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Movie Info

Mexican literature professor Pablo Fernandez (Jesus Nebot) has lost his wife and home in a hurricane. With nothing left in Mexico for him, he decides to take his daughter, Cristina (Chelsea Rendon), 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 (Lindsay Price), a documentary filmmaker, Pablo and his daughter try to escape across the border into Canada.

Rating:

R
Genre:

drama
Original Language:

English
Director:

Julia Montejo, Jesus Nebot
Producer:

Jesus Nebot
Writer:

Julia Montejo, Jesus Nebot
Release Date (Streaming):

Oct 28, 2020
Runtime:

1h 28m
Production Co:

Zokalo Entertainment
Sound Mix:

Dolby SR

Cast & Crew

Jesus Nebot
Pablo

Chelsea Rendon
Cristina

Lindsay Price
Soid

Vernee Watson-Johnson
Detective Bryan

Susan Haskell
Mrs. Knight

Robert Vestal
Steven Lightning

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Critic Reviews for No Turning Back

All Critics (10) | Top Critics (2) | Fresh (6) | Rotten (4)

A well-intentioned study of illegal immigration and its various social ramifications ultimately trips over a tangle of clunky scripting.

July 1, 2003

Michael Rechtshaffen
Hollywood Reporter
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.

June 12, 2003 | Rating: 1.5/5 | Full Review…

Kevin Crust
Los Angeles Times
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December 6, 2005 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Film Threat
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.

May 12, 2004 | Full Review…

Ryan Cracknell
Movie Views
It bolts out of the blocks tugging a crate full of bricks, two wrecking balls, and a cruise-ship anchor.

April 13, 2004 | Rating: 2/5 | Full Review…

Mark Athitakis
Filmcritic.com
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.

June 13, 2003 | Rating: 2.5/4

Glenn Whipp
Los Angeles Daily News
Heartfelt yet overly schematic.

June 12, 2003 | Full Review…

Chuck Wilson
L.A. Weekly
With juggling so many hats for an independent film, Nebot along with director/writer Julia Montejo manage to pull out all the stops and create a compelling drama with a little social message for good taste.

December 8, 2002 | Rating: 4/5 | Full Review…

Dennis Przywara
Film Threat
No Turning Back deserves the seven international festival awards it has earned.

May 6, 2002 | Rating: 80/100 | Full Review…

Cheryl DeWolfe
Apollo Guide
Nebot's passionate work as an actor in particular glues the film together.

March 11, 2002 | Rating: B- | Full Review…

Carlo Cavagna
AboutFilm.com

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Audience Reviews for No Turning Back

Jan 20, 2010

Not a Bad film, Found it to be an interesting story about a Immigrate from Honduras who while driving his bosses truck hits a little girl on a bicycle and leaves the scene because he has no license. So starts the story of him on the run with his daughter. Vernee Watson-Johnson does a great job playing the hard ass black female detective with a chip on her shoulder and a point to prove. Don't expect a happy ending cause the Shi* cloud follows Pablo right to the bitter end. Its worth the watch and also worth 3 1/2 stars

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