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Dominican Rep. The Crossing Guard
1,330
Drama
Freddie Gale is a seedy jeweler who has sworn to kill the drunk driver who killed his little girl. After a hit-and-run takes the life of a man's daughter, breaking his heart and destroying his marriage, he plots revenge on the man who did it. When the driver is released from prison six years later, the two men find themselves on a fateful collision course.
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"In every scene, Penn seems to know precisely where the nugget of feeling is hidden, and he doesn't let up until its uncovered." | POS |
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"What is good about this film is very good, but there are too many side trips, in both the plot and the emotions, for the film to draw us in fully" | NEU |
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"The Crossing Guard is a work of talent and, on occasion, raw passion, but it's also a willed exercise in purgative alienation (imagine 'Death Wish' remade by Michelangelo Antonioni)." | POS |
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"The problem with The Crossing Guard is not the premise or core theme, but the manner in which director Sean Penn breathes life into the story. This film is horribly unfocused." | NEU |
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"Penn, who also wrote the script, burdens the story with so many self-indulgent side developments that he loses emotional drive and Freddy's desperate obsession gets lost in the shuffle." | NEG |
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"The movie is repetitious in some ways and superficial in others. But though Penn doesn't always seem to know where he's going, his movie doesn't altogether miss its destination." | NEU |
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