Crossing Over (April 2009)

dexa

Synopsis:

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

BlueHand

best ke x citer ni?

BlueHand

Biar aku jelah letak review.. Malam ni macam nak g tgk

Review
by Syahida Kamarudin

Watch this if you liked: "Crash", "Babel"

The beauty of "Crossing Over" starts with the writer-director, Wayne Kramer who himself was once an immigrant from South Africa.

It then turns into a journey into the world of legal and illegal aliens, and their struggle for citizenship in Los Angeles. Seen from the viewpoint of the many individuals involved in the world of immigration; the lives of these people are interconnected in various of ways. There is Max Brogan and Denise Frankel, two immigration officers of different departments whose empathy towards these aliens sometimes turn personal. Among them, we see the story of Mireya Sanchez who is separated from her son when when captured in a raid and deported back to Mexico. There's Taslima, who didn't know that a school essay she wrote became a root to her legalisation trouble. Gavin Kossef, a Jewish atheist who ironically uses religion as a 'green card' to get his green card while Claire Shephard, an Aussie actress found herself trapped in a sex scandal in order to get hers.

With a star-studded cast from ranging from old yet not-that-grey Harrison Ford, Ashley Judd, Ray Liotta, to the young talents of Jim Sturgess among others, expect very convincing performances especially Judd as the sympathetic officer whose motherly instinct became her one source of motivation in her duty. It is especially interesting to watch Sturgess making up prayers in Hebrew and cheekily try to pass off as a qualified rabbi in front of a clueless immigration official.

The only hiccup comes in a form of the scissor-happy Censorship Board. Yes, the multiple hacks and slashes may not alter the storyline, but a nuisance all the same. Certain dialogues are chopped off absent-mindedly, that it feels like reading a letter filled with ink blotches.

A story dealing with naturalisation, persona non grata, fraud, social alienation, cultural stratification and even terrorism to some extent, this might not be your cup of tea if your presence in a cinema is to be mindlessly entertained through and through. Thought provoking, honest and at times cynical, this might fulfill that blackhole one creates from all that corny horrors shoved into one's head.

Cinema Online, 17 April 2009

dexa

wow.....what a fantastic movie - tengok last nite -
memang INTERESTING dan dapat la kita nak relatekan
sikit2 apa yang terjadi kat border mexico san diego (usa)
tu dengan PATI kat malaysia ni -

banyak small storyline dalam ni - some tangle with each other -
lakonan cliff curtis best (terigan first time tengok dia berlakon
dengan michelle yeoh dalam flop movie 'sunshine' dulu -)

anyway - dia pun memang ada rupa 'arab2' sikit tu yang jadi
nama hamid (iranian)- tapi tak bestnya dok tunjuk dia dok minum
arak - masa face problem - ye la  dah jadi american - jadi emigrant ni
lupa asal usul sikit - kerana nak kirakan depa 'muslim' tapi
mungkin sebab syiah - lain la sikit - dok meraung masa
pengkebumian tu (mak hamid tu la - )

dari segi lakonan - memang tak dapat nafikan lakonan harrison ford
aka indy jones aka max brogan (in this movie) - superb - sangat
bersahaja dan memang hidup watak dia -

part taslima tu - sedih juga - yang paling tak suka tengok pegawai
immigration yang sombong macam kambing tu (well it means she
acted good ) - tu memang macam tu lah keadaan immigration
di usa - banyak yang strict - dan ada yang ambil bribe   macam
kat malaysia juga---  

bab yang paling lucu buat saya ketawa sorang2 kat cinema -
scene masa kevin (jim sturgess) kena baca doa in hebrew - sooooo funny -
rabbi tu muka selamba aje... dan paling funny bila immigration officer
kena letak tangan kat kepala - what a hilarious scene -  

ray liotta, memang bagus lakonan dia jadi pegawai corrupt - ashley judd
pun not bad performance juga --

all in all - recommended movie  - memang tak bangun dari kerusi
dan memang akan focus dengan movie ni --


4.7/5

mat_arof

nak nengok lar movie ni..dexa cakap best tentu best

malygos

ooo kena tengok ni

dexa

Originally posted by mat_arof at 18-4-2009 09:03
nak nengok lar movie ni..dexa cakap best tentu best

ha - nanti lepas tengok bagi mat punya view pula ye -

tapi - memang best -- seriously -
interesting plot -- the tangled and action and
the cast - just awesome -

welds

aku tengok citer nie ahad lepas.....
best bagi orang yang suke citer2 heavy gini....
suke part kevin baca doa tur and pegawai imigresen kena tutup kepala time baca doa...
rabbi tu pulak muka selamba and siap cover laie....keh..keh..
sedih part taslima....
so, pas tengok citer nieh memang aku recommend tuk orang lain pi usha laks...
syok wooo

LimaWira

interesting...

silverjade

nak tengok gak la...