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Title: DISAPPOINTING CRASH COPY
Review: FREEDOMLAND seems to want to be like the Oscar winning CRASH but it's not. Despite some stellar performances, the movie is one-sided, manipulative and sloppily directed. Samuel L. Jackson gives a fine performance as Lorenzo Counsel, a veteran cop investigating the alleged carjacking of a terrified woman, Brenda Martin. Martin is played by Julianne Moore and she acts like she wanted another Oscar nomination as she goes from frightened mother to neurotic mother. She's quite good in several scenes. William Forsythe and Ron Eldard are very good in supporting roles as Jackson's partner and Moore's brother, but the performances don't salvage the movie from being another ethnic mess.
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