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Movie Overview
Cast
• Birol Unel
• Sibel Kekilli
• Catrin Striebeck
Director
• Fatih Akin
MPAA Rating
Not Rated
Head-On (2005)

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OFCS Rating: 71% Fresh
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4/5
"Un drama de altas proporciones"  Cinenganos  Alex Ramirez

"Gegen die Wand took home the top prize at the Berlin Film Festival, and I cannot but agree and recommend it highly."  european-films.net  Boyd van Hoeij

2/4
"...[peppered] with a variety of needlessly self-conscious touches that serve only to distract the viewer from the sporadically intriguing storyline..."  Reel Film Reviews  David Nusair

C+
"A gloomy fairy-tale version of a Hollywood romantic film that barely gets past its gloomy outlook on life."  Ozus' World Movie Reviews  Dennis Schwartz

2/4
"Like the film’s alterna-pop soundtrack and pop cultural references, Head-On is self-consciously badass."  Slant Magazine  Ed Gonzalez

4/5
"(...) El punk no ha muerto, y esta película es prueba de ello."  Uruguay Total  Enrique Buchichio

C+
"A weepy romance is one thing, but Head-On is too sober to be weepy, not romantic enough to achieve any real emotional connection."  EricDSnider.com  Eric D. Snider

B
"Isn't exactly a pleasant viewing experience, but it has a passion that's difficult to ignore."  One Guy's Opinion  Frank Swietek

3.5/4
"main goal seems to be turning the pretensions of movie-style love on their head"  Q Network Film Desk  James Kendrick

3/5
"Like the film's odd couple, [Head-On] doesn't know when to say when."  Film-Forward.com  Kent Turner

B
"Ultimately more provocative than insightful."  Lessons of Darkness  Nick Schager

4/5
"Not easy to watch, the characters are all strongly abrasive, and yet we are emotionally gripped."  Shadows on the Wall  Rich Cline

"Head On understands the tension between wanting to have nothing to do with the place from which you came and yet still, deep in your heart, somehow yearning for it."  Salon.com  Stephanie Zacharek

4/4
"A familiar film done in fabulously unexpected fashion."  Film Freak Central  Walter Chaw
OFCS Rating: 71% Fresh
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