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"I rarely do well with movies over two hours. In this world of instant everything, giving something my undivided attention for that long can make me more antsy than a five-year-old on a road trip. So going into Million Dollar Arm (running time: 2 hours 4 minutes), I was not looking forward to it&amp;amp;#8212;no matter how much I love Jon Hamm or baseball (by the way, check out Megan&amp;#x27;s excellent interview with Jon here). But not only did I love the movie, but I never even noticed the running time. It just takes the right movie. Here are five reasons you&amp;#x27;ll love it too. 1) You don&amp;#x27;t need to like baseball. Sure, it&amp;#x27;s a movie about baseball (and based on a true story), but it&amp;#x27;s so much more than that. It&amp;#x27;s a story of redemption, of change, and falling in love. You guys know how much I love baseball, but take it from a fellow journalist friend of mine who saw the movie: &amp;quot;I hate baseball, but I adored this movie.&amp;quot; 2) Lake Bell&amp;#x27;s relationship tips. OK, so it&amp;#x27;s more from Lake Bell&amp;#x27;s character, but we need more females in movies like her. She&amp;#x27;s a study in how to act in a relationship, especially when you&amp;#x27;re dealing with a guy who, to put it mildly, needs an attitude adjustment. There&amp;#x27;s a scene in which Lake&amp;#x27;s character confronts J.B. Bernstein (Hamm) in his front yard, and I&amp;#x27;m telling you right now, take note of it. THIS is how you talk to a guy when he&amp;#x27;s acting like a jerk. 3) Pitobash Tripathy. Remember that name. I know Jon Hamm is the star of this film, but the Hindi film actor steals every scene he&amp;#x27;s in. Move over, Jonah Hill&amp;amp;#8212;this guy should be in 22 Jump Street. 4) It&amp;#x27;s a perfect date movie. Your guy will love it, you will love it, and you&amp;#x27;ll both go home happy. Pitobash Tripathy (mentioned above) is on the right. 5) Sometimes to win, you have to change the game. I wish I came up with that line, but it&amp;#x27;s actually the tagline on the movie&amp;#x27;s poster. Still, it&amp;#x27;s a lesson you&amp;#x27;ll learn over and over in this movie and one that is essential to succeeding in life. All too often we want to emulate others to get to the top or follow successful people&amp;#x27;s footsteps, but that&amp;#x27;s not how you truly succeed. Sometimes failing (or just struggling) opens doors you never expected. This movie makes sure you never forget that. Also, when I cohosted Windy City Live on abc7 Chicago a few weeks back, I got to interview Jon Hamm. If you like him even the slightest bit, I think you&amp;#x27;ll get a kick out of the game we played: Million Dollar Arm opens nationwide in theaters today. Are you going to see it? Let me know what you think!"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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