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Weekend Movie Forecast: <em>Crossing Over, An American Affair</em>

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John Del Signore

Published Feb 27, 2009

Modified Feb 27, 2009

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In Crossing Over, Harrison Ford plays an immigration agent who manages raids on factories to round up illegal immigrants. During one such operation he's unexpectedly moved by a young Mexican woman's pleas for help to recover her son, and he ends up helping her in a risky border-crossing mission. NY Mag's David Edelstein calls it "an L.A.-based ensemble social-problem melodrama for people who thought Crash was a bit too subtle... The most memorable scene is also among the most maladroit ever committed to film, a liquor-store robbery that begins with people getting splattered over the walls and builds to an earnest dialogue about the 'sublime promise' on the faces of immigrants about to take the oath of citizenship. The scene is a career-killer. The whole movie is, in a way... What a waste. I still say it’s better than Crash, though." Of course, that's not saying very much at all.

 

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Click on the film stills above for more reviews and details on this week's new releases and repertory selections. This week we're also looking at An American Affair, Dillinger is Dead, Examined Life, Birdsong, Jonas Brothers: The 3D Concert Experience, Christmas on Mars: A Fantastical Film Freak out Featuring the Flaming Lips, and The Fly.

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Originally from the Albany area, John Del Signore has called NYC home since 1995. In addition to his thousands of meticulously-crafted bespoke blog posts for Gothamist, his writing has also been published in The Awl, Deadspin, The Nervous Breakdown, and performed at The Brick Theater in Brooklyn.

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