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Movie Overview
Cast
Chris Cooper
James Earl Jones
Mary McDonnell
Director
John Sayles
MPAA Rating
PG-13
Matewan (1987)
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A+
"Cinematographer Haskel Wexler contributes greatly to the look and feel of a truly special cinematic achievement."
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Cole Smithey
5/5
"An old-fashioned movie that will make the hearts of all idealists truly sing."
Spirituality and Practice
Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat
3/4
"Sayles is a perfectionist with a great ear and eye for historical detail, and
Matewan
is as rich in it as a film can be."
Q Network Film Desk
James Kendrick
"For all of the binary simplicity of the film’s moral structure, the question of violence, its utility or even necessity, is the great ambiguity at the film’s center."
Not Coming to a Theater Near You
Leo Goldsmith
3.5/4
"marks a turning point in the auteur's career, a transition between a teller of personal tales and a conveyor of universal ones."
Film Freak Central
Walter Chaw
high +2 out of -4..+4
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