Adapted by screenwriter Howard Fast from his own fact-based novel, this historical drama tells the story of one of the most unexpected triumphs of the American Revolutionary War. Energetic and character driven, with the crime plot balancing well with Peipei's growth as a teenager, The Crossing is a bold debut feature that experiments with what cinema can do to tell a story. In remote southwest Virginia, during the time when we were experiencing riots and racial hate crimes.
With Jeff Daniels, Roger Rees, Sebastian Roché, Steven McCarthy. A dramatization of George Washington's perilous gamble of crossing the Delaware River and attacking the Hessian forces at Trenton. The movie was my first introduction to the battle at Trenton that was the first American military success (as I understand it).
I thought it impressive that the producers would risk focusing on a single event such as a crossing of the Delaware and subsequent battle. None of the reviews of "The Crossing Guard" that I've seen describe the Jack Nicholson character as an alcoholic, but that is the key to the character and the movie. He plays a jeweler named Freddy whose young daughter was killed some years ago by a drunken driver. Now the driver is out of prison, and Freddy plans to kill him. For most reviewers, that seems to be enough: He wants revenge for. The percentage of Approved Tomatometer Critics who have given this movie a positive review.
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With Daniel Roebuck, James Black, Paul Ben-Victor, Ricky Borba. Based on the true story of a couple killed while riding a motorcycle (based on the book "In The Blink of an Eye") and the forgiveness of the man responsible for their deaths. Check out the exclusive TVGuide.com movie review and see our movie rating for The Crossing..
George Ogilvie's THE CROSSING is a tense, small-town romantic drama set in the Australian outback. The Crossing isn't a great movie, but it is a very good one, and it is a very accurate retelling on a critical early victory in our country's struggle for liberty. It is well worth watching, and I think it would be an excellent movie to watch for educational purposes. Granted, a lot of American indie horror movies are distractingly self-referential, and "Shortcut.