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Oct 24, 2003 · Beyond Borders. "Beyond Borders" has good intentions and wants to call attention to the plight of refugees, but what a clueless vulgarization it makes of its worthy motives. Of course there's more than one way to send a message, and maybe this movie will affect audiences that wouldn't see or understand a more truthful portrait of refugees, like ...
Beyond Borders is a 2003 American romantic-drama film about aid workers, directed by Martin Campbell and starring Angelina Jolie, Clive Owen, Teri Polo and Kate Ashfield. [2] [3] The original music score was composed by James Horner . Reflecting Jolie's real-life interest in promoting humanitarian relief, [4] the film was critically and ...
Beyond Borders trivializes the pain and suffering of actual people by reducing them to a backdrop for Hollywood twaddle. Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 1, 2004. Affecting moments appear ...
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Synopsis. BEYOND BORDERS follows the problematic blossoming romance between busy American socialite Sarah Jordan (Jolie), and rogue doctor Nick Callahan (Owen). The two initially meet in 1984 at a charity event in London. Sarah is still flushed with excitement from her recent marriage, but is nevertheless enchanted by Nick's impassioned speech ...
On one level, Beyond Borders works like those videos (amped up to the power of 10). It slaps Americans across the face with bleak realities (shots of people grotesquely disfigured by disease and neglect; images of perishing infants and brutally butchered indigents) beyond our comfortable comprehension.
- Martin Campbell
Sarah Jordan, an American living in London in 1984, is married to the son of a wealthy British industrialist. She encounters Nick Callahan, a renegade doctor, whose impassioned plea for help to support his relief efforts in war-torn Africa moves her deeply. As a result, Sarah embarks upon a journey of discovery that leads to danger, heartbreak and romance in the far corners of the world.
Oct 24, 2003 · October 24, 2003. By Brad Brevet. Good intentions or not Beyond Borders fails on every level. From a story that bobs and weaves itself into an inconceivable mess by the end of the movie to acting ...
