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(1 - 26) of 26 OFCS Rating: 56% Rotten Page   1   .5/5 "Indeed, Towelhead's biggest crime remains the blasé belief that audiences want to see a 13 year old engage in well defined adult behaviors."   PopMatters   Bill Gibron B- "Towelhead is a familiar playground for Ball and his obsession with suburban decay, but remains sharply realized by the cast, who turn pure ugliness into an exhaustive psychological obstacle course."   BrianOrndorf.com   Brian Orndorf 3.5/5 "amidst the campy twists and unbelievable outbursts there can also be felt an indefinable honesty; something in far shorter supply these days than mere outrage."   Filmcritic.com   Chris Barsanti F ""Towelhead" is the most disgusting, ethically reprehensible, and irresponsible film to come out of the 21st century's first decade."   ColeSmithey.com   Cole Smithey 3/4 "An exceedingly promising first effort from a novice filmmaker."   Reel Film Reviews   David Nusair 3/4 "A strong, forthright motion picture that accurately offers few cut-and-dry answers and blessedly doesn't shy away from its socially demanding subject matter."   DustinPutman.com   Dustin Putman 1/4 "A kissing cousin of Todd Field and Todd Solondz, Ball suffocates audiences with a guttersniping view or suburban life, a Haggassian act of exploitation that misrepresents even the most fundamental modes of human interaction."   Slant Magazine   Ed Gonzalez B+ "Bad things happen in this film, but Ball is not interested in being shocking just for the sake of being shocking."   EricDSnider.com   Eric D. Snider 3/4 "A philosophy of the appeal of innocence and perversion in a repressed world..."   Cinema Crazed   Felix Vasquez Jr. "The discomfort zones of a young girl cry for sympathetic toughness, not Ball's snickering at pubic hair and clammy suburbanites"   CinePassion   Fernando F. Croce 3/4 "...[A] shocking and subversive coming-of-age melodrama. Perceptively blunt and incendiary, Towelhead is one of the most challenging cinematic efforts of the year."   Movie Eye   Frank Ochieng B "If 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."   One Guy's Opinion   Frank Swietek 4/5 "One of the most original and daring films of the year that puts us in the skin of a pretty 13-year-old Arab-American and the challenges and dangers brought into her life by her budding sexuality."   Spirituality and Practice   Frederic and Mary Ann Brussat 3/4 "The ending may be too pat, but the journey to get there -- bitter, spicy, and poignant -- more than compensates for any last-minute fumbles."   ReelViews   James Berardinelli 1.5/5 "A clumsy, witless, tedious trudge."   Jaman   Jay Antani "Although there's a plethora of iniquity on display in 'Towelhead,' no one comes off as completely evil or unsympathetic"   ReelTalk Movie Reviews   John P. McCarthy "There is hardly a scene that does not produce exquisite discomfort and a strong desire to be somewhere else."   Film.com   Jonathan F. Richards D+ "Screenwriter Alan Ball ("American Beauty," HBO's "Six Feet Under") makes his directorial debut adapting Alicia Erian's novel from a particularly repellant male perspective."   Reeling Reviews   Laura Clifford 4/4 "Few 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."   Aisle Seat   Mike McGranaghan B "A story that tries and often succeeds in transcending its particulars for a story about the personal and political struggle to come of age."   Beliefnet   Nell Minow C- "First and foremost a grotesquerie."   Lessons of Darkness   Nick Schager 1/5 "A tiresome and fairly hateful mess that wants to raise hackles but only succeeds in coming across like a Todd Solondz film sans the wit, whimsy and empathy."   eFilmCritic.com   Peter Sobczynski C "How is it that Alan Ball wrote some of the most nuanced, layered, dynamic characters on TV in , yet [here] he comes up with little more than cartoon characters?"   Seattle Post-Intelligencer   Sean Axmaker 4/10 "Towelhead is too eager to shock us, and it's therefore only stupidly offensive instead of cutting and insightful."   Antagony & Ecstasy   Tim Brayton "Click here to see review"   Wolf Entertainment Guide   William Wolf Read review   Flick Filosopher   MaryAnn Johanson  (1 - 26) of 26 OFCS Rating: 56% Rotten Page   1