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No Turning Back

Play trailer Poster for No Turning Back R,  2001,  1h 28m,  Drama Play Trailer Watchlist
Watchlist 56% 9 Reviews Tomatometer 40% 50+ Ratings Popcornmeter
56% Tomatometer 9 Reviews 40% Popcornmeter 50+ Ratings
Mexican literature professor Pablo Fernandez has lost his wife and home in a hurricane. With nothing left in Mexico for him, he decides to take his daughter, Cristina, and sneak into America. He finds work as a tomato picker, but when he gets into a car accident that leaves a child dead, he goes on the run from the law. With the help of Soid, a documentary filmmaker, Pablo and his daughter try to escape across the border into Canada.

Critics Reviews

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Michael Rechtshaffen The Hollywood Reporter Jul 1, 2003
A well-intentioned study of illegal immigration and its various social ramifications ultimately trips over a tangle of clunky scripting. Go to Full Review
Kevin Crust Los Angeles Times Jun 12, 2003
1.5/5
The filmmakers simply don't possess the skills to bring off a drama that can support serious themes, thus trivializing the very concerns they are trying to bring attention to. Go to Full Review
Ryan Cracknell Movie Views May 12, 2004
No Turning Back is intense at its core, looking at not just the tough choices we make but the process that goes into making them. Go to Full Review
Mark Athitakis Filmcritic.com Apr 13, 2004
2/5
It bolts out of the blocks tugging a crate full of bricks, two wrecking balls, and a cruise-ship anchor. Go to Full Review
Glenn Whipp Los Angeles Daily News Jun 13, 2003
2.5/4
Can be heavy-handed at times and the quality of the acting is all over the map. But the dilemmas depicted are real and they feel real, which gives the film a hard-edged poignancy. Go to Full Review
Chuck Wilson L.A. Weekly Jun 12, 2003
Heartfelt yet overly schematic. Go to Full Review
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Cast & Crew

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Julia Montejo

Director

Jesus Nebot

Director

Jesus Nebot

Pablo

Chelsea Rendon

Cristina

Lindsay Price

Soid

Vernee Watson

Detective Bryan

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Movie Info

Synopsis Mexican literature professor Pablo Fernandez has lost his wife and home in a hurricane. With nothing left in Mexico for him, he decides to take his daughter, Cristina, and sneak into America. He finds work as a tomato picker, but when he gets into a car accident that leaves a child dead, he goes on the run from the law. With the help of Soid, a documentary filmmaker, Pablo and his daughter try to escape across the border into Canada.
Director
Julia Montejo, Jesus Nebot
Producer
Jesus Nebot
Screenwriter
Julia Montejo, Jesus Nebot, Chris Sablan
Distributor
Innovation Film Group
Production Co
Zokalo Entertainment
Rating
R
Genre
Drama
Original Language
English
Release Date (Theaters)
Jul 26, 2001, Original
Release Date (Streaming)
Oct 28, 2020
Runtime
1h 28m
Sound Mix
Dolby SR
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