
Everyone knows that growing up is hard, and life is no easier for high school junior Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld), who is already at peak awkwardness when her all-star older brother Darian (Blake Jenner) starts dating her best friend Krista (Haley Lu Richardson). All at once, Nadine feels more alone than ever, until the unexpected friendship of a thoughtful boy (Hayden Szeto) gives her a glimmer of hope that things just might not be so terrible after all.... (Full plot summary below)
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Everyone knows that growing up is hard, and life is no easier for high school junior Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld), who is already at peak awkwardness when her all-star older brother Darian (Blake Jenner) starts dating her best friend Krista (Haley Lu Richardson). All at once, Nadine feels more alone than ever, until the unexpected friendship of a thoughtful boy (Hayden Szeto) gives her a glimmer of hope that things just might not be so terrible after all.
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| Spark MagazineElena LazicComfortable with tackling both the comedy of clumsiness and heavier sequences of despair, Steinfeld handles the tricky breakdown of Nadine's sham persona - the real existential crisis she is going through - with real generosity and humour. |
| The Stranger (Seattle, WA)Charles MudedeNothing on earth would make me watch The Edge of Seventeen except a need to be depressed, the mood that results from being bored for an extended period of time. |
| StarburstRyan PollardKelly Fremon Craig [has created] what is a true gem of a movie that has the hallmarks of a bonafide cult classic, which proves that she's truly a talent to watch out for. |
| Irish TimesTara BradyHormonal strife is seldom this joyous, and the tremendous verbal sparring between Steinfeld and Harrelson brings a modern, post-ironic gloss to the rat-a-tat delivery of Golden Age Hollywood comedy. |
| MLive.comJohn SerbaI could spend many more hours with these people, who are warm, funny, lived-in personalities existing in a plausible sphere outside the contrived story mechanics of many similar movies. |
| Cambridge DayAllyson JohnsonThe Edge of Seventeen is a confident and emotive film about a teenager trying desperately to be comfortable with herself and falling short at times, hitting life's regular snags. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatAn immensely appealing teen comedy that speaks to us with immediacy and grace about adolescence. |
| The Muse/JezebelRich JuzwiakI'm almost embarrassed to admit how much I related to this movie, as a man several years older than its central character. |
| Fresh FictionCourtney HowardThis one's for those who know teenagers, have teenagers, are teenagers or have ever been teenagers. You know. Everyone. |
| We Live EntertainmentFred TopelA teen comedy for the Facebook generation. It acknowledges all the new technology teens have at their disposal, but it's not all about social media. |