Review of Ballplayer: Pelotero (2011) by Zach D — 06 Mar 2013

La historia es más o menos buena. El documentorio es sobre Jean Carlos Batista y Miguel Angel Sano. Son de la RD. Les gusta el beísbol.

This review of Ballplayer: Pelotero (2011) was written by Zach D on 06 Mar 2013.

Ballplayer: Pelotero has generally received positive reviews.

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By Chuck Bowen (756) for Slant Magazine (8,298) on 10 Jul 2012

The doc is a sly, interesting achievement: It opens as an entertaining sports story and closes as a metaphor for government corruption…

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By Kenneth Turan (2,323) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 15 Jul 2012

It's an eye-opening look at a flawed, potentially exploitative system and how it is being gamed from all sides of the table -- the story of…

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By Parker H (42) on 07 Mar 2013

Pelotero es muy bueno. Es sobre peloteros de la RD. Los peloteros son atleticos. Les gusta el beisbol. El documentario es interesante…

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By Josuel P (6) on 27 Dec 2012

The biggest reward, the wonder of all the other stories like this one, that show us the politics that is involved (leading to great despair)…

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By Eric Hynes (189) for Time Out (7,510) on 09 Jul 2012

[An] essential, if artless, baseball exposé…

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While riveting to watch... it's actually quite sad and even enraging to watch what plays out like a form of modern day slavery…

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By Christopher C (1,363) on 07 Mar 2013

La pelicula es muy buena y interesante. Es sobre dos peloteros. Son shortstops de la RD. Los peloteros son activos y atleticos. Pero uno es mentioso…

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By Sean M (1,168) on 02 Mar 2013

A documentary mixing the joy of playing baseball with the horrors of exploitation. Intriguing at every point…

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Commendably, the film, narrated by John Leguizamo, sugarcoats nothing, and the people involved - the players, their trainers, their parents,…

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