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The Crossing Guard

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Original title

The Crossing Guard

Year

1995

Running time

106 min.

Country

United States

Director

Sean Penn

Screenwriter

Sean Penn

Cast

Music

Jack Nitzsche

Cinematography

Vilmos Zsigmond

Producer

Miramax

Genre

Drama | Revenge

Synopsis

Freddie Gale is a seedy jeweler who has sworn to kill the drunk driver who killed his little girl. After a hit-and-run takes the life of a man's daughter, breaking his heart and destroying his marriage, he plots revenge on the man who did it. When the driver is released from prison six years later, the two men find themselves on a fateful collision course.

Awards: 1995: Golden Globes: Nominated Best Supporting Actress in a Motion Picture (Huston)

199: Independent Spirit Awards: Nominated for Best Supp. Actor (David Morse)

1995: Screen Actors Guild (SAG): Nominated for Best Actress in a Supporting Role (Huston)

1995: Venice Film Festival: nominated to Golden Lion - Best Picture.

1995: Independent Spirit Awards: nominated to Best Supporting Actor.

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Critics' reviews

"In every scene, Penn seems to know precisely where the nugget of feeling is hidden, and he doesn't let up until its uncovered."

Hal Hinson: The Washington Post
"What is good about this film is very good, but there are too many side trips, in both the plot and the emotions, for the film to draw us in fully"

Roger Ebert: Chicago Sun-Times
"The Crossing Guard is a work of talent and, on occasion, raw passion, but it's also a willed exercise in purgative alienation (imagine 'Death Wish' remade by Michelangelo Antonioni)."

Owen Gleiberman: Entertainment Weekly
"The problem with The Crossing Guard is not the premise or core theme, but the manner in which director Sean Penn breathes life into the story. This film is horribly unfocused."

James Berardinelli: ReelViews
"Penn, who also wrote the script, burdens the story with so many self-indulgent side developments that he loses emotional drive and Freddy's desperate obsession gets lost in the shuffle."

Desson Thomson: The Washington Post
"The movie is repetitious in some ways and superficial in others. But though Penn doesn't always seem to know where he's going, his movie doesn't altogether miss its destination."

Mike Clark: USA Today

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The Crossing Guard

1995

Sean Penn

6.1

(1,330)