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Up for Grabs (2005)

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Reviews Counted:45

Fresh:42

Rotten:3

Average Rating:7.6/10

Consensus: You don't have to be a baseball fan to be entertained by the absurdities, obsessions, and greed on display in this documentary.

Rated: Not Rated

Genre: Comedies

Theatrical Release:Apr 15, 2005 Limited

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... 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 million-dollar baseball, introduces the new American dream. Winner of the Audience Award for Best Documentary at the Los Angeles Film Festival, "Up for Grabs" is a sly indictment of our present-day obsession with fame, fortune, and Barry Bonds. © -- Crooked Hook Productions [More]

Director: Michael Wranovics

Director: Michael Wranovics
Producer: Michael Wranovics, Michael Lindenberger, Josh Keppel

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10/18/08
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Up for Grabs isn't just about a ball. It's about America.

Full Review Source: Palo Alto Weekly | comment Comment
05/01/07
Susan Tavernetti
Susan Tavernetti
Palo Alto Weekly

... a buoyant documentary ...

Full Review Source: Wall Street Journal | comment Comment
05/01/07
Joe Morgenstern
Joe Morgenstern
Wall Street Journal
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Their greed provides an excellent opportunity to examine the law and a bizarre media circus.

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04/23/07
Leonard Klady
Leonard Klady
Los Angeles CityBeat

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.

Full Review Source: Chicago Reader | comment Comment
04/23/07
J. R. Jones
J. R. Jones
Chicago Reader
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A crackerjack documentary.

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05/26/06
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Jeffrey M. Anderson
Combustible Celluloid

This well-made documentary takes a seemingly small subject and uses it to illuminate the widening tears in the fabric of American society.

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03/04/06
Robert Roten
Robert Roten
Laramie Movie Scope

And Justice for Ball

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02/09/06
S. James Wegg
S. James Wegg
JWR

inadvertently reveals more about the modern game than Ken Burns could in a nine part mini-series (and infinitely more entertaining)

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01/13/06
John A. Nesbit
John A. Nesbit
Old School Reviews

A wry social commentary about contemporary life for those caught up in celebrity.

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12/24/05
Dennis Schwartz
Dennis Schwartz
Ozus' World Movie Reviews

you can't help but get sucked into this powerful story

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12/24/05
Christopher Null
Christopher Null
Filmcritic.com

Wranovics tells his parable with a great sense of wit and a bit of bemusement.

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12/01/05
David Cornelius
David Cornelius
eFilmCritic.com

In the annals of baseball history, their battle will remain a curious little footnote, but sometimes footnotes are more compelling than the main text.

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09/26/05
Scott Tobias
Scott Tobias
AV Club
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08/13/05
Boston Phoenix
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This smartly assembled comedy articulates irritation with and bewilderment at its subject: the legal battle for possession of a baseball.

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08/12/05
Wesley Morris
Wesley Morris
Boston Globe
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It's an engaging story about how overwhelming greed can turn a silk purse into a sow's ear.

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07/29/05
Edith Alderette
Edith Alderette
San Francisco Examiner

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.

Full Review Source: Sacramento News & Review | comment Comment
07/29/05
Jim Lane
Jim Lane
Sacramento News & Review

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.

Full Review Source: Salt Lake Tribune | comment Comment
07/29/05
Sean Means
Sean Means
Salt Lake Tribune

A subversive little documentary about the intersection of greed and America’s national pastime.

Full Review Source: Kansas City Star | comment Comment
07/15/05
Robert W. Butler
Robert W. Butler
Kansas City Star
 
 
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