Review of Sugar (2008) by Aaron N — 03 May 2009
Player: Why do they call you Sugar?
Santos: Well, I'm sweet with the ladies.
Other Player: They call him Sugar because he eats so much dessert.
From the writer/director team that made Half Nelson, comes a film following a baseball player from the Dominican Republic, coming to America to play in the minor leagues, hoping to make it to the big leagues. Working with mostly non-actors and improved dialog, the movie works well at delivering a solid story.
The main character, Sugar, is a pitcher, and a good one, but he is tested hard once he faces real games in the minor leagues. Constantly working to improve his game, battle his stress, and learn more and more English, Sugar goes through the motions of a fish out of water looking to become better. But this film throws a few curve balls (see what I did there) into this story, ending in a place very different from where it began.
Being a big fan of Half Nelson, I quite enjoyed the style of this film as well. The story may seem familiar, but works very well. Sugar is a great character, played very well by newbie Algenis Perez Soto. It moves along at a fairly slow pace, but this film works very well with what it wants to do.
Coach: Well you played with your emotions and your emotions got the best of you.
This review of Sugar (2008) was written by Aaron N on 03 May 2009.
Sugar has generally received very positive reviews.
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