Preview: Sugar (2009)

Synopsis:

A Dominican baseball star is recruited to a U.S. minor league baseball team. This film is about his struggles to live up to expectations and make a life for himself.

• Poster: C-

Review:

Symbolically, there's little of relevance here. A simple shot of the baseball player's back looking up at a huge plume of green fireworks is hardly an eye-pleasing design. Sure, the exploding firework could bring eyes to the poster, there's nothing to make them stay for long.

• Trailer: C-

Review:

The pacing of the trailer is atrocious. It plays out as if the entire film has been capsuled into the 2-minute trailer. The collapse of story into such a small frame while make it feel like you've already seen the entire film does not do the movie any favors.

Oscar Prospects:

Sports films are often Oscar no-shows. This doesn't look like to be an Oscar-calibre film.

Release Date:

• April 3, 2009

Full Review Synopsis:

I have not seen this film.

-Wesley Lovell (February 8, 2009) Original