I actually found this movie to be pretty good. However I for one, a person who's dream it is to visit Australia one day, find it hard to believe being deported back to Australia is really such a bad thing...lol. Anyone else agree?
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Australia does have a very high tax rate, and I can see how many Australians feel they are cut off from the WestSource:Movie Reviews - Crossing Overhttp://moviereviews.noskram.com/2009/09/movie-reviews-for-crossing-ove r
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Even now, I'm breaking out in a cold sweat just thinking about it.
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Actually, you've made a good point there. Although I found this movie to be pretty interesting I fully agree with you on this issue. In fact, the movie is (naturally) very America-centered. Myself being from a highly civilized European country (with culture, tradition, wealth and what-have-you galore) I find it really difficult to understand why so many Americans TRULY believe that coming to America MUST be like coming to heaven for EVERYONE all over the world.
Now, with all due respect and heartfelt gratitude for the rôle of the U.S. in the Second World War, I still have to state that the above-mentioned attitude is somewhat ridiculous because in today's world there are so many countries all over (and I guess Australia is one of them!) where emigration to the U.S. would most likely mean a loss - of wealth, of "standing", of social stability, of cultural accomplishments, even of human rights and much more.
Being deported back to Australia is not really portrayed as "that bad" in the movie.
It's just that to Claire, who came to the US with dreams of becoming a Hollywood star, being deported back home (with likely no chance of ever returning) just as her career was about to take off, it surely must have seemed that way.
Of all the characters portrayed, I had the least sympathy for Claire. It's not as if she was from a war-torn, third-world country and would face torture or certain death if she was ever to return. On the contrary, she was a young, beautiful actress from Australia. If she couldn't stay legally in the US, well, she could have tried to make a career in Australia and then move to the US (just as many others did before her). She could also have tried it in the UK.
For her to go to such great lengths, first by ordering fake documents and then by prostituting herself, seemed a bit silly to me.
Being deported back to Australia is not really portrayed as "that bad" in the movie.
It's just that to Claire, who came to the US with dreams of becoming a Hollywood star, being deported back home (with likely no chance of ever returning) just as her career was about to take off, it surely must have seemed that way.
Yeah, I think Australia is very exotic and developed country with beautiful landscapes. I wouldn't mind visiting there some day tho the trip would be very expensive. And if I were woman, I wouldn't let some scumbag *beep* me over some green card no matter what country is in question.
shareI'd rather be deported to Oz than the US! But being a UK citizen, I'd rather stay here in any event.
PS I think Alice Eve's accent was wonderful. I thought she really was an Australian till I read her biog. Had no idea she was Trevor Eve's daughter.
I have no idea who Trevor Eve is, but she fooled me too. I thought she nailed the accent and was surprised to find she was born in the UK.
When I said I wanted to be a comedian, they all laughed at me. Well, they're not laughing now!
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I didn't have any sympathy with Eve's character. Compare her to Alice Bragga's character or the muslim family who actually were escaping poor conditions.
In essence she was prostituting herself for an acting career and hated herself for it. Everyone makes poor decisions all the time but I found her character more of an annoyance.
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