Not about crashing into walls or crashing into other people. It's about crashing into yourself and living to tell the tale.Read Full Review »
100
LOS ANGELES TIMES: Kenneth Turan
Impeccably made, uncompromising in its implacable vision of the deranging power of love, sex and controlled substances, this savage and staggering film knows how to take our breath away.Read Full Review »
90
NewsWeek: David Ansen
Akin's raw, powerful, multileveled movie takes us places we never expected to go.Read Full Review »
No matter what is going on in the story, these star-crossed lovers are always fascinating to watch.Read Full Review »
80
Washington Post: Ann Hornaday
Has its share of surprises, especially in the performances of its two main players.Read Full Review »
80
The New York Times: Manohla Dargis
Despite the tears, the blood and the booze, Head-On is a hopeful film.Read Full Review »
75
CHICAGO SUN-TIMES: Roger Ebert
The movie is well and fearlessly acted, and the writer-director (Fatih Akin) is determined to follow her story to a logical and believable conclusion, rather than letting everyone off the hook with a conventional ending.Read Full Review »
75
Philadelphia Inquirer: Steven Rea
Despite all its roiling melodrama, Head-On has its moments of sharply observed humor.Read Full Review »
70
Village Voice: J. Hoberman
Head-On loses its merry mojo once events turn irrevocable and the action switches from Hamburg to Istanbul.Read Full Review »
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