Summer Bishil, Chris Messina, Maria Bello
Jasira wants something she can’t define: attention, love, acceptance or a normal life. Unfortunately, she doesn’t know the right way to find it. When Jasira’s mother exiles her to Houston to live wi...( read more
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DVD Release Date: December 30, 2008
Stats: 751 reviews
this movie was so fucking weird 2 me but very interesting. The acting is good doh, it managed 2 frustrate da hell outta me. It had some good laughs in it 2. overall good movie but i wouldnt watch it again
How Can You Find Yourself if No One Can See You?
Plot: A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist and her strict father during the Gulf War.
I got really, really, but I mean, really lucky to catch this at the Deauville American Film...( read more)
This confronting, sometimes uncomfortable story of a 13 year old Arab-American girl is a bit of a difficult watch at times, but well worth a watch. Clever casting and brave narrative make an awkward tale quite riveting and yet shocking at the same time. Many unlikeable characters...( read more)
Alan Ball writes (adapts) and directs.
Powerful in capturing the awkward and tumultuous moments of sexual awakening and identity affirmation. Summer Bishil shines in the lead role of Jasira, and Aaron Eckhart is to be commended for taking on this controversial role.
The cinema...( read more)
"How Can You Find Yourself if No One Can See You?"
A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist and her strict father during the Gulf War.
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Alan Ball steps on familiar yet virgin territory in more ways ...( read more)
È è un film che disturba e che vuole disturbare, nonostante questo credo che potrei guardarlo fino allo sfinimento.
Extraordinary movie!!! Great story, very well written and played. I absolutely loved Summer Bishil as the lovely Jasira. Her character brought back many memories of my own teen years. Both parents had some major flaws, as can be oh so true in real life. At times I wanted to ...( read more)
Somber coming of age story of a 13 yr old Arab-American girl who's self-centered mother sends her off to live with her self-absorbed and old country rules father. Her vulnerabilities lends her to being abused sexually by a next door neighobr until another neighbor and her husban...( read more)
This is one of those movies that you really wish you never started. The opening scene is enough to catch your attention and you watch the whole thing wanting to look away but you can't because you have to know what is going to happen next. I can't even begin to describe this movi...( read more)
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(2007 Director: Alan Ball) Definitely a MUST SEE!! Controversial-politically, sexually, racially during President George H. Bush's administration during the Gulf War. Touches on the tough realitiy faced by 13-year-old Jasira. ...
To try to get inside the head of a 13-yr-old girl tossed from irrational mother in denial of her molesting boyfriend across the country to Dallas, Texas, to her ultra- ultraconservative status conscious father, a wealthy NASA employee, Jasira's Lebanese immigrant-turned-U.S. citizen father beats her to gain dominance. As if that were Jasira's only problem??
Stars Peter Macdissi as Jasira's father & Maria Bello (as Jasira's out-of-touch, selfish mother) & Aaron Eckhart (as the Reservist;/ sexual predator).& lovely big-eyed Summer Bishil as Jasira. Her eyes say more than most people's words. Shocking? Definitely but the character study. Does anyone remmember what it FEELS LIKE TO BE 13?
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