8.0
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Head-On (2004)
Head-On (2004)
Overview
With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.
Starring Cast
Rating & Dimensions
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Political: Leans Left
Diversity: Moderate
Islam: Negative
Viewer Rating
8.0
Overview
With the intention to break free from the strict familial restrictions, a suicidal young woman sets up a marriage of convenience with a forty-year-old addict, an act that will lead to an outburst of envious love.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Leans Progressive
Primary
The film is left-leaning due to its central critique of restrictive patriarchal traditions within an immigrant community and its sympathetic portrayal of characters struggling for individual liberation and authentic selfhood.
The movie 'Head-On' features a diverse cast reflecting the Turkish-German community, which is central to its narrative. While it explores themes of cultural identity and critiques conservative societal norms, it does not explicitly recast traditionally white roles or frame traditional identities negatively.
Secondary
The film portrays Islam through Sibel's conservative Turkish-German family, whose rigid adherence to traditional values, including honor and arranged marriage, leads to oppressive control over Sibel's life and ultimately violence. The narrative critiques these restrictive cultural interpretations and their harmful impact on individual freedom, particularly for women.
The film 'Head-On' does not feature any identifiable LGBTQ+ characters or themes. Its narrative primarily focuses on the tumultuous heterosexual relationship between its two main protagonists and their struggles with identity and cultural expectations within a Turkish-German context.
The film 'Head-On' does not feature any identifiable transsexual characters or themes within its narrative. Consequently, there is no portrayal to evaluate regarding transsexual identity or experiences, resulting in a classification of N/A for this objective.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
Head-On is an original film with characters created specifically for its narrative. There are no pre-existing source materials, historical figures, or prior adaptations from which character genders could have been established and subsequently swapped.
Head-On is an original film with characters created specifically for its narrative. There are no pre-existing canonical, historical, or widely established characters from source material or prior installments whose race could have been altered.
Viewer Rating Breakdown
User Ratings
7.8
7.5
Critic Ratings
9.1
7.8
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