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The Crossing Guard [1996]
from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainm
starring Jack Nicholson, David Morse, Anjelica Huston, Robin Wright Penn, Piper Laurie
directed by Sean Penn

Features:

• PAL

Editorial Review:

Sean Penn wrote and directed The Crossing Guard, 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. --Tom Keogh, Amazon.com

Customer Reviews:

• Avg. Customer Rating: 5.0 / 5.0

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  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... more info

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