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MoviesTowelhead
Starring:
Aaron Eckhart, Summer Bishil
Review:
Yes, that Alan Ball, the Oscar-winning screenwriter of
American Beauty, the creator of HBO's Six Feet
Under and now True Blood, a sizzling new series about
contemporary vampires getting by on synthetic red stuff. Ball,
bless him, goes for the real jugular. Towelhead, adapted
from Alicia Erian's novel, is Ball's debut as a feature director.
And once again he's out there stirring things up. Set at the time
of the Gulf War, the movie feeds on shocks, often just for the sake
of dropping jaws. Mission accomplished. Jasira (Summer Bishil), a
13-year-old Arab girl, is a child of divorce. Her American mother
(Maria Bello) has a lover who shaves Jasira's pubic hair, prompting
mom to send daughter off to Houston to live with her strict
Lebanese dad, Rifat (Peter Macdissi). Though Rifat is a
citizen...
Rating:
2.5 Stars
Published: Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:55:49 GMT - Source: Rollingstone.Com - Read the articleSee Also:
