Crossing
MUBI | Release Date: July 19, 2024 CRITIC SCORE DISTRIBUTION
83
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Universal acclaim based on 17 Critic Reviews
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17
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Negative:
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Critic scorePublicationBy date
100
Original-CinLiam LaceyJul 26, 2024
Compassionate and original, Crossing is an odd couple road movie about friendship and acceptance of differences that demonstrates rather than preaches its theme. Read full review
91
The PlaylistChristian GallichioFeb 25, 2024
Akin’s film draws connections to suggest that maybe through these crossings, we begin to understand each other. Read full review
90
The Irish TimesTara BradyJul 19, 2024
Following on from Blackbird Blackbird Blackberry, Crossing gifts us the second essential Georgian screen heroine of 2024. Read full review
90
The Daily BeastNick SchagerJul 19, 2024
Akin doesn’t untangle his main character’s inner life; rather, he simply recognizes that healing is a process that both begins with oneself and is aided by those we allow into our lives and hearts. Read full review
90
The New York TimesAmy NicholsonJul 18, 2024
In this town, in this movie, you feel absolutely certain each face has its own fascinating story to tell. Read full review
88
RogerEbert.comGlenn KennyJul 19, 2024
Akin is here working in a tradition established in Italian Neo-realism — and by the end of the film, he shows he can turn on the viewer’s tear ducts as deftly as De Sica did in his prime — but his narrative approach brings a vivid freshness to the proceedings. Read full review
83
The A.V. ClubJul 19, 2024
Perhaps a bit predictably, Crossing emphasizes the importance of forging new connections rather than holding onto relationships that may no longer serve us. However, its dramatic conclusion still manages to forgo cliched expectations and cater instead to the limitless possibilities that abound in an urban sprawl. Read full review
83
IndieWireRyan LattanzioFeb 23, 2024
Akin’s approach feels so tied to novel-writing — with shifts in perspectives and at least one plot-twisting formal deceit that whiplashes you only to leave you breathless and a bit swoony — and yet the axis around which his universe orbits is entirely cinematic, and universal. Read full review
80
Los Angeles TimesRobert AbeleJul 23, 2024
Akin, a Swedish filmmaker whose family originally hails from Georgia, knows this is a story tinged with sadness for lives that have been ostracized and marginalized. But his wider view starts from a place of optimism about what curiosity engenders. Read full review
80
Time OutElizabeth WeitzmanJul 17, 2024
Crossing takes all of us down paths that even the shrewdly observant Lia would be unable to predict, but that she’d be the first to appreciate. ​It's a heartbreaker in all the best ways. Read full review
80
The GuardianPeter BradshawJul 15, 2024
There is a trio of excellent performances from Arabuli, Kankava and Dumanli: very good actors, very well directed, defining three personalities very different from each other in terms of age and attitude but bringing them together in a way that doesn’t feel forced. Read full review
80
Screen DailyFionnuala HalliganFeb 23, 2024
It’s seductive, fragmented, involving. Read full review
80
VarietyPeter DebrugeFeb 23, 2024
With Crossing, writer-director Levan Akin wants to open our eyes to the easily overlooked. Read full review
80
The Hollywood ReporterDavid RooneyFeb 23, 2024
Observed with granular detail and imbued with a pulsing sense of place, this novelistic drama takes time to connect its central triangle but does so with a suppleness and restraint that amplify the emotional rewards of its lovely open-ended conclusion. Read full review
75
The Film StageAlistair RyderJul 18, 2024
Considering how the story sounds on paper, it’s all the more impressive that it becomes moving without ever once turning to the kind of pandering weepie I feared from the outset. Read full review
70
Little White LiesHannah StrongJul 16, 2024
Sweet without being cloying, it’s a love letter to the commonalities between Georgian and Turkish culture; one that encourages empathy and reminds us it’s never too late to change for the better. Read full review
63
Slant MagazineWilliam RepassJul 15, 2024
Crossing is never less than nobly intent on showing trans people as worthy of dignity, safety, and love. Read full review
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