Sugar is a 2008 sports drama directed by Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck starring Algenis Perez Soto,Karl Bury,Michael Gaston [who are these people? The manager of the Bridgetown Swing and the Puerto Rican woodworker Osvaldo?]. Miguel "Sugar" Santos (Perez Soto) spends his weekends at home, passing from the landscaped gardens and manicured fields on one side of the guarded academy gate to the underdeveloped, more chaotic world beyond. In his small village outside San Pedro de Macoris, Miguel enjoys a kind of celebrity status. His neighbors gather to welcome him back for the weekend; the children ask him for extra baseballs or an old glove. To his family, who lost their father years before, Miguel is their hope and shining star. With the small bonus he earned when he signed with the academy some time ago, he has started to build his family a new house one that has a bigger kitchen for his mom and a separate room for his grandmother. After learning to do a knuckle curve ball throw, Sugar is invited to spring training by the fictional Kansas City Knights. He is assigned to their Single A affiliate in Iowa, the Swing. He is housed by the Higgins family, who take in Swing players every year. Jorge, a veteran player and the only other Dominican on the team, also tries to help Miguel learn the ropes. However, despite the Higgins' welcoming efforts and Jorge's guidance, the challenge of Miguel's acceptance into the community is exposed in small ways every day, from his struggle to communicate in English.
Personally I did not enjoy this movie it was very drawn out and it wasn’t in full english during most parts so i would be doing more reading than watching at times. The movie also was very predictable like when his arm started to weaken he started to take drugs to help him get stronger like I found that so cliche that the main character did something wrong and later would get found out.
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