Crossing Over (Bob says 1 out of 2)

1. Did I enjoy the film? YES
This film was actually made in 2007, but didn't get a limited release in theaters until earlier this year. Harrison Ford leads an all-star cast about various stories dealing with immigrants in the United States. Some are legal, some are illegal. Ford plays Max Brogan, an immigration officer who, along with the rest of his team, breaks into a warehouse with plenty of illegals. Brogan feels compassion, however, for a Mexican woman who will now be separated from her young son after being deported. Brogan finds her son and tries desperately to locate her. That's just one plotline. There's another story about an illegal Australian immigrant who will do anything for a green card approval supervisor to let her stay in the country. Another story involves a student who reads a paper in her class stating that she understands how the 9/11 hijackers must have felt. The school wrongly assumes she agrees with the hijackers' actions, and soon her own family is in danger of being deported. There are more stories than just these three. All of them are compelling and well acted. The problem is the film tries to tell too many for one film. Crash and Magnolia both did a good job weaving multiple characters' stories into one movie, but this one spreads it just a little too thin. Nevertheless, the movie is not boring and done as best as it can given its flaw.

2. Would I watch it again? NO
If this film was split in two, with half the stories told in part one, the other half in part two, this would be a 2 point review. But it's still a good film, and great to watch along with Sin Nombre.