Towelhead

2008 • 116 minutes
4.3
89 reviews
49%
Tomatometer
R
Rating
Eligible
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Set against the backdrop of the first Gulf War, Jasira, a 13 year-old Arab-American girl encounters various sexual situations, as she moves from living with her ill-tempered American mother to live with her strict Lebanese father in Houston, who is actually anti-Saddam, despite how he is perceived amongst his neighbors. Jasira's life becomes more tumultuous as she begins a sexual relationship with the racist father of the boy she baby-sits and an overly sexual African-American schoolmate. Her lack of knowledge of normality growing up in a dysfunctional family prevents her from understanding the abuse she is experiencing at first, until she slowly begins to grow up and realize what is occurring during a turbulent time in American society. MPAA Rating: R © 2007 Warner Bros. Entertainment, Inc. All Rights Reserved.
Rating
R

Ratings and reviews

4.3
89 reviews
Salena Coley
July 6, 2015
I've watched a little of this movie a while back with a friend and took forever for me to find it. I absolutely love this movie because it happens everyday for someone and it's so real but yet disturbing at times because of it's raw honesty.
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A Google user
September 9, 2017
This movie is so important!A lot of daughters are experiencing this exact situation that comes with development! I remember it all so well! But now I'm so relieved that I am not the only one! I didn't have intercourse until I was seventeen but my a-sexuality and the arousals were difficult to manage! I'm not the only one any more!!!!!!
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Raul Lopez
October 18, 2016
This is one weird movie why would someone make this movie for to let parents know that their daughters be liking old guys smh
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