I had a chance to catch a screening of this movie that Ryan Gosling hosted at the Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood. This is the type of movie I call a slow burner.. much like Brokeback Mountain (although I won't say this movie is better by any means) - but it does tell a very interesting story of a Dominican immigrant who is recruited to minor league baseball in the United States. It avoids all the typical pitfalls of many contemporary movies with sensationalism and melodrama and just tells a story. A.O. Scott of the New York Times gives his two cents.
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