cricket30 Review of Go for Sisters

Go for Sisters (2013)

A road movie with fewer twists and turns . . .

[8/10 · 19 December 2013]

. . . than writer\editor\director John Sayles's masterworks, THE SECRET OF ROAN INISH and LONE STAR. The former was an expose of quaint child rearing practices in Ireland, while the latter blew the whistle on the rampant in-breeding my state is known for. Though I only have viewed eight movies directed by Mr. Sayles, I doubt that every fan of his will rank GO FOR SISTERS among their Top Ten from the director of EIGHT MEN OUT. While some of Mr. Sayles movies have been narrowly focused on such topics as baseball, coal mining, or being stranded in the Alaskan wilderness, the spotlight is diffuse at best on the subject he is aiming at in GO FOR SISTERS. Is it latent lesbianism? The possibility of successful drug rehabilitation? Mother-Son bonds? Lack of jobs for ex-cons and ex-military? U.S. immigration policy? Is the viewer meant to decide which is worse, the Chinese mob or Mexican drug cartels? Is this an examination of American parole practices? An effort to promote bilingualism? One could argue it is all that and more. Decide for yourself.