October 1, 2008
Pete Hammond, Hollywood.com
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September 26, 2008
Kurt Loder, MTV
The movie takes as its subject grown-ups' incomprehension of adolescent sexuality, but tells us nothing really new about it %u2014 the picture seems rather uncomprehending itself. full review
September 19, 2008
Ty Burr, Boston Globe
[Director] Ball's trying to be honest about adolescent coming of age, but since he's dishonest about everything else, the movie collapses in on itself, ending with a laughably pat resolution that rend... full review
September 19, 2008
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times
I understand what the film is trying to do, but not why it does it with such crude melodrama. full review
September 12, 2008
Claudia Puig, USA Today
Towelhead tries hard to be incendiary and gutsy, and it sometimes succeeds. But to what gain? full review
September 12, 2008
Joe Morgenstern, Wall Street Journal
As a first-time feature director, [Ball] seldom lets the material speak for itself. full review
September 12, 2008
Bob Mondello, NPR.org
Ball has found an insinuating, perversely smooth tone in his script, but his less-adept direction inadvertently adds dissonance. full review
September 11, 2008
Peter Travers, Rolling Stone
[Director] Ball throws out so many provocations in Towelhead that it's no surprise a few land with a thud. But there's no questioning his talent for filmmaking. He's got the gift. full review
September 10, 2008
Armond White, The New York Press
Towelhead is the worst movie of its kind since Little Children. It's another adaptation of a trendy novel's contrived cynicism ('smartness' in mediaspeak). full review
September 8, 2008
David Edelstein, New York Magazine
The film is superbly acted, but it's hard to know what to feel except, 'How can any girl navigate this oversexualized culture?' full review
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