Rotten
Any one of these stories, if properly fleshed out and shorn of contrivance, would have made for a perfectly serviceable film. Instead, we have lots of hysterical little bits of nothing much.
David Jenkins, Time Out
Crossing Over
Every day thousands of people illegally cross our borders... only one thing stands in their way. America.
2009 · 1h 53m · R
Crime, Drama
Directed by
Wayne Kramer
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Wayne Kramer Director
- Harrison Ford as Max Brogan
- Ray Liotta as Cole Frankel
- Ashley Judd as Denise Frankel
- Jim Sturgess as Gavin Kossef
- Cliff Curtis as Hamid Baraheri
- Alice Braga as Mireya Sanchez
- Alice Eve as Claire Shepard
- Summer Bishil as Taslima Jahangir
- Jacqueline Obradors as Special Agent Phadkar
- Justin Chon as Yong Kim
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
15%
Tomatometer
Rotten
There are good performances here, but the sheer number dilutes their power, leaving the movie a bit of a mess.
Bill Goodykoontz, Arizona Republic
Rotten
You see, it's all a bit too interlocking, a cable series jammed into a couple of hours.
Lisa Kennedy, Denver Post
Rotten
[Crossing Over] has a paint-by-numbers quality.
J. R. Jones, Chicago Reader
Rotten
Part of the reason why Crossing Over doesn't work is that too many of the hurdles [director] Kramer places in front of his protagonists often feel like the product of a writer's imagination instead of real-life experiences.
Rene Rodriguez, Miami Herald
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