Much like Crash Crossing over is a collected of different characters and their stories about trying to get to America and the hassles of dealing with the officers and papers. It is strange to watch a film on a sensitive subject and not be moved but that was my final reaction, because it felt as though the director was pulling at the heartstrings in a so obvious way. Filled with name faces like Ray Liotta and Harrison Ford alongside newcomers acting is pretty convincing. This is a film that can be appreciated by a people who fall under a certain political spectrum, ones opposite to this ideology would be bored, angered even perhaps.

Throughout the entire duration of this feature, only one story managed to make it to the finish line, while the rest were left behind; unfinished and incomplete.Pretty much all the characters lacked depth and well, character. This is usually the problem with those movies that try to tell a story through the lives of multiple individuals.But the thing is, the film kind of just ended abruptly with still a lot to vouch for, a lot more details left unsaid, untouched.The film, like many others of its genre started off strong and showed heaps of potential on various occasions which just as quickly dissipated by the next scene.It was entertaining with the uniqueness of putting forward a fresh new idea to the audience which ended dismally as a gooey mess that didn't quite make itself out into anything. 5.5/10

Not even close!"Crossing Over" borrows the structure of "Crash" sticks it with "Babel" and then send it through the time machine to come back later as a more typical "American" apparel: "Patriots Day" - which even had the more appealing term in it for everyday. This underrated film was meant to never cross over the barriers of actual controversies to tell interlocking stories about several immigrants, their problems and their families. But it did seemed like it wanted to try. All of their lives connect in some way, if only through U.S. immigration officials. "Crash" wove its pattern fairly naturally. "Crossing Over" seems to strain, with too many characters, too many story strands and too much of an effort to cover the bases. We meet immigrants new and established, legal and illegal, from Mexico, Nigeria, Bangladesh, Iran, England, Korea and Australia. It feels like a list.The interfacing connections are linked with two Immigration officers, played by Harrison Ford and Cliff Curtis; an adjudicator (Ray Liotta), and an immigration defence attorney (Ashley Judd). The stories include a Mexican lady isolated from her kid in an attack; an Iranian family, entrenched, which is going to be naturalised; a Muslim youngster who draws in a FBI examination by perusing a blunt (yet honest to goodness) paper around 9/11 in class; a Korean adolescent (Justin Chon) who is being compelled to join a Korean posse; an Australian would-be performer; a sceptic Jew from Great Britain who acts like an educator whose nearness is required in a Hebrew school, and somewhat Nigerian vagrant who has been stranded in a holding focus and will be sent back to Africa and threat. Some of these stories are interesting and some are terrible, yet together they appear to be excessively created. It's excessively flawless the way they blend, similar to the movement on road exchanges found in overhead shots that different the entries. I was particularly moved by Ford's inclusion with the Mexican lady (Alice Braga), who is pulled away, begging him to recover her youngster from the sitter. He plays a tolerable man whose inner voice won't let him overlook, and he winds up joining the tyke with grandparents in Mexico. Also, there's a whole other world to it than that. It's hard for him to leave his occupation at work. But that kid with the 9/11 embargo was the most heartbreaking one and surpasses every other. (It's actually pretty believable, you can't deny it, it happens a lot in this country). AND The standout scene: Korean store robbery.Harrison Ford supplies the solid focal strand in the story, yet in some cases it develops so unrealistically sensational, we're occupied. Ashley Judd's character gives bits of knowledge in the way our legitimate framework handles movement, and the Australian performer (Alice Eve) demonstrates what she will accomplish for the corrupt authority (Liotta), who happens to be Judd's better half. There is a difference between an Iranian father who considers himself a decent Muslim and a girl (Summer Bishil) who considers herself a decent Muslim and a decent American. We invest a considerable measure of energy discussing the American Dream and have excessively doubt about the individuals who need to live it. Emotions against foreigners are so openly communicated even in obliging society that you'd think they all came here for the free lunch. "Crossing Over" makes a mosaic, too oversimplified to be in any way beyond any doubt, of late landings who came here for outstanding reasons and will be significant residents in the event that they find the opportunity. Why bother lecturing right? You know and I know very well that it is too damn difficult to move to this nation lawfully and possibly lethal to do it wrongfully. But do you give a damn? You just want to enjoy the easy pickings for your own pleasure or to take your anger out am I right? Of course I am. I do the same thing.That is the reason I guess we get a portion of the best and the brightest; it takes assurance, aspiration and aptitude to get into the United States in any case. A large number of the individuals who arrive need to enhance themselves, and all the while, they will enhance you, me and us.Now, the film is very enjoyable for any thriller drama fan. The rest might just have to leave their moronic pointless views out the door for a bit. In any case, yes, the film is "imperfect" - that can be my inner snobby film faultfinder's grievance. And in case you're searching for credibility and oppose control, you'll question it. Yet, some of the time Motion Pictures are so fascinating, in spite of their shortcomings, you need to just continue viewing because it's so damn worth it.This one works that way.

This was a decent movie in the vein of Crash. It was all about the happenings in immigration offices, and followed several story lines, such as a girl who was the daughter of Bangladesh immigrants who presented a report in class on how you should look at the 9/11 terrorists as "human" and their motivations, and she wound up in trouble with the FBI;a social worker working with kids of prisoners;a crooked immigration worker who agrees to have sex with an Australian actress for two months so she can get her green card;an officer investigating crimes in Mexico;and a guy studying to be a rabbi.Overall, this wasn't too bad. It might have worked a little better if all the story lines had "collided" at the end. They were all effective though. It shows you can have a good movie with several concurrent story lines. I liked it. It had good performances, especially by Harrison Ford & Ray Liotta (in typical roles), and a great cast.** 1/2 out of ****