Sugar (2008)

Genres:

Drama

Languages:

English | Spanish

Reviews:

1 reviews

Released:

28 September 2009

Format:

DVD

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Baseball Movie.

Alan from Dublin, 17 Mar 2010

This tells the story of Sugar who follows his dream of playing for a major league baseball team in the States. He soon finds himself staying on a farm and playing for a minor league team, a million miles away from his former close family existance in the Dominican Rep. This gives an insight into how hard it is to break into the big time and what players from less fortunate backgrounds face when going to the US. If you're interested in baseball I'd recommend this movie.

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Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's account of a young Dominican pitcher's experiences in the competitive world of US baseball is a powerful and ambitious follow-up to their startlingly assured feature debut (the Oscar-nominated HALF NELSON). But just as their first film was not your average high school drama, nor is SUGAR even close to being just another American sports movie. Miguel 'Sugar' Santos (Algenis Perez Soto) realises his opportunity to achieve the American Dream, when...

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