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Sean Penn wrote and directed this character-driven drama about a divorced couple (Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston) whose relationship never recovered following the death of their daughter at the ha...( read more 
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MCT:July 26, 2008What a waste of a great cast !!! SLOW and BORING ... it almost felt like nothing was going on most of the time !
The conversations just dragged on and on, sometimes pointlessly, some scenes I couldn't even figure out the reason behind..
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this is a very good movie with jack nicholson.his little girl is killed by a drunk driver and his mission in life is to get revenge after the man comes out of prison jack tries to kill him however the plan doesnt work out for some reason a must see movie very touching and acting is great.
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MCT:June 21, 2008Nicholson's best performance. David Morse is perfect - he says it all with his eyes and his expression of constant inner sorrow. Forgiveness, redemption, light from darkness. Beautiful.
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MCT:June 19, 2008
Ehhh... not that interesting. Sounded like something I'd have loved, but it was really disappointing.
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MCT:June 4, 2008
this little known movie directed by sean penn teams up a lot of my favorite actors.
with subdued and power performances by nicholson, morse, huston and robin wright(later robin penn wright 0this was a very good film.
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MCT:March 15, 2008THE CROSSING GUARD (1995)
directed by Sean Penn
starring Jack Nicholson, David Morse, Anjelica HustonThe Crossing Guard is Sean Penn's second directorial effort. He has his own style. Not trying to copy anyone or make a MTV music video. He should get the credit for that. But Penn tries to be too deep and his screenplay, while having a few great scenes, have some that doesnt work. Its not always convicing, still its pretty good, better than lots of movies out there.A man gets out of prison a few years after he accidentally killed a little girl while he was driving drunk. Her dad, who never got over her death, swears to his ex-wife that he'll kill him. On his first free night, the former prisoner gets a visit from the dad who didnt load his gun, he gives him three more days and what follows is the lfie of those two characters during those days.
Jack Nicholson is the dad. He almost overact, but in some scenes he is almost pefect, bringing the right intensity. He is filled with anger, and he even forgot about his other kids, which are now calling another man «daddy». He drinks a lot and sleeps with strippers.
David Morse is the man who killed the little girl, he is terrific. A character who feels so much guilt and is so vulnerable. He has lots of good scenes and his the main reason this film works on some level.
Robin Wright and Anjelica Huston round up the cast as a love interest for Morse and Nicholson's ex-wife. Robin Wright has no need to be in this film, her part only serves to hear what the dude has to say, while Anjelica Huston has a good scene with Nicholson in a restaurant and she is pretty good. Its weird to see them, cause in real life, they were on and off lovers for over seventeen years and Nicholson fucked her up more than once, impregnating a few women in the meantime. But thats not what the film is about, but its simply brings lots more intensity between thsoe two characters.
There are lots of powerful scenes in this film but the dialogues, sometimes seems to come out of a book and some moments are over the top. Its not bad though, its an interesting character study, with an interesting soundtrack. It has depth but there is something wrong with the film, other than the fact its a little bit depressing.
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MCT:February 20, 2008
I've always considered Sean Penn to be an underrated actor and his forays into directing have always been interesting, if flawed, films - this doesn't include last year's Into The Wild which was a stellar effort. The Crossing Guard is Penn's third directorial effort (and first of two to star Jack Nicholson) and it's a decidedly downbeat drama about Nicholson's character thinking that killing the man who killed his daughter five years prior in a drunk driving accident (who has just gotten out of prison) will help him get over the absolute guilt he feels and also make things better with his ex-wife Angelica Huston. A pretty slow-moving drama, this is a decently made effort that has good performances and some good dramatic impact but it's hard to have anything but general distaste for the character Nicholson portrays. That might kind of be the point but it makes this harder to take.
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MCT:August 3, 2007
A good story by Sean Penn and a great job by Jack in the leading role. However, the ending was a little disappointing
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MCT:June 28, 2007
Sean Penn's second film as writer & director is an examination of grief, guilt, redemption and revenge. While there are certain aspects of the story I think that he could have gone into more depth and expanded upon but makes this an engaging show are the performances from the cast. Jack Nicholson, David Morse and Anjelica Huston all give exceptional performances and Penn's direction is well done. The ending is pretty moving as well.
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MCT:May 21, 2007
Just fine drama of a jeweler is shredded by grief after his young daughter is killed by a drunk driver. He resolutely tells his estranged wife that he plans to shoot the culprit now that he has been released from prison. It's an unpleasant but riveting story about strained moral responsibility, the licking of emotional wounds, the contradictions of masculinity, and the tragic cracks into which whole families can tumble.
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MCT:March 30, 2007
A big dissapointment! This is one of the biggest dissapointments i have ever seen. The movie seemed to be so good, with a great cast a good director and an amazing story but its all very decieving. The movie is poorly edited, showing stupid scenes that don't make sense and giving close ups to stupid objects that don't give any meaning to the movie at all. Sean Penn's directing in this movie is the worst i have seen come from him as a director. I mean with a story like this one you can't go wrong with a movie but somehow Sean Penn did. Jack Nicholson's performance is mediocre, i thought it was going to be a top notch performance by this legendary actor because the role was perfect for him, but i was dead wrong. David Morse sucks big time in his role. I couldn't find a drop of good acting in his performance. The first hour of the movie is unbearable and then it gets a little less unbearable but never acheives being a watchable movie. Don't waste your time on this movie!
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MCT:December 5, 2006Intersting character driven study of loss and guilt that contains some quality performances, but ultimately it's too slow-moving.
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MCT:November 25, 2006
"hes out john booth is out and im gonna kill him" they are nicholsons words near the start of the film and this is what the movie centres around the determination of the grieving father to take away the life of the man who accidently run down his daughter while drink driving there is good and bad within this movie the movie does move at an extremely slow pace and penns directing skills are not yet that sharp at this point the acting is very good however david morse is very good as the killer full of remorse his understated performance and angelica huston is wonderful in all of her scenes so much so its hard to imagine anyone playing her role any better than she did however as you would expect nicholson is the standout in a lot of ways he isnt really helped by penn his charater who goes through a blitz of one night stands he picks up at a seedy strip club where he appears to spend all his social time isnt that sympathetic and is involved in some rather pointless subplots however nicholson portays the charcter superbly with a mixture simmering anger and desperate sadness.this is a decent movie but not as great as it could have been.
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MCT:September 15, 2006
This was avery bad movie. Dull perofrmances and bad directing. i like penns' acting, but this one was a major stinker.
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MCT:August 1, 2006
Nicholson does a great job playing this father bent on killing his daughters killer. Really worth watching.
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MCT:July 3, 2006cant believe this was written AND directed by sean penn. fantastic. nicholson is great, but anjelica huston is the standout. and where the bloody hell are the oscar noms for this???
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MCT:June 11, 2006
The only word I can think of to discribe this movie is 'normal'. There's nothing new here and nothing special.
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