Add uniformly good acting to Sayles' script of dark coal pits, West Virginia spirit and cowboyish melodrama and you have stirring cinema.
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This review of Matewan (1987) was written by Desson Thomson and published by Washington Post on 14 March 2018.
Matewan has generally received very positive reviews.
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