6.5 / 10
(54 votes)
Like many young men in the Dominican Republic, 19-year-old Miguel "Sugar" Santos dreams of winning a slot on an American baseball team. Indeed, his talents as a pitcher eventually land him a slot on a single-A team in Iowa, but culture shock, racism and other curveballs threaten to turn Sugar's dream sour.
Dominican Republic,
United States of America
Drama
114 minutes
2008
Anna Boden
Serie 23 Productions,
Gowanus Projections,
HBO Films,
Sony Pictures Classics
2019
5.2
1995
7.1
2005
7.5
2014
7.4
2002
4.2
2012
0.0
1980
0.0
2003
0.0
2019
5.3
2022
6.2
1958
6.6
1997
7.3
1998
6.5
2007
6.5
2007
5.8
2004
4.9
2007
6.8
2007
7.9
2010
4.2
2009
2.5