The Edge of Seventeen 2016
- Director: Kelly Frieman Craig
- Based on the book: no
- Cast: Haille Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner, Kyra Sedgwick, Woody Harrelson, Hayden Szeto, Alexander Calvert
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Haille Steinfeld – True Grit
- Haley Lu Richardson – Split
- Kyra Sedgwick – Born on the Fourth of July
- Woody Harrelson - many
- Why? Possibly good.
- Seen: 18 November 2023
Nadine (Steinfeld) is seventeen and has a shitty life. According to herself. Her beloved father died, her mother (Sedgwick) is a flake, her older brother Darian (Jenner) is adored by all and knows it, her best and only friend Krista (Richardson) falls in love with Darian (total betrayal), and when she tells her history teacher (Harrelson) that she’s going to kills herself, he counters with, ‘I am too because I have a lousy job and a whinging student who always disturbs me at lunch.’
It sounds like a comedy and it’s classed
as a comedy, and yes, it’s funny. And yes, it’s still another film about
(mostly) white rich suburban high school students in California who all have
cars but it’s also massively depressing and much better than expected.
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