Sugar (2009)
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- Synopsis
- Filmmakers Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden (Half Nelson) weave this introspective sports drama concerning a talented Dominican baseball player who longs to break into the American big league and earn the money needed to support his impoverished family....
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- Director(s)
- Ryan Fleck, Anna Boden
- Distributor(s)
- Sony Classics
- MPAA Rating
- R
- Runtime
- 114 min.
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Critic Reviews
Boston Globe | Ty BurrAdd Critic to Favorites
In its unhurried fashion, Sugar can take its place with the best baseball movies. Where most focus on the grand slam, this one's about the life that surrounds the game and everything that comes after.Read the full review
The New York Times | A.O. ScottAdd Critic to Favorites
It is both sad and hopeful, but the film's sorrow and its optimism arise from its rarest and most thrilling quality, which is its deep and humane honesty.Read the full review
Washington Post | Ann HornadayAdd Critic to Favorites
A film of rare intelligence, beauty and compassion.Read the full review
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Zach Galifianakis eyes 'Funny Story'
09/15/09 Zach Galifianakis is in negotiations to star in "It's Kind of a Funny Story," the coming-of-age dramedy from "Half Nelson" writer-directors Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden. | The Hollywood Reporter -
cinemadaily | Sweet: “Sugar” on DVD This Week
08/31/09 Sugar,' which follows a young pitcher from a training camp in the Dominican Republic to a minor-league club in Iowa (and beyond), is infused with a deep affection for baseball, the rhythms of which are nimbly captured by a narrative pace and editing style that quicken and relax as necessary," writes the New York Times' A.O. Scott in his rave review for Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck's ("Half Nelson") film, which gets its DVD release this week courtesy of Sony. "The small details and rituals of the game — the locker room banter, the on-field surges of intensity and the tedium of the dugout — are captured with subtlety and without egg-headed, glorious-pastime sententiousness." | indieWIRE -
The Look of Being Lost
08/21/09 Lucrecia Martel's hallucinatory new film "The Headless Woman" could just as well be called "The Hazy Woman." | Independent Film Channel (IFC) -
A New One On Me
08/14/09 The Blu-ray of the Anna Boden/ryan fleck film, Sugar , just landed on my doorstep... and on the cover, quotes from the legend and current Philadelphia Phillie, Pedro Martinez ("It's really good and has a really good message.") and NY Yankee 2nd baseman Robinson Cano ("A Great Film!"). | The Hot Blog - Movie City News -
Focus is on 'Funny'
08/10/09 Focus Features will finance, produce and distribute the next film from the writer-director team behind the 2006 pic "Half Nelson." | The Hollywood Reporter