Sunshine State

Pros: one or two striking images
Cons: a failure -- a very dull failure even on every level.

Those of you who dislike John Sayles's films for aspects of storytelling and filmmaking he has been, over the past 15 years of his career, mostly wrongly accused of will hate this movie even more. However Sunshine State gives Sayles fans little to rebuke...

Pros: A typically good Sayles job.
Cons: He should have used a professional editor.

A few years ago, before a packed house in the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston’s Brown Auditorium, John Sayles participated in a q & a period after we had viewed an advanced screening of his new film “Limbo.” One questioner asked: “Is the mise en scčne of...

Pros: great cast
Cons: a little slow, long

Sunshine State is good old-fashioned storytelling - no shoot 'em ups or steamy sex scenes or explosions to trick the audience into thinking there's a plot where there isn't one. This movie is about people and a place.

The place is a small...

Pros: John Sayles unique slice-of-life storytelling combined with a sparkling cast.
Cons: The man against machine metaphors, at times, get tangled.

John Sayles ("Lone Star," "Passion Fish" and "Eight Men Out") is an independent film maker with a unique perspective on the human condition. "Sunshine State," a slice-of-life commentary about a real estate developer's efforts to buy up land in a sleepy...