Genre: Comedy/ Drama
Runtime: 104 minutes
Year: 2016
Starring: Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Blake Jenner, Kyra Sedgwick, Woody Harrelson, Hayden Szeto
Description: High-school life gets even more unbearable for Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld) when her best friend Krista (Haley Lu Richardson) starts dating her older brother (Blake Jenner).
Review: A coming-of-age film. I love them. Director Kelly Fremon Craig makes her directorial debit with the excellent “The Edge of Seventeen” and can easily be called one of the best teen films made in the last years.
At least it’s one of the most sincere ones, because the film doesn’t ridicule teen emotions but takes them seriously. This doesn’t mean that “The Edge of Seventeen” is a heavy drama, because the film has dry humor. The power is within the realistic portrayal of a teenager dealing with her emotions and struggles.
“The Edge of Seventeen” focuses on the smart and witty Nadine, who feels like and outsider. She thinks she’s an old soul and constantly judges her peers. Nadine has many funny and sharp observations and she mostly talks about them with her best friend Krista. She is Nadine’s only friend and support. But when Krista starts dating her older brother Darian, whom Nadine hates because he does have his life together, her world collapses. After her father died, there is only her mother, but Nadine can’t really talk to her. Instead she clears her heart while talking to one of her teachers.
“The Edge of Seventeen” is a great portrait of a struggling teenager, who first comes of as a bit annoying, but along the way you get to understand her more. Hailee Steinfeld is fantastic in her role as Nadine and my favorite scenes were the ones she had with Woody Harrelson, who plays her teacher. The film has some slight wit. Nadine tries to keep everyone at a distance and sees herself as a better person. But in order to survive, she has to open up to the people around her.
Rating: 4/ 5
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