Crossing Over

Crossing Over (2009)

Every single day, thousands of illegal immigrants crossing the U.S. borders to find a better way of life... But one thing stands in their way; America. A movie about illegal immigrants desperately struggling to attain legal status and obtain the prized "green card" - based in Los Angeles, California. Starring Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta and Ashley Judd.

Reviews

Amazon.com Crossing Over

The director of The Cooler tries a bigger canvas: Crossing Over is Wayne Kramer's take on nothing less than the vast subject of illegal immigration, coming at the topic from a dozen or so directions. Hefting the most star power is Harrison Ford, scurrying about as an L.A. Immigration and Customs officer whose conscience is sore from having trundled so many illegals back over the border--now he's worried about the child of a particularly vulnerable woman (Alice Braga). Cliff Curtis plays Ford's partner, an Iranian-American whose family is not as assimilated as his casual manner might suggest. There's a bit of pulp swagger in other sections of the picture, as Kramer tries to channel his inner Sam Fuller: for instance, an Immigration official (Ray Liotta at his piggiest) coerces an Australian actress (Alice Eve) into a sex-for-green-card affair, and an adolescent Arab-American girl (Summer Bishil, from Towelhead) gives a cheeky speech at school that puts her family under suspicion as possible terrorists.

Other strands of this scenario aren't as urgent, as Ashley Judd dreams of adopting the African child she's tending, and Jim Sturgess (Across the Universe), as a British non-believer, tries to convince Immigration authorities of his commitment to working at a Jewish school. The movie's single best scene has him "auditioning" to convince a rabbi of his commitment to Judaism, a funny moment that also carries an echo of the history of Jewish exodus. The movie has a tendency to bash from one thing to the next, too neatly connecting its Crash-like plotlines, like a really spirited first draft of a better movie. --Robert Horton


The movie is a multiple storyline script in the tradition of "Magnolia" and "Babel"

Harrison Ford plays a magnificent part (as usual - i find him to be one of the most long standing succesful actors of the last 30 years)

Part Two - Crossing Over

Writer-director Wayne Kramer examines the issues behind the illegal immigrant problem in USA who are either trying to lay low in avoiding the law, or trying their best to gain legal residency with each experiencing different challenges that lie ahead in their quest.
(IMDB)

• Actors: Harrison Ford, Sean Penn, Ashley Judd, Ray Liotta, Jim Sturgess
• Directors: Wayne Kramer
• Writers: Wayne Kramer
• Producers: Wayne Kramer, Bob Weinstein, Frank Marshall, Gregg Taylor, Harvey Weinstein
• Format: Color, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English, Spanish
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only)
  
• Number of discs: 1
• Rating: R (Restricted)
• Studio: Weinstein Company
• DVD Release Date: June 9, 2009
• Run Time: 113 minutes

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