Crossing Over
Seen it?2009 | 113 min | Crime, Drama
Monday Morning MaybeWhy it’s a Monday Morning Maybe
With just 15% on Rotten Tomatoes, a lukewarm 6.1 out of 10 from audiences and a box office loss, this one could be a tough watch. Keep your phone handy.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for crime-drama fans. If you loved Touch of Evil or The Long Goodbye, start here. Audiences love it more than critics do: a crowd-pleaser first.
- The mood
- Dark and gritty.
- The pace
- Takes its time with its characters, at 1 hr 53 min.
- What might put you off
- Rated R: expect violence.
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.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsWeak
15% on Rotten Tomatoes, 38 on Metacritic
- AudiencesBelow par
6.1 out of 10
- AwardsNot counted
No major awards or nominations
- Box office & staying powerBelow par
$1 million worldwide on a $25 million budget; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactBelow par
About 65K people sought it out in the past year
Trailer
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Cast & crew
Directed by Wayne Kramer
- Harrison FordMax Brogan
- Ray LiottaCole Frankel
- Alice EveClaire Shepard
- Ashley JuddDenise Frankel
- Jim SturgessGavin Kossef
- Cliff CurtisHamid Baraheri
- Alice BragaMireya Sanchez
- Summer BishilTaslima Jahangir
- Jacqueline ObradorsSpecial Agent Phadkar
- Justin ChonYong Kim