![]() Hayden Szeto’s nervous admirer Erwin so embodies the lackluster dating awareness many of us shamefully excused as suave, equal to Nadine’s obsession with bad-boy Nick (Alexander Calvert) despite never having said a word to him. The Edge Of Seventeen marks Kelly Fremon Craig’s feature debut, but the emotional core she harnesses stands head-and-shoulders above similar coming-of-age stories. Nadine feels assaulted from every angle, and her honest aggression towards these parties builds a more empathetic ending come epiphany time. Aiding in complexity, Richardson’s ex-best-friend for the moment, swayed by hormones and unspoken bonds tested by attraction. Sedgwick plays ditzy and lonesome, grieving over her husband with dentists while fighting against her daughter, as Jenner’s brother picks up the pieces as his family’s rock. That’s not to write off Nadine’s family collective. Such is the film’s tightest chemistry, evoking hearty laughs through bickering and compassion. Bruner is meant to appear combative towards Nadine, but we realize he’s the only character who knows how to break through his student’s hardened exterior shell. Bruner responds with his own suicide note about how he just wants to eat lunch in peace. When Nadine says she wants to kill herself (once again, an obvious lie), Mr. ![]() Bruner, pushes back against Nadine exactly as an advice-doling adult “shouldn’t” – perfection by way of insults and tough-love. This is a soulful rendition of a social outcast’s clique-bashing imprisonment, spearheaded by Steinfeld’s charismatic subjection to high school hellishness and maturity without grace.Įlsewhere, the actress is surrounded by a steadfast supporting cast who falls into place around her isolated cries for help. Harrelson, as laid-back Mr. Steinfeld does a fantastic job tempering emotional outbursts with inner quarrels, never losing Nadine to kitschy references and typical nerdy-but-adorable character mapping. Every thought she verbalizes runs twelve sentences too long – mostly to make some bitchy analysis or pop-culture metaphor – but we always remain tethered to her pain. She’s like MTV’s Daria with a little more pep, destined to wallow in her own self pity like some alt-rock nerd’s dream muse. ![]() Steinfeld (some people are weird, I don’t know), The Edge Of Seventeen will surely convert. If anyone was still on the fence about young Ms. ![]()
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