Day off. Matinee time. Today's installment? Sugar. A quietly promoted "artsy" film about Domincan Republic can't-miss phenom "Sugar" and his quest for the Major Leagues.
The trailer:
The early portions of the film really brought me back to my medical relief trips to the DR and the respite that beisbol gives to the relative squalor there. Beisbol is the only way out for most. Sugar develops a WICKED curveball that is his ticket to Spring Training. The Dominican to Arizona spring training to the minor leagues in Iowa is a dizzying ride for this young 19-year-old. He's on the fast track. He can't miss. Until injury stalls the freight train of success. What will happen now? Will the train to the bigs continue?
The early portions of the film really brought me back to my medical relief trips to the DR and the respite that beisbol gives to the relative squalor there. Beisbol is the only way out for most. Sugar develops a WICKED curveball that is his ticket to Spring Training. The Dominican to Arizona spring training to the minor leagues in Iowa is a dizzying ride for this young 19-year-old. He's on the fast track. He can't miss. Until injury stalls the freight train of success. What will happen now? Will the train to the bigs continue?
A behind-the-scenes look of an immigrant sports phenom and all that occurs inside his head. Imagine being uprooted from your Dominican batey, sent to Arizona, then to IOWA of all places with all the barriers involved. There's more to the package than baseball. Language, food, culture, the terrors to succeed.
A powerful film. A baseball film that doesn't follow the usual trajectory of sports hero. Really a great film.
Even putting my immense love of baseball and my adoration of the Dominican Republic aside, this film earns the easiest of FULL PRICE scores. GO SEE THIS MOVIE!!!
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