The life of a young courageous and intelligent police officer named Sam Deeds, who has assigned to the mission of investigating in the skull that has been found in the desert, the thing that manages him to reveal many secrets related to his family and inspires his lifelong love has been changed completely.
Sayles' witty, vividly demotic dialogue knocks even Tarantino for six, the characterisations are uniformly colourful and credible, the soundtrack and the widescreen camerawork exemplary ...
John Sayles is in fine form here, thanks in no small part to an excellent cast.
Cole Smithey
ColeSmithey.com
September 27, 2012
One of several of writer-director John Sayles's masterpieces -alongside such unforgettable films as "City of Hope," "Matewan" and "The Secret of Roan Inish" - "Lone Star" is an absorbing neo-Western mystery told in a haunting magical realist tone.
The great, stirring epic "Lone Star" stands as a peak in the career of John Sayles, who already has such admirably serious films to his credit.
Emanuel Levy
EmanuelLevy.Com
January 24, 2007
Lone Star, one of Sayles best and most popular films, explores the historical strain between the Mexican and American communities in Texas. Though a bit didactic (too many sermons), it's well acted and visually more satisfying than his other films
Sayles' latest never bores during its 21/4-hour unreeling. But neither does it soar, despite finessing a complex flashback narrative set in 1957 and present-day.
Roger Ebert
Chicago Sun-Times
January 01, 2000
John Sayles' "Lone Star" contains so many riches, it humbles ordinary movies.
