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Although Alan Ball never finds the right tone in 'Towelhead,' star Summer Bishil entrances as Jasira

Alan Ball's feature directorial debut, "Towelhead," is a disturbing slice of suburban American pie, but its tension comes more from what you anticipate happening than from what actually does. This is good news-bad news since, while the film avoids much of its offbeat story's stomach-knotting potential for human wreckage, it can ultimately feel less consequential than "American Beauty," Ball's career-catapulting creation to which it bears more than just a passing resemblance.
The new film's similarity to that Oscar winner -- as well as to his envelope-pushing "Six Feet Under" show -- makes "Towelhead," which Ball also adapted from Alicia Erian's novel, seem like both an inevitable and irresistible match for the writer-director. [...]

di Gary Goldstein, articolo completo (2769 caratteri spazi inclusi) su The Los Angeles Times 12 settembre 2008