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13 reviews · Provided by Metacritic.com
- 100San Francisco ChronicleSan Francisco ChronicleThis is a serious film, but it is also entertaining. Ngassa and Ntuba should be galvanizing figures for a nation stuck on "Judge Judy" and "Jerry Springer."
- When the right thing is done, it is uplifting in any context. Sisters in Law positively soars.
- 80SalonAndrew O'HehirSalonAndrew O'HehirThis is a story of real heroism that will leave you weeping, laughing and singing.
- 75The A.V. ClubNoel MurrayThe A.V. ClubNoel MurrayAlmost as fascinating as the depiction of modern Cameroon law is the snapshot of how the 21st century has found its way into rural Africa. Cameroon has always been one of the more developed African nations, but the place where Sisters In Law takes place still consists mainly of tumbledown shacks strung together chaotically.
- 75TV Guide MagazineKen FoxTV Guide MagazineKen FoxMore gripping than anything on Court TV and unexpectedly uplifting.
- 75New York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanNew York Daily NewsElizabeth WeitzmanBecause the film focuses entirely on the women's work, we learn too little about their personal histories. How did they even rise to such prominence in what appears to be an extremely patriarchal society?
- 70VarietyDeborah YoungVarietyDeborah YoungDocumentary has the fascination of watching an African "Judge Judy" with a more important case load. It also offers the satisfaction of seeing the law being used to change patterns of social injustice.
- 70Village VoiceJ. HobermanVillage VoiceJ. HobermanThe movie is an absorbing series of one-on-ones. Local courtroom protocol is based on the British system; the law itself appears to be a complicated combination of tribal tradition, Muslim sharia, and government statutes.
- 63Boston GlobeBoston GlobeDespite the lack of an especially defined narrative arc, the people are what make the movie -- as they should in a tale like this.
- 25New York PostNew York PostIf the film is meant to make us feel good about African justice, it does anything but.