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Review on a Blog: Towelhead
good film TOWELHEAD
Towelhead follows the dark, bold and shockingly funny life of Jasira, a 13-year-old Arab-American girl, as she navigates the confusing and frightening path of adolescence and her own sexual awakening. VIEW TRAILER
The Good:
The story is unflinching and uncompromising which should be credited to Alan Ball (SIX FEET UNDER, AMERICAN BEAUTY, TRUE BLOOD), who wrote and directed this film. The performances are just as ballsy especially Summer Bishil who carries this movie like an old pro despite this being her first film and Aaron Eckhart who somehow gets you to feel sympathy for a character that truly deserves none. Also noteworthy are Maria Bello and Peter Macdissi as Jasira's parents. You'll be hard pressed to find a worse twosome when it comes to parenting in film:
The Bad:
The ending seemed to be a tad too sitcom like for my tastes and was out of place considering how complex the rest of the film was.
The Ugly:
In a movie that has its fair share of uncomfortable scenes there is none more uncomfortable than this one:
Towelhead is cringeworthy and will illicit so many uncomfortable moments but it is a great film that takes an uncompromising look at underage sex, bigotry, and the seedy underbelly of suburbia with humor pathos and top notch performances.
This movie gets the Pedobear Seal of Approval (in the real world that is equal to 3 stars/two thumbs up)
Towelhead follows the dark, bold and shockingly funny life of Jasira, a 13-year-old Arab-American girl, as she navigates the confusing and frightening path of adolescence and her own sexual awakening. VIEW TRAILER
The Good:
The story is unflinching and uncompromising which should be credited to Alan Ball (SIX FEET UNDER, AMERICAN BEAUTY, TRUE BLOOD), who wrote and directed this film. The performances are just as ballsy especially Summer Bishil who carries this movie like an old pro despite this being her first film and Aaron Eckhart who somehow gets you to feel sympathy for a character that truly deserves none. Also noteworthy are Maria Bello and Peter Macdissi as Jasira's parents. You'll be hard pressed to find a worse twosome when it comes to parenting in film:
The Bad:
The ending seemed to be a tad too sitcom like for my tastes and was out of place considering how complex the rest of the film was.
The Ugly:
In a movie that has its fair share of uncomfortable scenes there is none more uncomfortable than this one:
This movie gets the Pedobear Seal of Approval (in the real world that is equal to 3 stars/two thumbs up)
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