second chance. If the kids weren't charming this would be an straight to TV film. But there is enough humor and charm to carry it along.
3 stars (out of 5)
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