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The Edge of Seventeen

2016 Directed by Kelly Fremon Craig

You're only young once... is it over yet?

Two high school girls are best friends until one dates the other's older brother, who is totally his sister's nemesis.

Hailee Steinfeld Haley Lu Richardson Blake Jenner Woody Harrelson Kyra Sedgwick Hayden Szeto Alexander Calvert Eric Keenleyside Nesta Cooper Meredith Monroe Katie Stuart Lina Renna Christian Michael Cooper Ava Grace Cooper Laine MacNeil Jena Skodje Daniel Bacon Kavandeep Hayre Lyle Reginald Chris Shields Christian Lagasse Kirsten Robek Laura Ward

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Review by ellie ★★★★★ 3

a movie about a melodramatic, jealous, self-hating, pretentious young girl who wants to die... can't believe my life has been plagiarized like this!
Review by Katie ★★★½ 16

nadine doesn't know it yet but she's gay
Review by davidehrlich ★★★★ 11

“The Edge of Seventeen” isn’t just a welcome relief, it’s a genuine lifesaver. Pick a god, any god, and thank them for this movie. More directly, thank Kelly Fremon Craig, whose directorial debut confronts millennial teens with the same authenticity and verve that helped “Fast Times at Ridgemont High” jumpstart a revolution when it crash-landed into the ’80s. But labeling this as a new version of an old phenomenon would be a terrible disservice to the wryly hilarious and unflinchingly honest film that Craig hath delivered unto us — like its hard-luck heroine, “The Edge of Seventeen” acts like a hand-me-down but thinks like a true original.

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Review by Eli Hayes ★★★★½ 24

me after watching the trailer:
"this seems sort of shitty."

me after watching the film:
"someone needs to shame me."
Review by brat pitt ★★★★

as i left the theater a group of girls were all yelling "THAT WAS SO ME IN HIGH SCHOOL" and i thought it was just me that constantly wanted to die when i was a Teen but i guess a lot of girls relate to that and you know what?? that's really sad!! our culture has gotta start protecting teen girls instead of relentlessly mocking them
Review by a🌹 ★★★★★ 4

"That felt pretty good. You being nervous for once, and I'm just over here just sniffing my flowers."
"I hate you so much."
"You free to hang?"
"Yeah, I am. Cleared my whole schedule for you."

tomorrow i start my last year of high school, and i feel comforted knowing nadine got a happy ending. maybe i will too. maybe i'll get better. maybe we all will.

Recent reviews

Review by legitmarilyn ★★★★★

just wanna come on here and say i love this movie with all my heart & i want hailee steinfeld's characters wardrobe
Review by meilina_tan ★★★★★

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

Nadine: You know what? I'm gonna go ahead, and I'm gonna tell you the real reason I'm having my lunch with you today. You see, I don't really have any friends, at the moment, and, to be completely honest with you, I'm not interested. At all. My entire generation is a bunch of mouth breathers. They literally have a seizure if you take their phone away for a second, they can't communicate without emojis, and they actually think that the world wants to know that they are "eating a taco, exclamation point, smiley face, smiley face", like we give a fuck. I... am an old soul. I like old music, and old movies, and even old people. I have nothing…
Review by Sam Hernández ★★★★★

This review may contain spoilers. I can handle the truth.

I'm totally Erwin but without the mansion and the happy ending (:

This film is beautiful and satisfying. My brother recommended it to me when I was already watching it.
Review by Rebecca Young ★★★★

I'm probably gonna grow up to be the mom tbh
Review by jordanhoward ★★★★

Really, really good. Absolutely hilarious and cringe-inducing, but also quite heartbreaking at times. It's obviously a heightened and stylized portrayal, but there are so many moments that ring so true about life and growing up and being young and the high school experience. Nadine's character is a remarkable case of showcasing the contradictory self-loathing and self-centeredness that dominate teenage life.

The ending is maybe just a little too pat and happy, and there are several relationships within the movie that could have been slightly more fleshed out, but on the whole this is a funny, moving, relatable coming-of-age story that feels both timeless and modern.
Review by E A ★★★★

Terrific little film. Woody kills it.
Review by thierryrye ★★★

:L
Review by Jeff Lake ★★★★

A solid and unique addition to the coming of age genre and reminded me a lot of John Hughes but with its own style. I adored this movie, it was very relatable, funny, stylish and emotional. The characters are interconnected very well around our protagonist played wonderfully by Hailee Steinfield. Everyone has a good arc that sets up perfectly and concludes perfectly in the end.

A Really solid movie dealing with insecurities and stuff like thinking you're the only fucked up person in the world which is very relatable and reminds me of my own days a couple years ago. Great performances by Hailee, Woody and his brother in the movie. Also Erwin got a W for us simple guys…
Review by SpaceCadetJuan ★★★★★

96 Wow this was such a joy to watch it almost hurt when it ended, like I wanted to spend another hour at least with these people. Like, why should the movie stop just when Nadine turns a corner and things are looking up? Can’t happy Nadine still be funny? Anyway, lovable characters, hilarious inappropriate humor, just excellent all round.