Algenis Perez Soto, Richard Bull, Michael Gaston
SUGAR is a coming-of-age tale that follows Miguel Santos, a.k.a. “Azucar” (Sugar), a pitcher from the Dominican Republic town of San Pedro de Macoris, who grew up poor but talented, always believing b...( read more
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DVD Release Date: September 1, 2009
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November 17, 2009a wonderful baseball movie that sits tragically as a hidden gem. the end of the film left too much uncertainty for a character that we came to care about, but the journey we travel to the point of being left wondering is a heartfelt and worth while journey. if you love baseball...( read more)
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October 28, 2009"Sugar" may very well be one of the only baseball movies that never uses the line "the bases are loaded". It doesn't culminate with the major thrill of winning the big game, rather it contemplates everything that happens beyond life on the field. It's the second film by the team ...( read more)
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October 20, 2009"Welcome to America, son!"
Dominican baseball star Miguel "Sugar" Santos is recruited to play in the U.S. minor-leagues.REVIEW
Filmed in quasi-documentary style, the film appears on the surfac...( read more) -
October 14, 2009Fictional biography of a Dominican baseball player who is invited to try out in U.S. minor leagues, with the ultimate dream to play in the majors. Engrossing journey of our hero, Miguel 'Sugar' Santos takes us to places we do not expect to go in a typical sports drama. The event...( read more)
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September 26, 2009Intelligent immigrant tale with a lead performance played with an incredibly measured stillness and restraint by Soto. Stays clear of sentimentality and pat Hollywood cliches which often plague 'issue' movies.
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November 24, 2009Early on in Sugar, our protagonist Miguel finds himself on a bus travelling through Phoenix after landing in the USA, far from his native soil of the Dominican Republic. As he journeys through this foreign city, we catch glimpses of stores, parking lots, all things commonplace in...( read more)
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November 24, 2009Excellent sports film that resolutely skips all the expected beats. What, no standing ovation at the end? No sage advice from a gnarled old pro at the three quarters stage? No montage of stunning action shots wowing the crowd at the half way mark? Instead this focusses on the im...( read more)
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November 13, 2009This movie was good up until a certain point when something very sick and disgusting happened.After that I just hated this whole movie.
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Critic Reviews
June 5, 2009
Nigel Andrews, The Financial Times
April 23, 2009
Colin Covert, The Minneapolis Star Tribune
Put this one in the Win column. full review
April 23, 2009
Steven Rea, Philadelphia Inquirer
Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's film is a modest but masterful triumph. full review
April 16, 2009
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Easily one of the year's best, Sugar is an intelligent and sublimely moving film that should not be missed. full review
April 16, 2009
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
Algenis Perez Soto plays the character so openly, so naturally, that an interesting thing happens: Baseball is only the backdrop, not the subject. This is a wonderful film. full review
April 9, 2009
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
In its unhurried fashion, Sugar can take its place with the best baseball movies. Where most focus on the grand slam, this one's about the life that surrounds the game and everything that comes after. full review
April 9, 2009
Bob Mondello, NPR
Scenes that would usually be mere setup ... become engaging in their own right. ... game and practice sequences have an easy authenticity from the start. full review
April 3, 2009
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com
A striking document of an immigrant's journey, in some ways reminiscent of Elia Kazan's Oscar nominated 1963 film, "America, America". full review
April 2, 2009
A.O. Scott, The New York Times
It is both sad and hopeful, but the film's sorrow and its optimism arise from its rarest and most thrilling quality, which is its deep and humane honesty. full review
April 2, 2009
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Boden and Fleck are exceptional talents who refuse to sweeten Sugar for mass consumption. The result is raw and riveting. full review
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