Even if you know how this ends, this story will keep you in its grips.
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04/15/05
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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... [More]
Director: Michael Wranovics
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Reviews for Up for Grabs
Rather enjoyable.
05/20/05
If you ever thought professional athletes were too damn greedy, wait till you see the fans.
06/10/05
Hilarious, inventive documentary.
06/16/05
Up for Grabs may be the perfect sports doc for this me-first day and age.
06/09/05
Top Criticyou can't help but get sucked into this powerful story
12/24/05
Wranovics tells his parable with a great sense of wit and a bit of bemusement.
12/01/05
A wry social commentary about contemporary life for those caught up in celebrity.
12/24/05
Popov himself emerges as the story's villain, a schmuck with the personality of a TV anchorman and the common sense of Troy Duffy.
05/03/05
It's an engaging story about how overwhelming greed can turn a silk purse into a sow's ear.
07/29/05
Michael Wranovics has crafted an addictively engrossing documentary about the lengths some members of society will go to claim their piece of the pie.
04/06/04
A jovial commentary on the cult of celebrity in modern America and a wonderful metaphor for today's crass commercialization of the sports industry.
06/09/05
Even if you vaguely remember the outcome of this absurd episode, there are enough surprises and revelations to keep you on the edge of your seat.
05/13/05
A twisty little documentary about the aftermath of Bonds' fat swing.
05/19/05
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
Michael Wranovics' documentary replays this sorry chapter in all-American greed in glorious detail.
05/06/05
Top CriticThe incredible story of Bonds' 73rd home run ball and the frankly absurd events that ensued after the original fan catch.
06/11/05
A mockumentary with real people.
06/14/05
A crackerjack documentary.
05/26/06
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
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