A little too similar to his AMERICAN BEAUTY debut, TOWELHEAD falls flat, with none of the characters feeling at all 3 dimensional. Tries to walk the line between dark and over-the-top; should have committed to one or the other.
This review of Towelhead (2008) was written by Michael C on 15 Dec 2010.
Towelhead has generally received positive reviews.
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