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70
Viewer score based on 32 votes.

Critic Score

82
Critics' score based on 26 reviews.
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Essentially the story of a loser unwilling to do the work needed to become a professional baseball player. No redeeming value in this low budget (and it shows) film.

April 22, 2010
drarthurwells

not bad

April 30, 2009
SgtGaryN

Having played minor league baseball myself for about 7 years and playng with MANY Dominican ballplayers (and Latin), I REALLY wanted to like this film but there was just something missing. I think the... y could have done more to show the reality of what happens when many latin ballplayers do NOT get to the big leagues where they literally go from living in the USA to being shipped back to the Dominican or the country they are from and most of the times, back to poverty and a life much different. There's just many missing points from this movie. They should have shown how the agents in these cities take advantage of the latin ballplayers. anyhow, nice movie but far from what I was hoping to see Full Review

April 12, 2009
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Critic Reviews

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.Full Review

Ty Burr
Boston Globe

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.Full Review

A.O. Scott
The New York Times

A film of rare intelligence, beauty and compassion.Full Review

Ann Hornaday
Washington Post

Sugar is that sweetest of films: A sensitive and memorable story that surprises at every turn.Full Review

Claudia Puig
USA Today

Algenis Perez Soto plays the character so openly, so naturally, that an interesting thing happens: Baseball is only the backdrop, not the subject. This is a wonderful film.Full Review

Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
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