Towelhead
Towelhead

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- 69/100 based on 11,927 votes
  • Released: 2008
  • Runtime: 111 mins
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  • Studio: This is that
  • Genres: Drama

Against the backdrop of the first Gulf War, Jasira Maroun is 13, physically well developed but naïve and unable to say no. As puberty arrives, her mother sends her from Syracuse to Houston to her curt, up-tight, Lebanese-born father. Over the next few months, Jasira must navigate her father's strict indifference, her discovery of sexual pleasure, the casual racism of a neighbor boy and her classmates, the sexual advances of the boy's father, the proffered friendship of a pre... (Full plot summary below)

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Actors in Towelhead:

Summer Bishil
Aaron Eckhart
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Peter Macdissi
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Against the backdrop of the first Gulf War, Jasira Maroun is 13, physically well developed but naïve and unable to say no. As puberty arrives, her mother sends her from Syracuse to Houston to her curt, up-tight, Lebanese-born father. Over the next few months, Jasira must navigate her father's strict indifference, her discovery of sexual pleasure, the casual racism of a neighbor boy and her classmates, the sexual advances of the boy's father, the proffered friendship of a pregnant neighbor, and her attraction to Thomas, an African-American classmate whom her father forbids her to see. Things happen to her, but can she take responsibility and control, or is tragedy inevitable?

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Film Threat - 10/10 by Zack HaddadRacism, teen sex, and war are all hot button issues. When you are a young person these things can seem new and confusing. In Alan Ball’s genius Towelhead, all of those above mentioned subjects go hand-in-hand in a truly wonderful cinematic experience.
Aisle Seat - 10/10 by Mike McGranaghanFew may have paid attention during its theatrical run, but DVD should offer a whole new life to a smart, engaging film that genuinely has something worthwhile to say.
Premiere - 10/10 by Priya JainTo call Towelhead exploitative is to miss the point. What made Towelhead the novel so extraordinary was the honesty in Jasira's adolescent narrative voice, the genuine way she misguidedly, but honestly, conflates the sexual attention she receives with the parental affection she really needs. With the film, Ball, though he drops the book's first person narration, is faithful to that voice.
The Hollywood Reporter - 9/10 by Michael RechtshaffenAlternately disturbing, laceratingly satirical and affectingly poignant, the film, which he adapted from the novel, Towelhead, by Alicia Erian, is very much a companion piece to the Ball-penned "American Beauty" in its unwavering examination of the dirty little secrets and raging hypocrisies lurking just beyond all those manicured suburban lawns.
TV Guide Magazine - 9/10 by Ken FoxThe movie belongs to the fifth-billed Bishil, a truly gutsy young actress who captures the essence of young female desire in all its adolescent confusion.
Philadelphia Inquirer - 9/10 by Carrie RickeyThe result is a movie about the many forms of social and sexual abuse that does not make the abusee a victim but victor.
One Guy's Opinion - 9/10 by Frank SwietekIf you're willing to take a chance on a daring film that's likely to make you laugh one moment and cringe the next, you may find it as haunting as it is uncomfortable to watch.
MovieFreak.com - 9/10 by Sara Michelle FettersIt is a movie that risks everything, including alienating its audience, all in the name of staying true to the characters inhabiting its milieu.
Miami Herald - 9/10 by Rene RodriguezThe movie puts Jasira -- and the audience -- through the wringer, but it also makes the ride worth it.
Reel Film Reviews - 8/10 by David NusairAn exceedingly promising first effort from a novice filmmaker.

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