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Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck s powerful and ambitious follow-up to their startlingly assured feature debut (the Oscar-nominated HALF NELSON). But just as their first film was not your average high school drama, nor is SUGAR even close to being just another American sports movie. Miguel Sugar Santos (Algenis Perez Soto) realises his opportunity to achieve the American Dream, when he is picked to enter a US rookie academy and given a chance to play in the major league. But thoughts of success, fame and celebrity are thwarted by the reality of his situation. Increasingly isolated, he has to decide whether to continue on the path that is expected of him, or breakout and discover his own place in the world. Featuring a remarkable performance by Algenis Perez Soto, SUGAR is an original and provocative portrait of the modern-day immigrant experience by two of America s most distinctive young filmmakers. SPECIAL FEATURES: Interviews with directors and cast.
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By R. Katbamna
Format:DVD
'Sugar' is NOT a sports movie like many adverts may lead you to believe. For me it was more about alienation, being a strange place unable to understand anything where a young man is left to his own devices to discover what he really wants in life. I won't say much more but...
The casting is just epic and the documentary-like shooting and capturing these very human moments in these 'three-dimensional' characters are just mind-blowingly great.
The casting is just epic and the documentary-like shooting and capturing these very human moments in these 'three-dimensional' characters are just mind-blowingly great.
By D. Strock
Format:DVD|Amazon Verified Purchase
This movie shows how baseball recruits baseball players in south america. This is the story of a pitcher who moves to america and does well at the beginning but further in the movie it shows how tough it is to make it to the big leagues. A very good movie that is very interesting.
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Baseball isn't a favourite of mine but I do love an inspiring sport movie. I had read good things about it and the director has some pedigree.
In all honesty I was left disappointed. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it, but it seems to drag for long sections and as if to labour the point that life will always bring you back down from the highs, there are sections that seem to repeat themselves - as in Sugar (the main character) achieves something positive and then crash, he screws up. And so on and so on.
The film is long and for me has no real conclusion. I'm sure this is so that you can decide his future, a talking point in the pub perhaps, but that doesn't sit well with me. It strikes me as a bit cowardly on the part of the director to leave the character in limbo. Especially when you've invested so much time in it...
Ultimately I enjoyed it but it is a challenging watch - and not all for good reasons. Just a note - much of the film is subtitled. The main character is likeable overall and is supported with a good cast and some nice scene shooting.
Hard work but enjoyable overall.
In all honesty I was left disappointed. Don't get me wrong, I enjoyed it, but it seems to drag for long sections and as if to labour the point that life will always bring you back down from the highs, there are sections that seem to repeat themselves - as in Sugar (the main character) achieves something positive and then crash, he screws up. And so on and so on.
The film is long and for me has no real conclusion. I'm sure this is so that you can decide his future, a talking point in the pub perhaps, but that doesn't sit well with me. It strikes me as a bit cowardly on the part of the director to leave the character in limbo. Especially when you've invested so much time in it...
Ultimately I enjoyed it but it is a challenging watch - and not all for good reasons. Just a note - much of the film is subtitled. The main character is likeable overall and is supported with a good cast and some nice scene shooting.
Hard work but enjoyable overall.
By Craigo
Format:DVD
Bought this DVD for my son who absolutely loves it. Great but thoughtful film that should have been a huge hit over here, but nobody fashionable in.
Well worth a watch.
Well worth a watch.
5 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By catfordvi
Format:DVD
This is a really wonderful film that should have been top of the charts for a month.
SPOILERS:
It's really not a sports film at all. It's about a genially-arrogant, young Spanish-speaker from Central America who's picked to play baseball for a small team in the States. Despite widespread good will from his host family and team, Sugar is alienated and crushed by his lack of English and his employers' lack of Spanish.
Following an injury that marginalises him further, fear and foolishness lead Sugar to take illegal stimulants. However, he overdoses during a game and a catastrophic performance on the field so humiliates him that he walks away from this dream. Sugar is eventually restored and redeemed by humbler employment and company.
This is a serious, intelligent film that is also gently funny and kind. Baseball is just a venue for its diverse and humane storytelling. It tells of good will wasted through incomprehension but also about good use a young man makes of dire experience to achieve some kind of fulfillment and maturity. It's subtle, substantial and skillfully filmed.
Sugar is a wonderful success that was poorly represented in the UK by its trailer. No better film will win an Oscar.
SPOILERS:
It's really not a sports film at all. It's about a genially-arrogant, young Spanish-speaker from Central America who's picked to play baseball for a small team in the States. Despite widespread good will from his host family and team, Sugar is alienated and crushed by his lack of English and his employers' lack of Spanish.
Following an injury that marginalises him further, fear and foolishness lead Sugar to take illegal stimulants. However, he overdoses during a game and a catastrophic performance on the field so humiliates him that he walks away from this dream. Sugar is eventually restored and redeemed by humbler employment and company.
This is a serious, intelligent film that is also gently funny and kind. Baseball is just a venue for its diverse and humane storytelling. It tells of good will wasted through incomprehension but also about good use a young man makes of dire experience to achieve some kind of fulfillment and maturity. It's subtle, substantial and skillfully filmed.
Sugar is a wonderful success that was poorly represented in the UK by its trailer. No better film will win an Oscar.
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