Sugar

A film about a young Dominican Republic ball player that gets a chance to come to the States and play in the minor leagues. I really liked this film. The acting was amateurish, but it gave the film I kind of documentary feel. I thought the direction was excellent. They took great pains to make the baseball feel realistic, while at the same time transmitting the emotion the character was experiencing on the field. This is as much about the immigrant experience as it is about baseball. He eventually leaves the team and goes to New York to find work. It's a bleak, yet somehow uplifting film. I thought it was stylistically very interesting and although the pace was slow, it had a nice rhythm.