Towelhead
Taste attributes: dramateenunsavouryheavyrealisticgrittyenclosedemotive & stirringcoming of agecomplex relationship
"How can you find yourself if no one can see you?"
Boxlist takeA serious, grounded drama: intimate and emotional. Best if you like depth over escapism.
Taste details
Pace: balanced · Originality: balanced · Tone: dark · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: balanced · Look: gritty · Scale: confined · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score
Quality rating
6.3 /10
TMDB · 109 votes
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What lines up
- Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it
- Weightiness: Weighty / heavy, just how this profile likes it
- Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
What might not click
- Intricacy: Balanced intricacy, where this profile leans smart / intricate
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Synopsis
A young Arab-American girl struggles with her sexual obsession, a bigoted Army reservist and her strict father during the Gulf War.
Synopsis: TMDB
Taste Attributes
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Where this title sits on each taste spectrum
Directed by
- Alan Ball
Cast
- Summer Bishil
- Aaron Eckhart
- Toni Collette
- Maria Bello
- Peter Macdissi
Details
- Genre
- Drama
- Year
- 2008
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Status
- Released
- Studio
- This Is That Productions
- Taste scores
- How we score
Similar in feel
Matched on pace, tone, themes and style, not just genre.
