An unforgettable if sometimes heavy-handed film.
Bordertown (2007)
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Reviews Counted:3
Fresh:2
Rotten:1
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Runtime: 2 hrs 3 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Since 1993, almost 400 women have been murdered in Juarez, Mexico, a factory town that is home to people who toil away at “maquiladoras” (border factories) making cheap consumer goods for the US... Since 1993, almost 400 women have been murdered in Juarez, Mexico, a factory town that is home to people who toil away at “maquiladoras” (border factories) making cheap consumer goods for the US market. BORDERTOWN tells the story of Lauren Fredricks (Jennifer Lopez), an ambitious newspaper reporter, who has been sent to Juarez by her editor (Martin Sheen) to investigate what has happened to these hundreds of women and how the local police and authorities have been covering up the brutal rapes and murders. Lauren looks up her former colleague (and lover) Alfonso Diaz (Antonio Banderas), who now runs the local paper, and they soon uncover one of the hottest stories of the year when they come across the only known survivor of one of these mysterious attacks. The victim is reluctant to speak, but Lauren convinces her to break the silence; yet the real danger is not the murder, but the larger forces who don’t want the story told. --© THINKFilm [More]
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Antonio Banderas, Martin Sheen, Sonia Braga
Starring: Jennifer Lopez, Antonio Banderas, Martin Sheen, Sonia Braga, Maya Zapata, Juan Diego Botto, Juanes
Director: Gregory Nava
Director: Gregory Nava
Screenwriter: Gregory Nava
Producer: Gregory Nava, Simon Fields, David Bergstein
Composer: Graeme Revell
Studio: ThinkFilm
Reviews for Bordertown
Jennifer Lopez plays it tough and down and dirty, on the Mexican border.
The biggest weakness of Bordertown is its heavy-handed over-simplification of complex political and economic issues. That and Jennifer Lopez's massive ego.
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October 26, 2007:
The film takes Lopez's character into harrowing, difficult places, exploring the complexities of racial understanding, identity, shame, self-hatred and ultimate healing. ![]()
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October 06, 2007:
Lopez's character eventually comes to care deeply for these factory women, through a process that includes confronting discomfort and denial about her own racial roots, and joining the female workers on the grueling assembly line to feel their pain. ![]()
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