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Meandering and diffuse, Go for Sisters proves a letdown for all but the most ardent John Sayles enthusiasts.
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John Sayles is too talented, too authentic and too original to make a flat-out bad movie, but he flirts with it in "Go for Sisters." Dec 19, 2013 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
John Sayles is too talented, too authentic and too original to make a flat-out bad movie, but he flirts with it in "Go for Sisters."
Mick LaSalle
This buddy/road film builds tension with its missing person quest in a border-crossing underworld. Dec 13, 2013 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
This buddy/road film builds tension with its missing person quest in a border-crossing underworld.
Bill Stamets
Once Olmos joins the proceedings, "Go For Sisters" begins to resemble a banal prime-time cop show. Dec 12, 2013 | Rating: 2/4 | Full Review…
Once Olmos joins the proceedings, "Go For Sisters" begins to resemble a banal prime-time cop show.
Ann Hornaday
Few male writer-directors have explored female characters more ardently than John Sayles (Passion Fish, Sunshine State, Casa de los Babys), and this leisurely mystery features some of his best. Dec 12, 2013 | Full Review…
Few male writer-directors have explored female characters more ardently than John Sayles (Passion Fish, Sunshine State, Casa de los Babys), and this leisurely mystery features some of his best.
J. R. Jones
For a good while, writer-director John Sayles tricks you into thinking Go for Sisters is a crime thriller. But the movie turns out to be something different. Dec 12, 2013 | Rating: 3/4
For a good while, writer-director John Sayles tricks you into thinking Go for Sisters is a crime thriller. But the movie turns out to be something different.
Rene Rodriguez
What could have been a south-of-the-border thriller becomes a riskier, more daring emotional drama. Dec 10, 2013 | Full Review…
What could have been a south-of-the-border thriller becomes a riskier, more daring emotional drama.
Wesley Morris
It's Hamilton and Ross' incredible on-screen partnership that makes Go For Sisters a solid success for the indie maverick. Apr 3, 2019 | Rating: 7/10 | Full Review…
It's Hamilton and Ross' incredible on-screen partnership that makes Go For Sisters a solid success for the indie maverick.
Bernard Boo
Go For Sisters prefers the roads less traveled - only in a Sayles film would a car chase be interrupted for a stop for gas - and for those that enjoy the scenic route, it's an bumpy yet agreeable ride. Dec 4, 2018 | Full Review…
Go For Sisters prefers the roads less traveled - only in a Sayles film would a car chase be interrupted for a stop for gas - and for those that enjoy the scenic route, it's an bumpy yet agreeable ride.
Stephen Saito
A dangerous border town as no country for old men or middle-aged sisters either. Aug 14, 2014 | Rating: 4/4 | Full Review…
A dangerous border town as no country for old men or middle-aged sisters either.
Kam Williams
Even the smallest of the many roles in the cast has some telling detail, and Olmos makes the most of a grumpy bear rousted from his hiding place. Apr 7, 2014 | Full Review…
Even the smallest of the many roles in the cast has some telling detail, and Olmos makes the most of a grumpy bear rousted from his hiding place.
Ray Pride
Sayles' original screenplay uses the broken criminal justice and immigration systems as a backdrop for its story, never pushing a political agenda at the expense of its human one. Dec 18, 2013 | Rating: B- | Full Review…
Sayles' original screenplay uses the broken criminal justice and immigration systems as a backdrop for its story, never pushing a political agenda at the expense of its human one.
Marc Mohan
Few other filmmakers could handle this material with such an even hand. Dec 18, 2013 | Rating: B
Few other filmmakers could handle this material with such an even hand.
Michael Nordine
In her work as a parole officer, Bernice(LisaGay Hamilton) is reunited with her childhood friend Fontayne(Yolonda Ross) who has been trying to stay sober on the right side of the law as a short order cook. Ironically, Bernice soon has bigger problems to worry about when her estranged son is connected to the murder of Fuzzy Niles. With Fontayne's help, she makes a disturbing discovery and touches base with Freddy Suarez(Edward James Olmos), a former DEA agent. Tragically, John Sayles has fallen from favor as a director amongst the cognoscenti due to his lack of flashy style in the increasingly unhip universe of American independent movies. But that same lack of style is the best style for his latest film, "Go for Sisters," as he takes his time in telling a multifaceted and well-executed story about friends and family involving characters who are usually marginalized in not only society but also movies and also ones I would definitely like to see more of. That same pace also allows for all sorts of issues to be brought up and discussed intelligently like illegal immigration and the struggles of former convicts.
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