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Crossroads

Generally unfavorable reviews
Based on 31 critic reviews
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Based on 37 votes
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Movie Info
Genre(s): Romance
Written by: Shonda Rhimes
Directed by: Tamra Davis
Release Date:
Theatrical: February 15, 2002
DVD: July 23, 2002
Running Time: 97 minutes, Color
Origin: USA
Summary
RATING: PG-13 for sexual content and brief teen drinking
Starring Britney Spears, Zoe Saldana, Anson Mount, Taryn Manning, Justin Long, Dan Aykroyd, and Kim Cattrall
The story of three childhood friends, Lucy (Spears), Kit (Saldana) and Mimi (Manning), who, after eight years apart, rediscover their friendship on a cross-country trip. (Paramount Pictures)
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What The Critics Said
All critic scores are converted to a 100-point scale. If a critic does not indicate a score, we assign a score based on the general impression given by the text of the review. Learn more...
Entertainment Weekly Lisa Schwarzbaum
Not only makes excellent use of the singer's sweetly coltish acting abilities, but it also promotes a standardized set of sturdy values with none of Mariah Carey's desperate ''Glitter,'' or any of Mandy Moore's gummy pap in ''A Walk to Remember.''
Read Full Review >The New York Times Stephen Holden
Everything she (Spears) does seems diluted and secondhand and is never transformed into something original or indelibly self-expressive.
Read Full Review >Charlotte Observer Lawrence Toppman
Adults will wish the movie were less simplistic, obvious, clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized. But what are adults doing in the theater at all?
Read Full Review >New York Daily News Elizabeth Weitzman
Here's what Crossroads does not have: Cohesive direction from Tamra Davis, intelligent dialogue, a comprehensible plot.
Read Full Review >Chicago Tribune Robert K. Elder
Spears delivers a performance with the same sincerity she invests into a Pepsi commercial, only this film contains twice the sugary calories.
Read Full Review >New Times (L.A.) Luke Y. Thompson
Highbrow self-appointed guardians of culture need not apply, but those who loved "Cool as Ice" have at last found a worthy follow-up.
Read Full Review >The Globe and Mail (Toronto) Liam Lacey
Marks the emergence of a talented young actress. Not Britney -- who has the amateur's tendency to stand looking awkward after delivering her lines -- but Manning (Crazy/Beautiful), who plays Mimi with the gusto of a young Holly Hunter. Though she has little competition here, when she's on the screen she pretty much owns it.
Read Full Review >San Francisco Chronicle Mick LaSalle
Fascinating in its own strange way, not as entertainment but as a cultural document.
Read Full Review >Boston Globe Loren King
Packaged fluff aimed low, and patronizingly, at Spears's legion of young female fans.
Read Full Review >Slate David Edelstein
So vanilla yet so transcendentally sleazy that its target audience seems to be pubescent girls and dirty old priests.
Read Full Review >Film Threat Michael Dequina
Spears, Davis, and company are well aware that they're making nothing more than the cinematic equivalent of Spears' glossy bubble gum pop -- but that's exactly the problem.
Read Full Review >Salon.com Stephanie Zacharek
The movie is a lumbering load of hokum, but unlike those other recent pop star white elephants -- it's at least watchable.
Read Full Review >TV Guide Maitland McDonagh
The film's mealy-mouthed messages about feminine empowerment will almost certainly fall on deaf ears, since even 11-year-olds know Spears's power resides largely in her taut torso.
Read Full Review >Chicago Sun-Times Roger Ebert
I went to Crossroads expecting a glitzy bimbofest and got the bimbos but not the fest. Britney Spears' feature debut is curiously low-key and even sad.
Read Full Review >Seattle Post-Intelligencer Ellen A. Kim
Crossroads may now fall into the same paragraph as "Glitter," Mariah Carey's disastrous star vehicle.
Read Full Review >Chicago Reader Jonathan Rosenbaum
When the cast is shown during the final credits repeatedly cracking up in blown takes, one would like to think they were laughing at some of the lines they were expected to deliver.
Read Full Review >Village Voice Jane Dark
You spend a lot of time wondering, "Better or worse than Glitter?" You think if the projectionist cranked the volume a little you could actually sort of get into this.
Read Full Review >Washington Post Ann Hornaday
Not a music video, not yet a movie, but more like an extended-play advertisement for the Product that is Britney.
Read Full Review >The New Yorker David Denby
What it's really about, of course, is the very delicate marketing problem of turning a super-bland pop star into an acceptable human being onscreen. [4 Mar 2002, p. 90]
Miami Herald Connie Ogle
Young girls are the only ones likely to enjoy this vapid road-trip movie.
Read Full Review >ReelViews James Berardinelli
In a way, it's probably unfair to blame director Tamra Davis exclusively for this debacle. After all, she's toiling in the shadow of a would-be multi-media superstar, making her essentially a hired gun.
Read Full Review >LA Weekly Chuck Wilson
So dull, a road-trip movie that's surprisingly short of both adventure and song.
Read Full Review >The Onion (A.V. Club) Nathan Rabin
Spears is filmed and costumed in such a harsh, unflattering manner that it looks like Christina Aguilera bribed the crew to make her rival look as hideous as possible. Spears' ubiquity has spawned an inevitable backlash, but the awful Crossroads ought to do more harm to her career than even the most powerful Britney-basher.
Read Full Review >Los Angeles Times John Anderson
Spears acquits herself as well as anyone might, in a movie as contrived and lazy as this one.
Read Full Review >New York Post Lou Lumenick
A movie so pathetically lame that hopefully even Spears most ardent young fans will give this stinker a big thumbs down.
Read Full Review >Austin Chronicle Marjorie Baumgarten
Functions mainly as a big-screen showcase for America's No. 1 teen tease, with the story and other characters serving mainly as accessories.
Read Full Review >Baltimore Sun Chris Kaltenbach
Go see Crossroads if you want to hear Britney sing or see her wear next-to-nothing. But otherwise, avoid this train wreck at all costs.
Washington Post Desson Thomson
It does wonders to a critic to know that [Britney] could be a continuing font of teen and post-teen kitsch for years to come.
Read Full Review >What Our Users Said
The average user rating for this movie is 4.5 (out of 10) based on 37 User Votes
Note: User votes are NOT included in the Metascore calculation.
Michael R. gave it a5:
The best part of the movie was seeing britney wearing close to nothing in a couple of scenes.There is a great concept and moral in this movie but its just hard to sit threw the movie Britney is just not good at acting and neither was anybody else in the movie.
Eric S. gave it a0:
The only reason this movie deserves a positive review at all is that Britney danced around in her underwear. GG bad acting and movies.
Farren R. gave it a10:
Crossroads is a cinematic masterpeice. It's conveys the reality of growing up and the stress found between a broken family. Too long have people waited for such a daring feat of cinematography. Britney Spears brings life and exuberance into the role of Lucy. The other characters are mere fill-in's to Britney who takes over the show.-
Wesley C. gave it a10:
This movie says everything that is supposed to be said. It talks about this teen girl who wants to see her mom but turns into a bad situation. Britney Spears does an awesome job and should have not gotten a nomination for a Rasberry Award because it was an awesome Teen Movie.
Spider Woman gave it a3:
This movie stinks! I actually AGREE with the critics on this one!
Saer A. gave it a 7:
I kinda liked the movie but there was horrible acting.
Kortney J. gave it a 0:
Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why? Why did Britney become a singer she can not sing! Why did she become a actress she can not act! Why was this movie made because, bad is giving it a compliment! Why does she make music videos they are bad too! Why does she write songs the songs she write are bad! So why will she not stop doing all the things that she does? This is the worst movie ever! the olny thing that I have said that is not true is the rate I gave on this movie becouse, it is worse than 0! DO NOT see this movie!
