(l-r) LISAGAY HAMILTON, EDWARD JAMES OLMOS and YOLONDA ROSS
There are so
many interesting stories going on in Go
For Sisters, that each has enough depth to carry its own movie.
However, the
story that engulfs this drama is sufficient.
The story goes
something like this. Bernice, played by the always authentic and always
engaging LisaGay Hamilton, is a parole officer whose son, Rodney, goes missing
on the Mexican border. Unfortunately
his friends are of no help to Bernice in terms of finding Rodney because they
have all gone into hiding or were brutally murdered.
YOLONDA ROSS, ISIAH WASHINGTON and LISAGAY HAMILTON
Bernice is also
the parole officer of Fontayne (Yolonda Ross), a friend she knew 20 years prior. Fontayne has hit on hard times.
She is a recovering addict fresh out of jail. On the surface, Bernice and
Fontayne couldn’t be more different.
Because Fontayne
has her ear to the street, Bernice enlists her services to help find her son. Enter
disgraced
ex-LAPD detective Freddy Suárez (Edward James Olmos), a gruffy, no-nonsense
sort who agrees to help the pair. He knows the underbelly of Tijuana and agrees
to help the women navigate their way through a complex web of human
traffickers, smugglers, and corrupt cops.
During this
intense adventure, Bernice gets to see
how her friend has had to make it by using her wits and street smarts.
Through their time together the women
learn how, even though their lives took very different paths, they have more in
common than they thought.
EDWARD JAMES OLMOS
Bernice is proof
positive that a mother will do whatever a mother has to do to save and protect
her child.
Go For Sisters rings with a lot of truth and genuineness.
This independent
film is a gem.
Director John
Sayles has assembled an intoxicating cast that delivers solid performances.
On the DONLOE
SCALE: D (don’t bother), O (oh, no), N (needs work), L (likeable), O (OK) and E
(excellent), Go For Sisters gets an E
(excellent).
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