Despite its occasional missteps, the film relates its important and sadly too-little-known story with skill and efficiency.
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Chicago Sun-TimesMary Houlihan
Chicago Sun-TimesMary Houlihan
No God, No Master has an authentic period feel. But Green is focused on so many historical figures and potential storylines that the film feels rushed and, at times, confusing.
60
Village VoiceDanny King
Village VoiceDanny King
Green's historical diligence proves rewarding... But the movie, shot largely in Milwaukee in 2009, can still be dry.
60
The DissolveChris Klimek
The DissolveChris Klimek
It’s clunky, it’s hokey, it was clearly made on the cheap. It’s also ambitious in a way that more expensive films are rarely allowed to be anymore.
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New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
New York Daily NewsJoe Neumaier
The great David Strathairn can make any film watchable, but even he can’t save this dry dramatic thriller.
Dignified to a fault and crammed with historical worthies (like a pre-deportation Emma Goldman), this dry tour of union hall strife and kitchen table sentiment wears its sympathies proudly.
So much blandly sweeping, speechifying history and so little personalized dramatic focus turn No God, No Master into a series of issue-driven snapshots instead of something genuinely illuminating.