"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." - A.O. Scott, New York Times
"This is a sports drama of total originality, as well as the most authentic inside view of the immigrant experience the movies have given us in quite a while." - Owen Gleiberman, Entertainment Weekly
"Boden and Fleck are exceptional talents who refuse to sweeten Sugar for mass consumption. The result is raw and riveting." - Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
Sugar follows the story of Miguel Santos, a.k.a. Sugar, a Dominican pitcher from San Pedro De Macorís, struggling to make it to the big leagues and pull himself and his family out of poverty. Playing professionally at a baseball academy in the Dominican Republic, Miguel finally gets his break at age 19 when he advances to the United States’ minor league system; but when his play on the mound falters, he begins to question the single-mindedness of his life’s ambition. As his dream begins to fall apart, Miguel decides to leave baseball to follow another kind of American dream. His odyssey finally brings him to New York City, where he struggles to find community and make a new home for himself, like so many before him. View trailer
