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By Desson Thomson (1,673) for Washington Post (9,851) on 14 Mar 2018

Add uniformly good acting to Sayles' script of dark coal pits, West Virginia spirit and cowboyish melodrama and you have stirring cinema…

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By Dave Kehr (1,442) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 11 Oct 2017

Sayles must have meant his movie to stir and provoke, but the self-contained look of it yields something else-a sense of quaintness, of harmless…

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By Kim Newman (791) for Empire (3,446) on 28 Apr 2011

Chris Cooper's superb performance and numerous authentic details makes this a little gem…

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By Rita Kempley (781) for Washington Post (9,851) on 11 Dec 2004

Riddled with labor rhetoric, this coal-dusted tragedy wavers between well-acted propaganda and historical burlesque…

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By Vincent Canby (762) for The New York Times (9,847) on 09 Mar 2004

There's not a weak performance in the film, but I especially admired the work of Mr. Cooper, Mr. Tighe, Miss McDonnell, Miss Mette, Mr…

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By Gene Siskel (446) for Chicago Tribune (6,211) on 03 Sep 1991

With his round, ruddy face, Tighe always seems on the verge of derisive laughter or flash-fisted rage; it's enjoyable guessing which fever…

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By Michael Wilmington (1,474) for Los Angeles Times (12,977) on 17 Mar 1990

If Sayles's bite were as lethal as his bark, he might have given this a harder edge and a stronger conclusion…

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By Jay Boyar (463) for Orlando Sentinel (1,594) on 14 Feb 1988

The movie works the way Westerns have always worked: In clear, simple terms and with straightforward dramatic devices…

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By Vicki Sanders (4) for Miami Herald (3,319) on 01 Oct 1987

Matewan is a heartfelt, straight-ahead tale of labor organizing in the coal mines of West Virginia in 1920 that runs its course like a train…

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Film critics gave Matewan (1987) an average score of 76%, indicating generally very positive reviews.

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