The Crossing Guard

Miramax Films | Release Date: November 16, 1995

6.6	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 19 Ratings

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Lanyard980Aug 7, 2021

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The Crossing Guard is a suspenseful action thriller about one man's unquenchable thirst for revenge. For six agonizing years, Freddy Gale(Nicholson) has waited for John Booth(Morse), the man jailed for a crime that destroyed Freddy's life. Now, Booth is out of prison and Freddy is giving him three days before he returns to even the score.… Expand

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FilipeNetoApr 6, 2022

Honestly, I expected much more from this movie. It has good actors, it has a script with good dramatic premises and a promising story, in short, it could have been frankly better. It was a failure at the box office, it passed on the sidelinesHonestly, I expected much more from this movie. It has good actors, it has a script with good dramatic premises and a promising story, in short, it could have been frankly better. It was a failure at the box office, it passed on the sidelines of the film careers of its main actors, and it turned out to be better that way, being forgotten until the present.

The screenplay is almost entirely centered on the figure of a father devastated by the death of his daughter, who was accidentally run over by a drunk driver. A goldsmith by trade, he never overcame loss and grief never closed the wounds, leading to the end of his marriage and a life made of emotional, moral and psychological wreckage: occupying the time between his jewelry shop, strip clubs and occasional affairs. With prostitutes, he knows his life ended there. In this, the man who killed his daughter is released from prison, and he becomes obsessed with the idea of killing him.

So far, so good... despite the main character being acid and unpleasant, we understand the reason: he is an angry person, under enormous inner suffering. But the assassin is not much different! He is a visible and sincerely repentant person who, even so, does nothing to arouse our sympathy. Thus, we have two characters that, despite being essential to the whole story, are not able to reach the audience and generate some empathy. In addition to the bad conception of the characters, the film has an anti-climatic ending, with a boring and boring foot chase. A succession of clichés, preconceived ideas and forced messages.

I can't say that I liked the work of Jack Nicholson or David Morse. Both were given quite poor material and are never able to really show merit or value. Anjelica Huston appears little and is always in conflict. Technically, it's a banal film, without great reasons for interest. The cinematography fulfills its role, but the film is badly edited and has serious pacing problems, dragging tiringly until the end.… Expand

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