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Towelhead
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"I accidentally my entire review for this film so I'll keep it brief. Some parts are interesting. All of the characters save the lead are cardboard cutouts. It's more uncomfortable to watch than a film I saw some years ago called Ken Park. There seems to be some semblence of a narrative towards the second half. The issue with this is the first hour is spent sending Jasira (Bishil) jump in an out of every possible life crisis a teenager could ever possible have to deal with save teen pregnancy. I haven't led a sheltered life, and I've experience some of these crisis through friends, family, and personally. My issue is that it's hard to believe one person can go through it all in a matter of months. "
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"Despite the rather abrupt title that immediately thrusts the themes of racism and prejudice examined throughout the film into the forefront, Towelhead is more intimately tied to a young girl's painful journey from the ignorance of childhood to the harsh realities of adolescence. After complications arise with her mother's new beau, Jasira (Summer Bishil) is forcibly shipped to her father's (Peter Macdissi) suburban home deep in the heart of Texas. Unaccustomed to his strict cultural notions of propriety that are tied to his Lebanese heritage, Jasira's sexual awakening after the onset of menstruation marks the first of many excruciating hardships brought on by puberty and the lack of a figure in her life to properly explain and guide her through it. Sufficiently confused but exceedingly more curious, Jasira's encounters with an amorous neighbor (Aaron Eckhart), a new boyfriend (Eugene Jones), and a concerned neighbor (Toni Collette) culminate into an unnerving and emotionally charge ... "
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"Today in Possibly Fake Protests: “An Islamic civil rights and advocacy group” wants Warner Brothers to change the title of Alan Ball’s Towelhead, because they find it offensive. When Towelhead, based on a novel called Towelhead, premiered at Toronto last year, it was called Nothing is Private; they changed it to Towelhead in the hopes of drawing more attention, That was eight months ago, and no one cared. Until now! Two weeks before the movie’s release! MGM released a statement denying reports that the studio is for sale. Earlier this month, rumors spread that Kirk Kerkorian had made an offer to buy the studio for the 17th time, and everyone kind of assumes that Paula Wagner’s recent exit from United Artists suggests that that wing of MGM is in trouble. Reservoir Dogs, The Bank Job, Gods and Monst "
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"Today in Possibly Fake Protests: “An Islamic civil rights and advocacy group” wants Warner Brothers to change the title of Alan Ball’s Towelhead, because they find it offensive. When Towelhead, based on a novel called Towelhead, premiered at Toronto last year, it was called Nothing is Private; they changed it to Towelhead in the hopes of drawing more attention, That was eight months ago, and no one cared. Until now! Two weeks before the movie’s release! MGM released a statement denying reports that the studio is for sale. Earlier this month, rumors spread that Kirk Kerkorian had made an offer to buy the studio for the 17th time, and everyone kind of assumes that Paula Wagner’s recent exit from United Artists suggests that that wing of MGM is in trouble. Reservoir Dogs, The Bank Job, Gods and Monst "
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