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By Peter Keough (994) for Boston Globe (6,852) on 21 Nov 2013

Though fitfully entertaining, it lacks the conviction and urgency present in even the weakest of his quasi agit-prop productions…

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By William Bibbiani (788) for CraveOnline (813) on 15 Nov 2013

An intelligent treatise on illegal immigration, second chances and how to write a damned good screenplay…

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By Sheri Linden (962) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 14 Nov 2013

It's a plot that never takes hold, a mystery devoid of suspense... But the actors' unforced chemistry defies the artifice…

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By Matt Prigge (853) for Metro (930) on 14 Nov 2013

The first half hour, before the fun even begins, is sharp in a way Sayles films haven't been in ages…

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By Prairie Miller (985) for WBAI Radio (118) on 11 Nov 2013

Always in search of the ways the personal and political fuse and clash, Sayles has crafted a challenge to the questionable line between official…

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By Matt Zoller Seitz (637) for RogerEbert.com (5,563) on 08 Nov 2013

The film's plot is articulated cleanly, if a bit too plainly at times, but as is so often the case in Sayles' movies, that's not where the…

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By Tomas Hachard (101) for NPR (1,713) on 08 Nov 2013

There are few enough directors with either Sayles' independent streak or his ability to parse the U.S.'s social and political divisions…

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By Ethan Alter (997) for Television Without Pity (337) on 08 Nov 2013

A smart, involving movie that effectively tackles real-world issues within the context of a well-plotted narrative…

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By Stephen Whitty (1,794) for Newark Star-Ledger (1,745) on 08 Nov 2013

There aren't many thrills here…

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By Peter Travers (3,602) for Rolling Stone (4,035) on 07 Nov 2013

With the help of Hamilton, Ross and Olmos, sublime actors who radiate grit and grace, Sayles has made Go for Sisters a movie that stays inside…

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By Sara Stewart (700) for New York Post (6,650) on 07 Nov 2013

The element that really makes it work — when it does, which is not always — is Edward James Olmos, playing to perfection a weary retired…

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By Elizabeth Weitzman (1,905) for New York Daily News (5,623) on 07 Nov 2013

It’s Ross, however, who really makes a lasting impact. Someone should snap her up for a series — and soon…

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By David Fear (910) for Time Out (7,510) on 07 Nov 2013

The leads’ chemistry and a wonderful pulp weariness that feels straight out of, say, George Pelecanos’s novels makes up for a lot, yet…

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By Jordan Hoffman (1,025) for Film.com (1,892) on 07 Nov 2013

Go For Sisters is something of a frustration…

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By Stephen Holden (1,707) for The New York Times (9,847) on 07 Nov 2013

As long as Go for Sisters is focused on its characters, it remains on firm ground…

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By Noel Murray (1,901) for The Dissolve (1,478) on 06 Nov 2013

John Sayles’ Go For Sisters is his best film in more than a decade, and feels like one he could’ve made in the 1980s…

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By Ignatiy Vishnevetsky (836) for The A.V. Club (5,644) on 06 Nov 2013

Like much of the later work by writer-director John Sayles, Go For Sisters is overlong, style-less, and dramatically undercooked…

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By Alan Scherstuhl (679) for Village Voice (8,525) on 05 Nov 2013

It's not bad, but it feels rote, as if the film's events are just an excuse for us to hang with the film's people…

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By Cole Smithey (1,865) for ColeSmithey.com (1,853) on 04 Nov 2013

However flawed, Go for Sisters is worth seeing for diehard John Sayles fans…

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By Peter Debruge (1,557) for Variety (12,700) on 02 Nov 2013

Like too many of Sayles’ films, Go for Sisters seems bound to slip through the cracks, not quite memorable enough to make a lasting impression…

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