Up for Grabs isn't just about a ball. It's about America.
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05/01/07
Up for Grabs (2005)
93 %
Reviews Counted: 44 Fresh: 41 Rotten:3 Average Rating: 7.5/10
Consensus:
You don't have to be a baseball fan to be entertained by the absurdities, obsessions, and greed on display in this documentary.
Synopsis: Baseball has long been called our national pastime. Here in 2005, we might add trendier pursuits like get-rich-quick schemes, suing your neighbor, and grasping for 15 minutes of fame. Mike Wranovics' "Up for Grabs," a twisting and turning docu-comedy about two grown men fighting over a... [More]
Genre: Comedies
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04/28/07
Their greed provides an excellent opportunity to examine the law and a bizarre media circus.
04/23/07
It's a terrific story -- part mystery, part farce, part legal nail-biter -- with a last-minute reversal so bitterly ironic it could have been scripted by Billy Wilder.
04/23/07
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05/26/06
This well-made documentary takes a seemingly small subject and uses it to illuminate the widening tears in the fabric of American society.
03/04/06
inadvertently reveals more about the modern game than Ken Burns could in a nine part mini-series (and infinitely more entertaining)
01/13/06
A wry social commentary about contemporary life for those caught up in celebrity.
12/24/05
Wranovics tells his parable with a great sense of wit and a bit of bemusement.
12/01/05
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10/08/05
In the annals of baseball history, their battle will remain a curious little footnote, but sometimes footnotes are more compelling than the main text.
09/26/05
This smartly assembled comedy articulates irritation with and bewilderment at its subject: the legal battle for possession of a baseball.
08/12/05
It's an engaging story about how overwhelming greed can turn a silk purse into a sow's ear.
07/29/05
The film keeps a straight face, letting the story’s hilarious triviality speak for itself, and neither of the litigants comes off that well, though Wranovics cleverly changes our opinions of both as the complicated tale goes on.
07/29/05
A wry and humorous documentary with fascinating (if not entirely likable) characters and a subtle moral about what happens when money makes grown-ups act like children.
07/29/05
A subversive little documentary about the intersection of greed and America’s national pastime.
07/15/05
Michael Wranovics wove a thrilling story out of the matchup with deft research, glowing humanity and inert humor.
06/30/05
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