Go for Sisters

Name: Go for Sisters
Genre: Drama, Thriller, Crime
Released: November 8, 2013
Duration: 123 min
Rating: 59
Cast: Edward James Olmos, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Yolonda Ross

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Variance Films | Release Date: November 8, 2013 | Not Rated

Starring: Edward James Olmos, Lisa Gay Hamilton, Yolonda Ross

Summary: Fontayne is enlisted by Bernice- her estranged old friend and current parole officer - along with a disgraced cop to search for Bernice's son, who went missing on the Mexican border.

Director: John Sayles

Genre(s): Drama, Thriller, Crime

Rating: Not Rated

Runtime: 123 min

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Bill Stamets

Dec 12, 2013

This buddy/road film builds tension with its missing person quest in a border-crossing underworld. Read full review

RogerEbert.com Matt Zoller Seitz

Nov 8, 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 director's interest lies. Go for Sisters lacks the epic quilt qualities of such sprawling Sayles pictures as "Lone Star" or "City of Hope," but this seems more a matter of intent than evidence of any sort of failure of vision. Read full review

Bill Goodykoontz

Dec 13, 2013

It’s too straightforward, at least in terms of what we’ve come to expect from Sayles. Read full review

Peter Debruge

Nov 2, 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. Read full review

Elizabeth Weitzman

Nov 7, 2013

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

Film.com Jordan Hoffman

Nov 7, 2013

Go For Sisters is something of a frustration. It’s the least interesting crime caper ever, and there are fascinating characters forced to go through the motions as if any of us could possibly care. Read full review

Ignatiy Vishnevetsky

Nov 6, 2013

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

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LowbrowCinema

Dec 22, 2013

Why does no one seem to care about John Sayles anymore? This true American independent continues to focus on the struggles of American life. The barriers and roadblocks that we can't eliminate no matter how much we try. Life is tough, there is no happy ending. The struggle will alwaysWhy does no one seem to care about John Sayles anymore? This true American independent continues to focus on the struggles of American life. The barriers and roadblocks that we can't eliminate no matter how much we try. Life is tough, there is no happy ending. The struggle will always continue no matter who we become. And then it's all so life affirming! How? With GO FOR SISTERS Sayles once again accomplishes this feat but the film is not perfect. Too long, with an action minded plot that simply has no dimension. It's as if Sayles didn't really care. So edit it! Focus on the two extraordinary women at the center of this tale who are actually as normal and everyday as all of us.… Expand

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