As a director [Ball] amplifies the flaws in his own writing; his supporting characters are too broadly pitched to take seriously, and he tends to smack you in the face with the point of every scene.

There is hardly a scene that does not produce exquisite discomfort and a strong desire to be somewhere else.

It is certainly possible to make a transgressive movie about children in sexual jeopardy, and to do so in ways that realistically and intelligently depict the abuse while not revelling in it.

Towelhead isn't a movie, it's a loaded gun.