DVD Review "TOWELHEAD" Score B- 80%

This odd little independent film is less about the derogatory term for Arab people and more about the sexual coming of age movie about a 13 year old half white half Iranian American girl. Its almost like an adult version of an after school special. The acting is mediocre and the screenplay is adapted from a book. Her father is an oppressive , small minded, hypocritical man. He slaps her for not wearing a bra under her t-shirt at breakfast. As it goes on...She discovers self masturbation while baby sitting the 10 year old neighbor and finding the Dad's playboy collection. She then gets hit on by the creepy father who eventually molests her. Then she begins having sex with her new boyfriend ( black boy who her father racially bigots against.) Another neighbor mid thirties and pregnant becomes somewhat of the girls protector... eventually taking her in to her house when her father goes on a rampage yelling at her. Its a strange film... Not one that you would watch more than once and seems more suited for girls who entered puberty and their parents.