The MovieSite — Crossing Over

Crossing Over

Every day thousands of people illegally cross our borders... only one thing stands in their way. America.

This film takes a look at immigration into America, through the eyes of assorted wanna-be immigrants, and some immigration officials. The immigrants range from Mexican to Far Eastern via the Middle East, and each has their own motivation and problems associated with getting to America. The film weaves numerous plotlines among the ensemble cast, painting a full picture of the issues for the viewer.

110 minutes, No persons under 16 (Language, Sex, Nudity, Violence, Prejudice)
Drama, On the art circuit

Credits

Cast

Harrison Ford, Ray Liotta, Ashley Judd, Jim Sturgess, Cliff Curtis, Summer Bishil, Alice Braga, Alice Eve

Director

Wayne Kramer

Screenplay

Wayne Kramer

Music

Mark Isham

Cinematography

Jim Whitaker

Editing

Arthur Coburn

Sound formats

Dolby Digital, Sony Dynamic Digital Sound, DTS

Soundtrack

Available

Made in

2009

Produced by

C.O. Films, The Kennedy/Marshall Company, Movie Prose, Road Rebel, The Weinstein Company

SA Distributor

Ster-Kinekor

FPB Report (SA)
Genre	Drama
Language	Strong
Nudity	Frequent
Sex	Implied
Violence	Moderate
Prejudice	Moderate
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	Brief
Comments	None
These details are supplied by the FPB. If you have a problem with any of the above, please take it up directly with the FPB. Read the Classification Guidelines.

ScreenIt Report (USA)

Sex / Nudity

Violence

Blood / Gore / Gross

Guns /
Weapons

Profanity

Alcohol / Drugs

Smoking

Disrespectful /
Bad Attitude

Imitative Behaviour

Frightening /
Tense Scenes

Jump Scenes

Tense Family Scenes

Music (Scary/Tense)

Music (Inappropriate)

Topics to talk about

Ratings

Scale (Max)

South African Media

Cape Argus/The StarDebashine Thangevelo

Die BurgerPaul Boekkooi

Cape TimesKenneth Turan

The CitizenBruce Dennill

24.comIvan Sadler

International Media

Box Office (USA)Mark Keizer An oversimplified physic to a too-complicated problem

Chicago Sunday TimesRoger Ebert If you're looking for plausibility and resist manipulation, you'll object to it. But sometimes movies are intriguing, despite their faults, and you want to keep on watching. This one is like that.

eye Weekly (Canada)Adam Nayman Kramer ostensibly has good intentions: to expose and indict the inequities of America’s immigration policy. But his socially conscious ambitions consistently bump up against his barn-side broad dramatic instincts.

Rolling Stone (US)Peter Travers . I'm sure Kramer will be picked to pieces for trying something while Hollywood crap climbs the box-office ladder. There are all kinds of nightmares.

ScreenIt (USA)C. Fuchs Not horrible (and featuring generally decent performances in underwritten roles) but clearly not as profound or insightful as it obviously intends to be.

Metacritic.com30 critics

RottenTomatoes.com81 critics

RottenTomatoes.comTomatometer Crossing Over is flagrant and heavy-handed about a situation that deserves more deliberate treatment, and joins its characters with coincidences that strain believability.

Internet (IMDB)3034 Netizens

Average .. 42%

Trailer

Like to receive e-mail notification when we update the site?
Your email address:
Hesitant? see our Privacy Policy. Or see samples.