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By Manny C (1,251) on 22 May 2009

This is a great film…

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By Scott M (2,584) on 22 May 2009

This is a great film…

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By Adam B (2,189) on 21 May 2009

The greatest part of the movie is realizing that awesome opportunities aren't rare…

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By Matt R (1,999) on 21 May 2009

I had very high expectations for Sugar, as it was written and directed by [b]Ryan Fleck[/b] and [b]Anna Boden[/b], the filmmakers who gave…

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By Janine-Marie P (2) on 18 May 2009

I'm being too hard on this film--its worst sin is that it's simply dull, a predictable story we've all heard before…

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By Lydia F (53) on 15 May 2009

Didn't really follow the baseball rubbish, but overall, very enjoyable. I promise you, Iowa isn't REALLY like that--mostly…

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By Keith Cohen (225) for Entertainment Spectrum (633) on 14 May 2009

This sophomore effort from the writing and directing duo of Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Half Nelson) is not your typical sports movie, but rather…

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By Robert W. Butler (884) for Kansas City Star (1,573) on 14 May 2009

Sugar is a baseball movie in the way that Macbeth is a play about kilts…

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By Marty Mapes (591) for Movie Habit (892) on 13 May 2009

Dominican natives pursue their diamond dreams in the U.S…

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By Duane Dudek (861) for Milwaukee Journal Sentinel (1,693) on 13 May 2009

It is a gently persuasive, bittersweet run around the base paths in the game of life…

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By Jeff Vice (1,455) for Deseret News (Salt Lake City) (1) on 13 May 2009

That the movie manages to avoid some of the customary cliches and formulaic machinations of the sports drama genre makes the film rewarding,…

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By Kimberley Jones (866) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 13 May 2009

Sugar is a curiosity – too somber for a picaresque, too arm's-length for much emotional effect – and while it's interesting, it's never…

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By Barb F (8) on 09 May 2009

A penetrating exploration of the hardships that Dominican baseball recruits (and other Hispanic cultures as well, on a broader scale) face…

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By Gabe Leibowitz (202) for Film and Felt (184) on 09 May 2009

A penetrating exploration of the hardships that Dominican baseball recruits face in making to the major leagues…

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By Heather M (2,904) on 08 May 2009

Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck follow up their amazing Half Nelson with a baseball movie that's not really about baseball at all…

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By Seth L (233) on 07 May 2009

Not your typical baseball movie, this was actually a pretty gripping drama with excellent characters and realism…

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By Tom Long (1,693) for Detroit News (2,682) on 07 May 2009

This is a film that finds certain purity in disillusionment and freedom in failure. Which may not be sweet, but it is tasty…

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By Calvin Wilson (480) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 07 May 2009

A terrific film that's not just for sports fans. Written and directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck, it's as insightful as it is entertaining…

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By Steve B (1,343) on 04 May 2009

A somber, realistic portrayal of a cultured shock Dominican baseball player pitching in the corn fields of rural Iowa…

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By Carol F (168) on 04 May 2009

Great movie - not just about baseball. Many insights into the culture shock people are faced with upon arrival in the US…

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