Crossing Over

Reviewed by:
Eric Alt

Directed by: Wayne Kramer

The Skinny: Imagine if the movie Crash were about racism and immigration, and you have some idea of what Crossing Over is. A series of interwining stories follow the likes of a conscience-plagued immigration officer (Harrison Ford), his Iranian partner (Cliff Curtis—Hollywood's all-purpose-ethnicity actor), a human rights lawyer (Ashley Judd), and her scumbag, green-card-processing husband (Ray Liotta).

The Good: Honestly? Not much. We would point out that Alice Eve (playing an Australian actress looking to gain a green card) gets naked a lot, but don't you expect more from us than that? (Don't answer). Otherwise, this one pretty much fails on all cylinders.

The Bad: Harrison Ford used to have charisma. Han Solo. Indiana Jones. Even his corporate schmuck in Working Girl. What happened? Now he's just a giant turd on the screen—an emotionless, enthusiasm-less dump that gets out-acted by his suit jackets. His performance is made worse because Crossing Over is a whirlpool of misplaced sentiment, confused messages, and Lifetime movie cliches. It's laughable in all the places it shouldn't be laughable.

OK, Fine: Alice Eve gets naked a lot, and it's the movie's sole saving grace. There? Happy now?

Theater, DVD, or TNT in Five Years? Since TNT will cut out all the aforementioned nudity…just ignore this and wait for screengrabs to pop up online.