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Crossing Over

2009 · 113 min · Director: Wayne Kramer ★ IMDb 6.7 · 25,673 ratings

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Crossing Over is a multi-character canvas about immigrants of different nationalities struggling to achieve legal status in Los Angeles. The film deals with the border, document fraud, the asylum and green card process, work-site enforcement, naturalization, the office of counter terrorism and the clash of cultures.

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Crossing Over (2009) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Empathy 35%, Anxiety 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure

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Why it feels this way

The strongest emotional signals are Empathy, Anxiety, Sadness. Genres: Drama, Crime. AI estimate.

Is it worth watching?

Consider this title if you are looking for Empathy, Anxiety and Sadness. Its IMDb rating of 6.7/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 70/100.

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Emotional journey

AI · from subtitlesapproximate
  • Sadness
  • Tension
  • Empathy

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No dominant emotion

Dominant emotion: Tension

Dominant emotion: Disturbing

Dominant emotion: Empathy

Dominant emotion: Sadness

Sadness
Tension
Empathy
Emotional journey Emotional intensity over the film’s runtime, from quieter to stronger on a fixed 0–1 scale. Hatched intervals have insufficient subtitle evidence. The table provides the values. Not enough subtitle evidence
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Dominant emotion

Intensity dips around 3 %, then rises around 48 %, then peaks around 73 %.Ending hidden

Emotional journey
%Approximate minuteDominant emotionOverall intensitySadnessTensionEmpathy
2.5 %≈ 3′Tension37 %9 %32 %24 %
7.5 %≈ 8′Disturbing38 %15 %31 %21 %
12.5 %≈ 14′Disturbing45 %22 %36 %26 %
17.5 %≈ 20′Empathy45 %19 %38 %32 %
22.5 %≈ 25′Tension49 %16 %42 %31 %
27.5 %≈ 31′Disturbing63 %21 %54 %38 %
32.5 %≈ 37′Tension61 %25 %54 %43 %
37.5 %≈ 42′Empathy48 %29 %41 %38 %
42.5 %≈ 48′Sadness50 %41 %38 %40 %
47.5 %≈ 54′Sadness65 %56 %50 %54 %
52.5 %≈ 59′Tension71 %60 %57 %62 %
57.5 %≈ 65′Sadness66 %56 %51 %60 %
62.5 %≈ 71′Sadness64 %56 %48 %59 %
67.5 %≈ 76′Sadness77 %56 %60 %62 %
72.5 %≈ 82′Tension82 %38 %73 %51 %
77.5 %≈ 88′Tension76 %35 %69 %46 %
82.5 %≈ 93′Sadness78 %60 %62 %58 %
87.5 %≈ 99′Sadness78 %68 %54 %65 %
92.5 %≈ 105′Empathy71 %57 %40 %64 %
97.5 %≈ 110′Not enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidenceNot enough subtitle evidence

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Cast

Alice Eve

Claire Shepard

Ashley Judd

Denise Frankel

Jim Sturgess

Gavin Kossef

Cliff Curtis

Hamid Baraheri

Alice Braga

Mireya Sanchez

SB
Summer Bishil

Taslima Jahangir

Jacqueline Obradors

Special Agent Phadkar

Justin Chon

Yong Kim

MZ
Melody Zara

Zahra Baraheri

MT
Merik Tadros

Farid Baraheri

Sarah Shahi

Pooneh Baraheri

Mahershala Ali

Detective Strickland

GR
Gigi Rice

Hooker

EK
Elaine Kagan

Rochelle Kaplan

JT
Jessica Tuck

Elaine

MW
Molly Weiner

Prostitute

CS
Claudia Salinas

Mireya Look-Alike

Details

Directed by
Wayne Kramer
Written by
Wayne Kramer
Type
Movies
Released
2009
Runtime
113 min
Country
United States
Genres
Drama, Crime
Ratings
★ IMDb 6.7 · 25,673 ratings
Feels mostly
Empathy
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