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The Fence (La Barda)

The Fence (La Barda) (2010)

January. 19,2010
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6.8
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In Oct. 2006, the U.S. government decided to build a 700-mile fence along its troubled 2000-mile-plus border with Mexico. Three years, 19 construction companies, 350 engineers, thousands of construction workers, tens of thousands of tons of metal and $3 billion later, was it all worth it? When Arizona recently enacted one of the most extreme immigration laws in the country, the Obama administration responded by filing a lawsuit against the state. This dispute was merely the latest symptom of a greater national problem: the lack of a comprehensive, workable U.S. immigration policy. In its place, lawmakers have resorted to a series of half-measures, the most expensive of which — the U.S.-Mexico border fence — extends through the desert 150 miles south of the Arizona state capital.

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Protraph
2010/01/19

Lack of good storyline.

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InformationRap
2010/01/20

This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

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Donald Seymour
2010/01/21

This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

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Paynbob
2010/01/22

It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.

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