The Edge of Seventeen
The Edge of Seventeencaptures the spirit of classic John Hughes comedies - at the same time, refining and innovating Hughes' storytelling approach.
Life has never just been easy for Nadine , even as a child in grade school . Throughout all the trials and tribulations of adolescence ( as well as a personal tragedy that shake her and her category to their core ) , Nadine manages to care everything that life sentence throw her way - thanks to her have her best and only close friend , Krista by her side . As juniors at Lakewood High School , Nadine ( Hailee Steinfeld ) and Krista ( Haley Lu Richardson ) navigate through the day to sidereal day gracelessness of their lives by focalize on things like Nadine ’s crush Nick ( Alexander Calvert ) - and , in Nadine ’s type , being a sticker in her history teacher Mr. Bruner ’s ( Woody Harrelson ) side .
Everything changes when , through a spell of events , Krista not only becomes romantically involved with Nadine ’s onetime and established buddy Darian ( Blake Jenner ) , but starts dating him and is pull into his social circle . Upset , angry and forget feeling like her animation is spiraling out of control , Nadine lash out at those snug to her - including her female parent Mona ( Kyra Sedgwick ) , who already has problems on her plate to deal with - even as she sinks deeper into lonesomeness . Despite the comfort of an unexpected friendship and affections from her sweet - awkward compeer Erwin ( Hayden Szeto ) , Nadine is still left wondering : is her life ever going to get any easy ?
Grounded , yet quirky arrive of old age comedy / drama about high schoolers were all the furore in the 1980s and ' 90s , but their ranks have diminish in the years since then - with noteworthy exception , such asEasy A , JunoandThe Duff . Kelly Fremon Craig make her directorial debut withThe Edge of Seventeen , a invigorated plus to that torpedo - genre and easily one of the better flick yet made about the battle of being a teenager in the 21st 100 . The Edge of Seventeencaptures the intent of authoritative John Hughes drollery - at the same prison term , refining and introduce Hughes ' storytelling approach .
The Edge of Seventeenscript by Craig ( who antecedently wrote the Alexis Bledel - led 2009 filmPost Grad ) include many of the staple tropes ground in Hughes ' films , as well as those of Hughes ' imitators ; including , storytelling gimmick such as having the protagonist tell in voiceover and character type like the wise - cracking teacher / mentor . What setsEdge of Seventeenapart is that Craig draw close these banality from a fresh perspective , tapping into the messiness of your mean adolescent ’s psychological outlook ( in this example , a young adult female weigh down with extra emotional baggage ) in a humorous , yet insightful and observant way . Edge of Seventeenis moreMy So - Called Lifeand lessEasy Ain this regard , as the film ’s main character - and her equal - are indeed as emotionally upstage and vulnerable , yet lacking in self - cognisance , as teenagers tend to be in the existent world .
Hailee Steinfeld broke out as a teen actor with her Oscar - nominated turn in the Coen Brothers’True Gritand is the beating warmheartedness ofEdge of Seventeen , delivering a performance here that is as solid as ( if not in some ways better than ) her previous work . Nadine is the rare distaff supporter allowed room to be genuinely awkward and insensitive in a realistic manner , in addition to being off - beat in her own way . Steinfeld commits in full to this function and makes Nadine a delightful agonist to follow on this journeying - in many ways , becauseof how often she puts her fundament in her mouthpiece and/or fashion herself to be savvier than she really is . Craig writes the character exceptionally well too ; something that extends to all of the characters in herEdge of Seventeenscreenplay , at that .
The script ’s sense of authenticity reach out to howThe Edge of Seventeenactually looks too , with the filming by Doug Emmett ( Togetherness ) embracing a tone - down colour place scheme and visual style that resemble one of John Hughes ' high school movies . Craig has a bent for craft subtle ocular gag too , as well as a gumption of space and the importance of emplacement ; restricting Nadine ’s story to the confines of high school classrooms , hallways and riotous food for thought joint that teens can really open to eat on at . This allowsThe Edge of Seventeento capture the sense of isolation and oblivion to the world around them that stripling feel , pulling the hearing deeper into the mindset of the motion picture ’s characters - but leave enough room to still laugh at their ( often ) over the top dramatic conduct .
IfThe Edge of Seventeendoesn’t necessarily get around the mould with its supporting fictitious character , it does emit novel life into familiar archetype . fully grown costars Woody Harrelson and Kyra Sedgwick are , respectively , the snarky wise man - trope and the well - import but misguided parent in the film ’s high schoolhouse comedy / drama formula - but thanks to a combination of their carrying out and Craig ’s writing , their characters prove to be more three - dimensional than might be apparent at first glance . Blake Jenner and Haley Lu Richardson as Nadine ’s buddy and right friend are imbued with exchangeable depth , but the true standout of the movie ’s supporting work party is easily Hayden Szeto . As Nadine ’s caring but dispiritedly awkward and nerdy would - be sexual love interest , Szeto has a wonderfully ador(k)able screen presence that make him well-fixed to rout for and allows him to nearly - steal many of the scene that he come along in .
The Edge of Seventeenis one high school coming of long time story that in good order taps into the zeitgeist ( in ways that go beyond referencing modern conveniences such as texting , social media and date websites ) - serving up humor , heart and charm in goodly portions . It further cements Steinfeld ’s standing as a swell young acting natural endowment and constitute Craig as a writer / film director whose phonation polish though , even while she ’s keeping to a tested and true storytelling custom . If the current propagation of mellow schoolers could use an excellent coming of age tale to call their own , thenThe Edge of Seventeenmeets that demand nicely .
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The Edge of Seventeenis now playing in U.S. theatre . It is 102 minutes recollective and is Rated roentgen for sexual depicted object , language and some drinking .
The Edge of Seventeen is a 2016 coming - of - age level starring Hailee Steinfeld , Woody Harrelson , Kyra Sedgwick , and Haley Lu Richardson . Steinfeld stars as Nadine Franklin , who is struggling her path through high-pitched schooltime as a 17 - year - quondam . But things get more complicated when her best friend begin date her older brother .
The Edge of Seventeen is a 2016 coming-of-age story starring Hailee Steinfeld, Woody Harrelson, Kyra Sedgwick, and Haley Lu Richardson. Steinfeld stars as Nadine Franklin, who is struggling her way through high school as a 17-year-old. But things get more complicated when her best friend starts dating her older brother.
