The Border splashes around in the shallows on both sides of the Rio Grande, never more than ankle-deep in the problems or drama of illegal immigration.

| Aug 6, 2021

Jack Nicholson gives his best starring performance since "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" as a soul-searching U.S. border patrolman...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 6, 2021

Jack Nicholson gives his most satisfying performance in years, perhaps since "Five Easy Pieces," in "The Border," directed by Tony Richardson.

| Aug 6, 2021

The three disparate styles that play against one another in "The Border" give this film much of its interest and density, but not without an occasional sense that gears are grinding a bit.

| Aug 6, 2021

Nicholson's best leading role since he won the Oscar for "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest" six years ago.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 6, 2021

Nicholson is there with his cigarette and wild hair and his clenched-teeth sincerity to make it all okay.

| Aug 6, 2021

It's not a pretty picture, but dramatically, it has considerable impact...

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 6, 2021

It holds an awful fascination in its awful truths.

| Aug 6, 2021

Richardson, the director of such memorable films as Tom Jones and The Entertainer, rarely succeeds in livening up The Border.

| Aug 6, 2021

The Border is nearly worth seeing for Nicholson and Perrine. Ultimately, despite the provocative theme of the picture, it is the actors who are wasted.

| Original Score: 2.5/5 | Aug 6, 2021

I found the suspense nerve-wracking because the characters who are In danger are so vulnerable and so innocent, and because the atmosphere of the area is so blindingly real.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Aug 6, 2021

The movie becomes a hopeless muddle.

| Aug 6, 2021

At times an out-of-control film, "The Border" nevertheless has a fine cast, clear intent and anguish at its heart as it looks at the unanswerable question of illegal aliens along the length of the U.S.-Mexican border.

| Aug 6, 2021

The evidence continues to suggest that well-meaning filmmakers can't lick this particular provocative subject.

| Aug 6, 2021

The Border is surprisingly tepid stuff for a Jack Nicholson vehicle.

| Apr 27, 2018

Despite Jack Nicholson's multi-leveled performance, The Border is a surprisingly uninvolving film.

| Mar 26, 2009

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | May 10, 2008

If you want to see Jack Nicholson give a simple, compelling performance with absolutely no hambone antics, look no further than this underrated drama.

| Original Score: A | Apr 21, 2007

There's nothing very memorable except for Nicholson's subdued brooding performance.

| Original Score: C+ | Apr 14, 2006

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 30, 2005