11/25/2023 0 Comments Edge of seventeen![]() The valuable lesson from the film and her journey within it is that we often bring misfortune and unhappiness on ourselves in the way we handle and respond to bad things in our lives. Nadine does realise and understand towards the end and throughout the film her erratic and selfish behaviour is a result of her self loathing because she knows she doesn't want to continue being that way but she's stuck in this endless cycle and doesn't know how to get out. In real life we aren't always likeable people ourselves and the film almost acts as a tool to allow us to step back and really look at our current or teenage selves. ![]() And the film is more realistic and better off for it. And though I loved the film, I would agree she isn't likeable. I've noticed in the low rated comments one of the main reasons people didn't like the film is because the main character isn't likeable. Though this film fits the coming of age genre the struggles that Nadine, the main character, is going through are not purely 'teen problems', As a 20 something year old this film deeply resonated with me and though similar to Nadine I was a socially awkward, defensive and pessimistic teenager it wasn't just the teenage me who could find the character relatable. Hailee shows some terrific acting talents once again. One roots for her and sees the world from her eyes even as everyone knows that she's wrong. She really sells this self-obsessed bitter teen while maintaining a great likability. The reason it works so well is a terrific performance from Hailee. However, she's never going to be Danny DeVito level. The Pedro joke is hilarious which helps a lot. She follows a long line of Hollywood beauties who dress down to do 'She's All That'. ![]() The only drawback I can remotely dig up is that Hailee Steinfeld is too pretty. There are no superficial characters in the main group. The only person she could turn to is equally sarcastic teacher Mr. To her horrors, Krista starts dating Darian. Dorky Erwin Kim has a crush on her but she's in lust with delinquent Nick Mossman. She hates her perfect brother Darian (Blake Jenner). Her life is one of miserable sarcasm except for her best friend since second grade, Krista (Haley Lu Richardson). Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld) loved her father and battled with her mother (Kyra Sedgwick).
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