Rotten
Director Ana Kokkinos has an eye for local color but spends little time developing the supporting characters.
Andrea Gronvall, Chicago Reader
Head On
Full on. All night. Come on.
1998 · 1h 44m · Not Rated
Drama
Directed by
Ana Kokkinos
,
Phil Jones
,
Iain Pirret
,
Christian Robinson
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Head On
Overview
Nineteen-year-old Ari confronts both his sexuality and his Greek family. Ari despises his once-beloved parents, former radical activists, for having entombed themselves in insular tradition. Ari is obsessed with gay sex, although he does make an unenthusiastic attempt to satisfy the sister of one of his best friends. While all of this is going on, he's facing problems with his traditional Greek parents, who have no clue about his sexual activities.
Director and cast
- Ana Kokkinos Director
- Phil Jones Director
- Iain Pirret Director
- Christian Robinson Director
- Alex Dimitriades as Ari
- Paul Capsis as Johnny
- Julian Garner as Sean
- Elena Mandalis as Betty
- Tony Nikolakopoulos as Dimitri
- Damien Fotiou as Joe
- Eugenia Fragos as Sophia
- Dora Kaskanis as Dina
- Maria Mercedes as Tasia
- Alex Papps as Peter
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
Fresh
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.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Fresh
Anyone of any generation who has ever felt at odds with his or her environment can identify with the characters in Head On.
Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
Rotten
Strains so desperately for a tragic kitchen-sink realism that in several crucial scenes the movie loses its grip and escalates into strident melodrama.
Stephen Holden, New York Times
Rotten
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.
Jessica Winter, Village Voice
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