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The Crossing Guard [DVD] [1996]
enlarge	Director: Sean Penn Actors: Jack Nicholson, David Morse, Anjelica Huston, Robin Wright Penn, Piper Laurie Studio: Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm Category: DVD List Price: ~~£14.99~~ Buy New: £3.35 as of 23/11/2009 00:50 GMT details You Save: £11.64 (78%) New (10) Used (2) from £2.86 Seller: selectcheaper Rating: 3 reviews Sales Rank: 10067 Format: PAL Languages: English (Original Language), English (Subtitles For The Hearing Impaired), English (Subtitled) Rating: Suitable for 15 years and over Region: 2 Discs: 1 Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1 Number Of Discs: 1 Running Time: 106 Minutes Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.2 Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 5.4 x 0.6 EAN: 5017188884587 ASIN: B0000634C6 Theatrical Release Date: November 16, 1995 Release Date: June 15, 2006 Availability: Usually dispatched within 1-2 business days


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Editorial Reviews: Amazon.co.uk Review Sean Penn wrote and directed IThe Crossing Guard/I, a character-driven drama about a divorced couple (Jack Nicholson and Anjelica Huston) whose relationship never recovered following the death of their daughter at the hands of a drunk driver (David Morse). When the latter's character, a deeply regretful and changed man, gets out of jail, Nicholson, as the vengeful dad, decides to go after him. As a director, Penn is not so good with fluid storytelling and camera clichés, but he is amazing as an actor's director. The onscreen re-teaming of former real-life lovers Nicholson and Huston is more than just a voyeuristic exercise: Penn ingeniously uses the duo's palpable friction to bring a horrifying reality to the pain of a dead relationship. --ITom Keogh, Amazon.com/I

Customer Reviews: Get it now! Complete Emotion July 4, 2000 tom_dal@hotmail.com (Rep.Ireland) 14 out of 15 found this review helpful What can I say. Jack Nicholson is superb in his role as a jewler who has amazing hatred for a man who killed his daughter in a car accident. Also he is angry with his divorced wife. His lifestyle doesn't suite his age and it all gets the better of him in a frenzie that is the pinacle of the incredible build up of the storyline. The story unfolds but really lets rip in the final half hour so don't go away. This is a film that has a character of its own which only needs the amazing acting abilities of the proffessionals. A wonderful display of drama building up to action which is followed by the deep sense of humanity. PERFECT! 3 stars ?? December 23, 2008 Brendan O. Clarke (Edinburgh) 2 out of 2 found this review helpful It's too long, too unfocused and way too self-indulgent. But in the end, none of this matters. Sean Penn's second effort as a director-screenwriter is compelling and emotionally resonant ways that more conventionally well-made films never manage to be. Jack Nicholson gives one of his finest performances as Freddy Gale, a jewelry store owner whose daughter was killed by a drunken driver six years before the story begins. Since then, the devastated Freddy has remained alive only by nursing the hope that he will be able to kill John Booth (David Morse), the man who accidentally killed his daughter. But as the guilt-racked Booth is released from prison, it becomes very clear that perhaps neither man really wants to live much longer. Throughout "Crossing Guard," Penn has a tendency to sledgehammer his way through walls rather than simply opening doors. Even so, he always gets where he wants to go -- to that dark corner of our hearts where we can forgive no one, not even ourselves. Co-star Anjelica Huston has a couple of terrific scenes as Freddy's ex-wife, a woman with her own share of guilt, fear and loathing Not great September 13, 2009 Mr. S. Horrocks 1 out of 1 found this review helpful If you like watching Jack Nicholson then you might want to give this a go. Otherwise, there's not much on offer here. The script is very rough around the edges, and thin on character and plot. Nicholson's lead is a cliche of a man suffering mental anguish (angry, boozing, womanising). The supporting characters hardly offer much else. There really is little depth to the story. The end is absurd, sentimental and clearly created by a writer (Penn) who is happy to use all the tried and trusted (read tired) dramatic beats.

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