Review of Crossing Over (2009) by Josh F — 07 Mar 2011

Loistava draama/trilleri maahanmuuttajista ja niiden ongelmista Yhdysvalloissa.

This review of Crossing Over (2009) was written by Josh F on 07 Mar 2011.

Crossing Over has generally received mixed reviews.

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By Gary M (892) on 16 May 2013

This movie is so underrated. Movies are meant to expose the realities of everyday life. Good or bad. Pleasant or not…

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By Ian G (848) on 14 Jul 2013

Defintelty in terms of style, technical prowess and arc owes a lot to both Crash and Traffic, just swapping out the theme from drugs and racism…

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By Sean Axmaker (1,564) for Seattle Post-Intelligencer (2,422) on 01 Jul 2014

For all the bludgeoning insistence of Kramer's contrived plots and blunt direction, there's not much conviction to the outrage…

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By Richard T (345) on 30 May 2013

Meh. Too many people, too much happened - felt incomplete…

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Filme aborda o tema imigracao. Muito bom…

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This is like a cliff notes of what can happen in the USA related to immigration…

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Writer-director Wayne Kramer adds what could be called mainstream threads to his messy script, but the result is simplistic across the board…

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By Stephen Farber (295) for The Hollywood Reporter (7,050) on 17 May 2016

The film plays like a garish melodrama that reproduces the most ham-fisted, polemical aspects of Crash…

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