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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... 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 friends, bickering with his family, and several heterosexual and homosexual encounters, always trying to come to terms with where he fits in. Made in Australia, this movie was a hit down under. [More]

Starring: Alex Dimitriades, Paul Capsis, Julian Garner, Elena Mandalis

Starring: Alex Dimitriades, Paul Capsis, Julian Garner, Elena Mandalis, Tony Nikolakopoulos, Dora Kaskanis

Director: Ana Kokkinos

Director: Ana Kokkinos
Screenwriter: Andrew Bovell, Mira Robertson, Ana Kokkinos
Producer: Jane Scott
Composer: Ollie Olsen

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Although Head On has a certain rude power, it's definitely not a date flick.

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Anthony Lane
Anthony Lane
New Yorker

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
Ben Falk
Ben Falk
Empire Magazine

It seems to parade its anger instead of explaining it or putting it in a dramatic context. It's a rant, not a drama.

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Bruce Kirkland
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Clint Morris
Clint Morris
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Its missteps and excesses aside, Head On is a promising feature film debut for Kokkinos.

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01/01/00
Daniel Mangin
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David Ansen
David Ansen
Newsweek
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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.

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David Noh
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06/24/06
Derek Adams
Derek Adams
Time Out

In 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.

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02/24/05
Desson Thomson
Desson Thomson
Washington Post
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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.

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Garth Franklin
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One of this year's most sensual tragic spectacles -- a tour-de-force on a thousand different levels, with no easy happy endings in sight.

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