Movie diary: I was 16, going on 17... she's 13?!

[74bmw]

Sa3:05 Towelhead, Warner Theatre (Morgantown)

Ed. note: Yes, the movie title is a racial slur against Middle Easterners. However, that is dealt with during the course of the movie.This coming-of-age movie, taking place around the time of Gulf War I, left me feeling icky and slightly overwhelmed with lots of pieces joined into a socio-cultural

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[hagdinvincible]

The description of that movie in the reviews kinda creeped me out, so I'm not sure I'm gonna see it. I went down the Warner on Tuesday to see Choke, but missed the start time by twelve minutes or so . . . only to find out that if nobody shows up for a movie in ten minutes, they don't run it. *sigh* I'll probably try again to see that and Religulous before they're gone, though.

[74bmw]

Aaron Eckhart is a fave of mine; he can play smarmy (Thank You For Smoking), straight (Dark Knight), or in this movie, just downright creepy.

But I agree -- the plot (and its execution) borders on not-even-barely legal material.

However, my ick is somewhat lessened to see that, according to IMDb, the actress playing the 13YO (Summer Bishil) was actually born in 1988.