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Crossing Over (2009)
description written by member Zara:
Immigrants from around the world enter Los Angeles every day, with hopeful visions of a better life, but little notion of what that life may cost. Their desperate scenarios test the humanity of immigration enforcement officers. In Crossing Over, writer-director Wayne Kramer explores the allure of the American dream, and the reality that immigrants find - and create -- in 21st century L.A. Kramer's (The Cooler) intersecting stories, both cathartic and tragic, are brought to life by an international ensemble. The film stars Academy Award® nominee HARRISON FORD, Academy Award® winner SEAN PENN, RAY LIOTTA (Good Fellas) ASHLEY JUDD ((Double Jeopardy), CLIFF CURTIS (Whale Rider), JIM STURGESS (Across the Universe), ALICE EVE (Starter for Ten), ALICE BRAGA (City of God), JUSTIN CHON (Gary the Tennis Coach) and SUMMER BISHIL (Nothing is Private). Frank Marshall (Seabiscuit) is producing Crossing Over for The Weinstein Company. Michael Beugg (Little Miss Sunshine) is executive producer and Gregg Taylor (Austin Powers in Goldmember) co-producer.
| Release Date: | February 27th, 2009 |
| MPAA Rating: | R |
| Running Time: | 140 minutes |
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Crossing Over Movie Review by Zara  (6/28/2009) |
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This is a decent movie which takes a page from the recent onslaught of mass cast movies like CRASH and BABEL, trying to cover all angles while not sacrificing too much to one particular group or person in the film.
Sometimes this works, like in CRASH (in my opinion), and the stories and characters successfully overlap...
(complete Crossing Over review by Zara)
| Crossing Over Movie Review by Jarrod (2/28/2009) |
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'Crossing Over' is a Crash clone that deals with the controversial topic of illegal immigration, and it focuses on a diverse assortment of immigrants, including Mexicans, of course, but also Asians, Muslims, and, surprisingly enough, folks from England and Australia; all have come to improve their lives in America, chasing...
(complete Crossing Over review by Jarrod)
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