The Crossing Guard
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Movie Reviews of The Crossing Guard
Movie Review: A Haunting Tale Of Forgiveness
Summary: 4 Stars
This is a strange movie. That's what I thought when I first saw this a decade ago. It was one of those films I thought about a couple of days later and couldn't get out of my head for a short while. When I saw it again a few years ago I almost had the same reaction.
What's different about this film is the message: forgiveness. That's really what it's about and it's done in a touching way even though most of the characters in here are anything but nice people.
If you can enjoy a good character-development story and not get too dismayed by a depressing scene or two this movie will reward you with some intangibles that are hard to describe unless you've seen this.
Jack Nicholson, David Morse, Angelica Huston and Robin Wright make for an interesting foursome, I'll say that.
If you don't like this movie, I would understand that, too. It's not an easy film to like. It will either haunt you or put you to sleep. It haunted me.
Movie Review: I like Penns style...
Summary: 4 Stars
Having seen The Pledge first, I think I may like the Crossing Guard even more. I never even heard of this movie till I was rummaging through a rental store. Being that I see a "Jack" movie regardless, I took this one for a spin. I found it gripping, unusual, and even moving. I like how Penn uses "everyday" people to really create a sense of "reality". Everyone in this movie isn't pretty and so forth. So far Wolf is the only Jack movie I haven't liked and with a career spanning this many YEARS that's not a bad feat. Also, "Morse" turns in an incredible performance. The Crossing Guard once again proves, a lack of box office success means very little, this is a VERY good movie.Movie Review: Grieving dad gets a little twisted.
Summary: 4 Stars
The Crossing Guard DVD version great on screen, makes good use of entire screen...
This one is a little different, a little twisted..dark. A grieving dad loses sight of reality because of his grief...In the end it's his little girls killer who makes him face it..
The dad is the bad guy, the killer is the unfortunate good guy, but you'll connect with them both...Emotional, especially if you're a parent..Good watch..
Movie Review: Excellent movie and cast!
Summary: 4 Stars
What an all star cast that all performed excellent! The ending was great as well. Sean Penn did an incredible job on this film.Movie Review: Jack and Anjelica together again
Summary: 3 Stars
Nicholson and Huston were a big Hollywood couple for well over a decade in the late seventies/ early eighties into the nineties. The relationship ended when Jack fathered a child with someone else. This knowledge enhances their performances in an otherwise average film. When these two confront each other it feels raw. It feels more like they are frustrated with each other as people rather than as actors playing a part. I didn't think anything in this film, directed by Sean Penn, was as impressive as their brilliant performances. Freddy Gale (Nicholson) is a bitter drunk who never recovered from the death of his daughter at the hands of a drunk driver named Booth (a buff David Morse). Freddy's emotional spiral proved too much for his wife (Huston) who divorced him and moved on with her life. Freddy practically lives in a run down strip club where he spends his nights and dates the dancers. The only pleasure he gets out of life is torturing his ex wife by bringing up their dead daughter. When he learns of Booth's release from prison, Freddy plots the murder of the man who ruined his life. Freddy lets everyone know of his intentions, including Booth. He pays him a drunken visit and gives him three nights to set things right before he comes back to murder him. The remarkable thing is that Booth is accepting of this. His life was forever ruined by this tragedy too. In his last days Booth romances an artist named JoJo (Robin Wright Penn) and tries to tell her and his parents about the daily guilt he has been living with. Wright Penn is beautiful but after watching her embarrass herself by dancing to Salt N' Pepa you question if she was only cast because her husband wanted her in his movie. My biggest problem with this film is Freddy's hypocrisy. His daughter was killed by a drunk driver yet he is constantly driving home drunk from the strip club. In the film's last act, when he tries to execute his revenge, he is drunk driving and endangers the life of a small child his daughter's age. It's a decent, heavy film that deals with sensitive issues and has brilliant acting from a good cast. A promising effort from Penn.