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Crossing Over

(2009)

Rated R for pervasive language, some strong violence and sexuality/nudity.

R In Theaters 02/27/2009 , 113min.
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68%
Viewer score based on 19 ratings
38%
Critic score based on 31 reviews

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June 07, 2011
boyddhunter
It was a powerful, moving story about our country's immigrqation policies, which on the one hand have to be in place for security purposes, and the human trajedy of enforcment in some ************* when families are split/ripped apart.; ie the deportation of one parent and one sibling to Iraq, never to see her two siblings or her father agai And the crushing ending when the young mother who was
November 08, 2009
elangdon8995
What a cast! Too bad though. Couldn'******* the whole movie. I guess Hollywood cannot produce a product without their far left slant..
April 03, 2009
TUSAINTS
A fast paced absorbing film depicting the many faces of immigration. It graphically shows how it impacts people in ways we spend little time considering. This was multi-faced and multi-faceted film worthy of anyone's time and money. c e st john
March 17, 2009
ORIT20
loved it!!!
March 07, 2009
CHFNY
It's hard to believe that Kenneth Turan - the Los Angeles Times critic - saw the same movie I did. Perhaps if he is not into women he was offended by the nudity of the Australian actress with the perfect body and face. I doubt that any straight men were. And it didn't bother me, because the contrast was startling when she was nude and Ray Liotta was fully dressed. She played her part well, and

Critic Reviews powered by Metacritic ™

The Hollywood Reporter
The film plays like a garish melodrama that reproduces the most ham-fisted, polemical aspects of "Crash." Full Review
Ann Hornaday
Washington Post
As Crossing Over makes its patronizing points, by way of two-dimensional characters and billboarded plot points, it recalls other, better movies that dealt with the same subjects far more deftly. Full Review
Claudia Puig
USA Today
There is undoubtedly a good movie in the varied experiences of American newcomers. But it would need to involve sagas more urgent and more original. Full Review
Dana Stevens
Slate
All of its plot threads are equally dreadworthy. Full Review
James Berardinelli
ReelViews
Enough things in Crossing Over work to keep the film from becoming a bore, but this is a definite step down from Kramer's past efforts, "The Cooler" and "Running Scared." Full Review
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