TowelheadOverview and Synopsis

  • Towelhead
  • Opened September 12, 2008 | Runtime:2 hr. 8 min.
  • R
    strong disturbing sexual content and abuse involving a young teen, and for language
  • "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. When Jasira's mother sends her to Houston to Read More
  • Cast: Summer Bishil, Peter Macdissi, Aaron Eckhart, Toni Collette, Maria Bello, Eugene Jones, Chase Ellison
  • Director: Alan Ball
  • Genres: Drama, Coming-of-Age

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  • Powerful
    by redyeah

    Eckhart plays the bad guy pretty well. This is such a hard film to watch because of its content. You have to realize these types of movies are done in order to show the bad side of society in order...Read More

  • Salacious
    by deleterious1

    Definately a guy flick. Lots of titalating stuff. Yet, you see how the writer/producer tries to be politically correct (even to the point of outright sexism agains men) towards the end of the...Read More

  • Bad Movie with pedophile & porn elements
    by LasVegasCajun

    The worst and most offensive movie of the year is called ? Towel Head? which was previously named "Nothing Is Private". Written and directed by Alan Ball, the man behind "American Beauty" makes a...Read More

  • Funny and touching
    by Moviedude

    This movie was funny and touching. The story was very believable in a quirky weird sort of way, and the connections made to real life were spot-on. Well-acted, Aaron Eckhart in a much different...Read More

Towelhead Critic Reviews

  • "The movie feels both tedious and prurient, an odd combination that takes away from the story's potential to affect and rattle us." USA Today

    - Claudia Puig

  • "...doesn't have the control to keep it from veering all over the place, to queasy and debilitating effect." Variety

    - Todd McCarthy

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