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By 2008, more than 25 percent of major league baseball players were born in Latin America. At 19, Miguel "Sugar" Santos, a serious kid from the Dominican Republic, signs with Kansas City. He flies to Phoenix for tryouts and is sent to the Class A team "The Swing" in the fictional town of Bridgetown, Iowa, where he lives with a farm family. Thus begins his odyssey: leaving his mom and girlfriend; living in an alien culture; learning English; overcoming jitters; working hard; achieving early success; navigating friendships, occasional racism, and a woman's mixed signals; dealing with an injury; trying performance-enhancing drugs; and, searching for his place in the world. Will he make it to the Majors; will he play in New York?
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StarWarsLuvr
Sugar was beautiful, heart-felt, realistic. Loved seeing Miguel "Sugar" Santos' journey, from his days in Dominican Republic in the baseball academy to the US playing in the Minor Leagues. You'll see him struggling with the language barrier and people outside of his culture; finding his own identity as a person while being a "product" for the Minor Baseball League. Compelling and it'll make you wonder how the Major/Minor Baseball Leagues recruit these amazing players, going through the process, promises AND the politics behind it all.
Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden are fantastic with story-telling, dialogue and the care with research (back stories of real life ballplayers) to tell this story so perfectly. And the lead actor (can't remember his name right now) was amazing, considering this is his first acting role. Highly recommended!!
folkpoetry
An artsy baseball film. Sometimes our dreams lead us to things better than our dreams. Not a classic, but a darn good, little movie.
tomrom
Sugar is a good, not great, movie. It has interesting characters and a plot that reveals a lot about the immigrant experience. A must for baseball fans!
Celluloid_Pete
This is only a baseball story on the periphery. What this movie is about is self discovery and the difficulty facing anyone adjusting to a new culture, language and country. Very moving with great character analysis and the english sub-titles were not an obstacle to enjoying the movie. Boden and Fleck show they are rising stars in the screenwriter and directoral arena's. Excellent movie!
Sugar was beautiful, heart-felt, realistic. Loved seeing Miguel "Sugar" Santos' journey, from his days in Dominican Republic in the baseball academy to the US playing in the Minor Leagues. You'll see him struggling with the language barrier and people outside of his culture; finding his own identity as a person while being a "product" for the Minor Baseball League. Compelling and it'll make you wonder how the Major/Minor Baseball Leagues recruit these amazing players, going through the process, promises AND the politics behind it all. Ryan Fleck & Anna Boden are fantastic with story-telling, dialogue and the care with research (back stories of real life ballplayers) to tell this story so perfectly. And the lead actor (can't remember his name right now) was amazing, considering this is his first acting role. Highly recommended!!