Synopsis:
A young Arab-American girl struggles
with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist and her strict father during
the Gulf War.
The Freak's
Rating: D+ : Since American Beauty (one of
my favorite films of the last quarter century),
Alan Ball has always had my attention when he
puts his creative pen to an idea. Having
created one of my favorite shows of all time in
HBO's Six Feet Under and doing a wonderful job
with HBO's latest southern vampire drama True
Blood, Ball was given carte blanche for
Towelhead. The film is intensively
offensive with the title (studio heads changed
it to "Nothing Is Private" in certain circles),
but Ball means no harm and once the film is seen
you get the point.
Alan
Ball is a fantastic director and he does a
wonderful job of pulling precisely what he wants
out of the cast here. Aaron Eckhart is
delightfully creepy as the adulterer next door
and Peter Macdissi is phenomenal as Jasira's
father, a role that should merit notice but most
likely will not from the Academy.
Overall the acting can't carry this film as
Towelhead gets incredibly creepy and holds the
tone throughout. It isn't a film I'd ever
watch again, nor recommend to anyone looking for
an interesting slice of life film.
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