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Frontera
The movie is set in the Wild West. The former police captain’s wife is killed while she is taking care for their farm. The former and current police captain set out to search for justice but their lives are also changed forever.
11 September 1950, Chicago, Illinois, USA
19 July 1951, Tegucigalpa, Honduras
1972, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
13 January 1976, Chicago, Illinois, USA
18 April 1996, Taos, New Mexico, USA
September 17, 2014
Frontera avoids stepping on an illegal immigration soap box until the movie's final shot.
September 11, 2014
Ed Harris brings such world-weary gravitas to his role as a grieving widower...that he comes close to making up for the picture's sometimes clunky narrative.
November 24, 2014
Frontera does not measure up as an issue-oriented film
September 05, 2014
"Frontera" is a well-cast, well-made, well-acted drama that you will probably forget about soon after you've seen it.
December 24, 2014
I liked everything about this film, the writing by Michael Berry (who also directed the film) and Louis Moulinet, the pace, the editing, by Larry Madaras ('American Beauty') and the acting is excellent by the entire cast.
September 04, 2014
You wish that a filmmaker like John Sayles had grabbed the story by the throat and teased out its complexities.
September 05, 2014
It captures the desperation of illegal immigrants and the confused rancor that often greets them on the American side of the border.
September 19, 2014
This is trying way too hard to be Crash in the desert. The performances are dull, the story is worn out, and the film just doesn't know when to call it quits. As far as entertainment goes, Frontera is the slowest rolling tumbleweed around.
September 05, 2014
The actors are compelling, and the issue is, of course, always worth discussion. It's not a great movie, but, if nothing else, Frontera is worthwhile on those fronts.
September 04, 2014
The modern, gritty Western "Frontera" takes a lot of the clichés and delicately upends them to tell a tale about undocumented immigrants.
September 05, 2014
In trying to create a balanced portrait of the conflicts and the ordinary people affected by them, director Michael Berry... chips away at the authenticity and intensity that an issue-driven film like this sorely needs.
