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By Colin Covert (1,936) for Minneapolis Star Tribune (2,416) on 12 Dec 2013

Reminds us that you can give characters guns and tense face-offs without creating brain-dead action trash…

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By J. R. Jones (1,337) for Chicago Reader (7,190) on 12 Dec 2013

Few male writer-directors have explored female characters more ardently than John Sayles (Passion Fish, Sunshine State, Casa de los Babys),…

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By Chris Hewitt (St. Paul) (2,277) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 12 Dec 2013

It's a sharp character study with rare leading roles for not one but two African-American actresses…

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By Chris Hewitt (2,086) for St. Paul Pioneer Press (4,360) on 12 Dec 2013

It's a sharp character study with rare leading roles for not one but two African-American actresses…

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By Charles Ealy (164) for Austin American-Statesman (501) on 05 Dec 2013

It has the typical Sayles trademark -- a knack for character development in complex socioeconomic worlds that tend to be stereotyped by Hollywood…

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By Marjorie Baumgarten (1,950) for Austin Chronicle (7,653) on 04 Dec 2013

Go for Sisters is writer/director Sayles’ best film in a number of years, and since this icon of the American independent cinema can always…

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By Robin Clifford (1,670) for Reeling Reviews (4,376) on 24 Nov 2013

[John Sayles] is known for the originality of his stories so Go for Sisters and its oft-told storyline is a bit of a disappointment…

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By Al Alexander (533) for The Patriot Ledger (721) on 22 Nov 2013

It's not one of the best efforts by the director of 'Lone Star.' But if you can get past the ridiculous plot machinations and reams of expository…

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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 Michael L (2,383) on 10 Nov 2013

In her work as a parole officer, Bernice(LisaGay Hamilton) is reunited with her childhood friend Fontayne(Yolonda Ross) who has been trying…

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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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