Kinetic, at times shocking, and -- as the title suggests -- constantly in your face, this is a film that may be narrow in scope but is awfully big in heart.
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01/01/00
Head On (1998)
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Reviews Counted:22
Fresh:14
Rotten:8
Average Rating:5.9/10
Runtime: 1 hr 44 mins
Genre: Dramas
Synopsis: Ari is a handsome young man of Greek descent who finds himself torn between his traditional upbringing and conservative community, and his sexual identity. Ari careens between hanging out with his... [More]
Starring: Alex Dimitriades, Paul Capsis, Julian Garner, Elena Mandalis
Director: Ana Kokkinos
Reviews for Head On
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03/05/02
Its frank portrayal of gay life is a refreshing foil to the watered-down examples of queer cinema we've seen of late.
01/01/00
There are some powerful moments in this rambling day-in-the-life odyssey.
01/01/00
A film more easily admired than enjoyed, but there is much to admire in this bold, unsettling film.
01/01/00
Strains so desperately for a tragic kitchen-sink realism that in several crucial scenes the movie loses its grip and escalates into strident melodrama.
01/01/00
Top CriticIt seems to parade its anger instead of explaining it or putting it in a dramatic context. It's a rant, not a drama.
01/01/00
Its missteps and excesses aside, Head On is a promising feature film debut for Kokkinos.
01/01/00
Ari comes off as little more than a self-centered, bigoted layabout, contemptuous of anyone who works for a living and a trial to his family.
01/01/00
Head On crashes rights into your gay expectations and drags them down into the gutter. Powerful forces are at work here. You won’t go home laughing. No way.
01/01/00
Kokkinos ... goes at it all with a relentless, take-no-prisoners panache and pace; this film moves.
01/01/00
Anyone of any generation who has ever felt at odds with his or her environment can identify with the characters in Head On.
02/07/01
Top CriticIn a way, the film is a kissing cousin to the 1960s kitchen sink dramas of the British cinema and the working-class angst of German director Rainer Werner Fassbinder.
02/24/05
The film's close is grim and ambivalent, a choice that would be commendable if the movie had not so stubbornly held the same dour tone for two hours already, and if Ari weren't as boring as he is bored.
01/01/00
Although Head On has a certain rude power, it's definitely not a date flick.
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