12 - 21 November 2009

Sugar

Sugar, from directors Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck (Half Nelson) traces a young Dominican's pursuit of the American dream through baseball. A dream which as this film develops proves bittersweet. Boden and Fleck coax a great, naturalistic performance from Algenis Perez Soto as Miguel “Sugar” Santos whose quiet resilience keep us rooting for him throughout. In lesser hands, this film could have succumbed to Jerry Maguire sentimentality but thankfully Boden and Fleck continue to avoid the timeworn themes, characters and clichés of the conventional sports movie to present a more interesting narrative about immigrant isolation and racial tension in Middle America. VT

For more information about the movie, visit the official site at sonypictures.com/sugar

To download Sugar film note by Alexander Hobbs click here!

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