We don’t believe her even though, on some level, she may think she’s semi-serious. The scene in which Nadine tells her teacher (Woody Harrelson) that she’s going to kill herself is amusing as intended. There are times when the screenplay veers into comedy. It helps that’s she’s witty (in a Juno sort of way). Viewed from a neutral perspective, she might come across as weird, petty, and self-absorbed but Edge of Seventeen makes her sympathetic. With the élan of a profane John Hughes, Craig effortlessly captures Nadine’s mindset.
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When a series of unfortunate events results in Krista and Darian hooking up, Nadine’s world implodes. Krista isn’t just her best friend, however, she’s her only friend. Despite feeling isolated since the death of her father, Nadine has found solace in the friendship of Krista (Haley Lu Richardson), the sister-figure she never had. Nadine and Darian have a fractious relationship that isn’t helped by her mother’s obvious preference for her male child. Her sports-star older brother, Darian (Blake Jenner), is beloved by the entire student body. Nadine is afflicted with one of the most catastrophic ailments any nerd-leaning child can have: a popular sibling. Unsurprisingly, when she embraces that conclusion, the dark mirror lightens up.
Over the course of the movie, which tracks a period during her junior year, she learns that the path of survival has less to do with doing homework, losing her virginity, or making friends than it does with becoming comfortable in her own skin. In high school, everyone (even the popular kids) feels like an outsider, but Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld) has earned the label. With a smart, perceptive script from first-time director Kelly Fremon Craig and an arresting lead performance by Hailee Steinfeld, the film rises to the top of a crowded genre. The Edge of Seventeen reminds viewers of the good, the bad, and the ugly. Those four mid-teenage years represent a cauldron of raging hormones, exploding insecurity, and academic pressure. High school was never easy and that constant hasn’t changed. The best are capable of transporting older viewers back to a time of life that many of us now view through rose-colored glasses. Motion picture coming-of-age stories are touchstones.
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