Head-On [Gegen die Wand]
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Movie Reviews of Head-On [Gegen die Wand]
Movie Review: Excellent
Summary: 5 Stars
I generally enjoy foreign films more as oppossed to the same old things that Hollywood offers . This is another fine example of an international film winning my favor .
This film is more than just your average "love sotry" ... how boring is that . This is about the bond 2 people share , who happen to find each other at bizzare times in their lifes and end up sharing very intense "relationship" (if you can call it that)
Not being Turk or German myself , I have read and started to understand the various cultural barriers some individuals have that have been forced to them by their strict families . This results in more than just rebelion but a struggle that some women live even to this day .
The soundtrack is very powerful as well . It puts you right in the middle of the feeling of the film .
The German "Academy" rightfully gave it their Award in 2005 . What can I say except to watch this movie and understand .
Movie Review: Incredible. Heartbreaking. Fierce. Indescribable
Summary: 5 Stars
I'm sure more than a few US moviegoers were left a bit flummoxed when the 2005 "Top Ten" lists started coming out from "important" reviewers and - lo and behold - there sat a German film about Turks smack-dab in the mix and often in the pole position.
Believe the hype. This fierce, almost indescribable film will blow you away with its intensity and ineffably heartbreaking ending. The beautiful Sibel Kekilli launches a film career like she was shot out of a cannon (well, her non-"adult" film career, if you catch my drift). Birol Ünel puts on a jaw-dropping performance. Director/Screenwriter Fatih Akin is brilliant. Full stop. This movie took the Best Director and Best Film awards at the 2004 European Film Awards.
The German title of this film is "Gegen die Wand" which means "Against the Wall." The English title is almost better. Even director Akin has said so. "Head-On" has connotations at two or three different levels.
Movie Review: Savage and Human
Summary: 5 Stars
'Head-On' tells the story of Cahit and Sibel and never has a love story started in a more desperate place. They meet at a hospital shortly after he's driven his car into a wall and she's tried to kill herself. It's obvious to both that they have something in common and yet, to begin with, both are so utterly self absorbed, they can only see each other as ways out of their own personal hells. It's Cahit who realizes first that they might mean more to one another than this, but it's the progress of their relationship, filled with equal doses of love and hate and self destruction, that keeps the viewer gripped. 'Head on' is filled with a sense of poignant isolation, both personal and political, exiles who are destined not to fit into either their adopted or native cultures. But it's a rare film that can depict such dry politics in such a moving and human manner. For me, this was the best film of 2004.Movie Review: Quite possible THE best movie of the year
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw Head On at a small International film festival shortly after it's theatrical release, and fell in love with it almost immediately! This is by far the best move if the year, and a strong contender for my top 5 movies of all time. It's wide ranging appeal, from the intellectual international crowd who will drool over the interpersonal relationships of the Turkish-German main characters and the cultural aspects of two young, and slightly twisted people dealing with their overly traditional families, to a younger crowd who can appreciate this movie as simply a rocking kick-in-the-pants punk love story, I'm convinced that nearly everyone who sees this movie will love it!! 5 Stars, would give it more if I could! And let's not forget a shout out to Sybel Kekilli, who is one of the most beautiful women on the planet!
Movie Review: The most intense, heart-wrenching film I've ever seen.
Summary: 5 Stars
Think of a punk rock version of Dr. Zhivago on amphetamine. Well - that's not QUITE it, of course. But it's quite a ride. One of the most MOVING film experiences I've ever had. I really can't even BEGIN to coherently analyse the film in any way that doesn't deteriorate the synaesthesia that the experience requires. Just SEE it!! Please. I BEG you. Honest - you'll thank me later. The soundtrack is absolutely incredible, too. It's actually got me buying up all kind of new music that I'd never really considered. In short - perhaps this is putting it a BIT dramatically - if you don't cry during this film - you're not human.