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Why the low rating?

posted 12 years ago by davedaws
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So I just went and saw this movie, after I saw it got a phenomenal review in the Bostong Globe. The move was a pitch-perfect documentary, well edited, good raw footage, and a story that needed to be told. So you can imagine my surprise when I logged onto IMDb to find that the movie had a 2.6 star review (as of 7/15/12). Why was this movie so poorly received? The movie certainly has no fault to justify any rating below a 6, in my opinion. Is there any chance that people 'sympathetic' to MLB (who came off looking quite badly in the film) were artificially lowering ratings for this tremendous work? I just find it a little shocking....thoughts? If you rated it that low, then why?

[–] ccr1633 12 years ago

Must have been Puerto Ricans and Venezuelans who are jealous that their players weren't the focus.

[–] dlxm455 12 years ago

I watched it today and have the same question now.

[–] roell29 12 years ago

Probably MLB people are responsible. Pretty deplorable the way Miguel Angel Sano was treated. Definitely looked like collusion to keep the bonuses down. I agree it's an excellent documentary.

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[–] nutsberryfarm 12 years ago

unemployed russian judges.

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[–] isthisbetterb 12 years ago

i second your opinion. they bad mouth the player and now the movie? gentlemen gentlemen

[–] nutsberryfarm 12 years ago

time for a joey stalin purge!

His name...was Julio Iglesias!

[–] jodermann-947-436701 11 years ago

Almost definitely the work of MLB. It's a fantastic documentary. It also shows MLB in a bad light, hence the downvoting. Bud Selig probably has about 1000 IMDB accounts. ;)