Head-On(Gegen die Wand)

Chicago Reader by

Director Faith Akin has skill and panache, and the lead actors are likable. But the film's high energy can't compensate for the muddled conception.

Newsweek by David Ansen

Akin's raw, powerful, multileveled movie takes us places we never expected to go.

Christian Science Monitor by David Sterritt

Superbly acted.

Variety by Eddie Cockrell

Fine, gritty, contempo love story.

New York Daily News by Elizabeth Weitzman

Unremittingly explosive, Head-On is not an easy film to watch. It is, however, a memorable one.

Village Voice by J. Hoberman

Head-On loses its merry mojo once events turn irrevocable and the action switches from Hamburg to Istanbul.

TV Guide Magazine by Ken Fox

Fatih Akin's surprisingly grisly feature spills more blood than both of Quentin Tarantino's "Kill Bill" films combined, which is strange when you consider that it's a love story.

Entertainment Weekly by Lisa Schwarzbaum

Propelled by ferocious sex, nasty violence, and coy interludes of traditional Turkish love songs.

The New York Times by Manohla Dargis

Despite the tears, the blood and the booze, Head-On is a hopeful film.

The A.V. Club by Scott Tobias

A romantic comedy with jagged edges, Fatih Akin's exhilarating Head-On paves the road to love through miles of prickly thatch.