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Crossroads

1986

Walter Hill

Ralph Macchio, Joe Seneca, Jami Gertz, Harry Carey Jr. ...

6.2

3,338

Drama Ralph Macchio is Lightning Boy. A kid who can make a steel guitar sing. Blind Dog is an old pro who knows it. Together, they're headed to a place where deals are made. And legends are born.

	Author	Review
United States	Roger Ebert rogerebert.com	"[It] borrows so freely and is a reminder of so many other movies that it's a little startling, at the end, to realize how effective the movie is and how original it manages to feel despite all the plunderings (…) Rating: ★★★½ (out of 4)"	POS
United States	Walter Goodman The New York Times	"[Hill showed] an affinity for Depression America, and there are touches of that here as well (...) But it isn't nearly enough to lend credence to John Fusco's patchy screenplay, or interest to his predictable chords"	NEG
United States	Sheila Benson Los Angeles Times	"Crossroads needs a leap of faith to swallow it whole, to buy its Faust-like premise (...) but director Walter Hill lays out reasons enough to make us want to make that leap"	POS
United States	TV Guide	"Hill and cinematographer Bailey perfectly capture the look and feel of the Mississippi Delta, heretofore little seen on film"	POS
United States	David Ansen Newsweek	"Crossroads is an uneasy hybrid. The script, by 26-year-old John Fusco, wants both to offer authentic homage to the great Delta musicians and to appeal to the teen market."	NEU
United States	Rita Kempley The Washington Post	"A misbegotten mishmash."	NEG

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