I am a huge Jack Nicholson fan, as a lot of people are. I saw this movie on the shelf with some older movies and decided to rent it. My expectations for anything that Jack Nicholson is in are pretty high. About 45 minutes into the movie, all expectations were dashed with no hope of getting any better. First, Sean Penn tries to pack as many bare chested ladies into the story as possible with little bearing on the story line. Robin Wright's performance is possibly the most over-dramatized role I have ever seen. Who believed that she fell so hard for an ex-convict in one night? The story was so melodramatic that I rolled my eyes more than once. Not even the great Jack Nicholson could save this movie as his role was overplayed and far, far below his standards. But you have to give Sean Penn credit for the ending. Of the dozens of choices he had for closing this film, he did pick the very worst one.
Review of The Crossing Guard
