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    Ballplayer: Pelotero; Easy Money

    Joe Morgenstern on the documentary about baseball and the power of money, and the new Swedish thriller by the director of Safe House.

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    By Joe Morgenstern • Jul 14, 2012 • 3m Listen

    Ballplayer: Pelotero follows two young Dominican shortstops during the run-up to a signing season. Signing bonuses can be huge by island standards…

    The mood of Easy Money is dark, the action is violent and the handsome hero has issues in the area of morality. What makes him so interesting, though, isn't this astigmatic vision of right and wrong, but the ambiguity of his personality.

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