Review of Head On

Head On (1998)
10/10
Not Coming Out
28 December 2010
Ari is a young gay man who refuses to accept his homosexuality, and who instead chooses to label himself as a "whore", while demeaning himself with grubby back-alley blow jobs with grubbier partners.

The film is a 24 hour snapshot of Ari's lifestyle where he whores around binging on drugs trying to escape his ultimate life decision while rejecting his Greek parents' code of hetero-marriage, house and children and rejecting his mates who step into the "code". It seems that the only person he respects is his cousin Toula/Johnny who has the guts to be who he is.

Sean, is in love with Ari, who is offering him a real relationship is brutally rejected as a full gay relationship would mean coming out. Ari is a sad case because if the drugs don't get him he will end up an ugly old whore not wanted by many, while his supportive friends would have moved on.
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