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The Edge of Seventeen (originally titled Besties) is a 2016 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed and written by Kelly Fremon Craig. The film stars Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Hayden Szeto, Blake Jenner, Woody Harrelson and Kyra Sedgwick. Principal photographybegan on October 21, 2015 in Vancouver and ended on December 3, 2015.
The film premiered at the 2016 Toronto International Film Festival on September 18, 2016[3] and was theatrically released on November 18, 2016 by STX Entertainment.[4] It received positive reviews and grossed just over $17 million against its $9 million budget.
17-year old Nadine Franklin frantically enters the classroom of her history teacher, Mr. Bruner, and dramatically tells him that she is going to kill herself. Nadine flashes back to the events leading to that moment.
Nadine lives with her mother Mona and older brother Darian in suburban Portland, Oregon. Her life has been difficult since her father, Tom, died four years ago, sending her into a depression and social anxiety.
While Mona is away, Nadine and her best friend Krista get drunk. Krista sleeps with Darian, angering Nadine. Krista tells Nadine that she will continue to see Darian.
Krista and Darian convinces Nadine to join them at a house party, where Nadine struggles to interact with others. Nadine calls classmate Erwin Kim and the two spend the night at an amusement park. She discovers that although he is awkward, he has a great sense of humor and is extremely kind.
Nadine has a crush on Nick, an older mysterious student who she has only met once at a local pet store.
At school, Mr. Bruner has become Nadine’s go-to person for support. He lets her vent all her anger at him but afterwards, as a way to guilt her, reveals that she is his favorite student. He hands her his phone number in case she ever needs to reach out to him.
Erwin calls Nadine and the two spend the evening in his gigantic heated swimming pool. Although Erwin is super wealthy, he is rather lonely and his parents are on a months long business trip in South Korea. Nadine learns that he is an artist and animated film maker and accepts his invite to attend his film premiere Saturday morning.
Wishing to avoid Krista after a bad argument, Nadine joins her mother at work. The two end up in an argument about Tom, and Mona insults her daughter by saying that her father would be disappointed in the way she turned out. Disgusted, Nadine steals her mother’s car keys and drives away to a local playground. In the heat of the moment, she writes a sexually explicit text to Nick, decides against sending it, but is mortified when she accidentally hits "send".
The film returns to the present, and Mr. Bruner tries to keep Nadine calm about the message she has sent. She receives a text from Nick, asking her to hang out that evening. Nadine rushes home in excitement to get ready.
Darian is out that evening with Krista, when he gets a worrying phone call from his mother, causing him to rush home. Mona then confesses that Nadine is missing, and that she has depended on her son as the father figure since Tom died. Darian expresses concern for their situation and leaves to find Nadine. During their date, Nick repeatedly attempts to have sex with Nadine in his car, though she only wishes to kiss him and get to know him better. Embarrassed and heartbroken, Nadine runs away and calls Mr. Bruner, who drives her to his house, where they wait with his wife and baby boy until Darian arrives.
Darian confesses to Nadine that although his life seems perfect, he has been secretly suffering from outside pressures ever since their father died. Back at their home, Nadine confesses to her brother that for the longest time, she has been dealing with self-hatred, intensified by her jealousy of him. Darian acknowledges her pain, and for the first time, the two hug and their feud comes to an end. The next morning, Nadine walks downstairs and is welcomed by Darian and Krista, and the two girls happily agree to catch up later. Mona wakes up too late and fears that Nadine has run away. Realizing that her mother is worried, Nadine responsibly sends her a text message saying that she is safe – her mother decides to trust her word and replies with a simple “okay.”
Erwin’s animated film is a story about a green alien boy who falls in love with an alien girl at high school but is rejected by her. Realizing the metaphor, Nadine apologizes to Erwin for taking so long to accept his love, though he jokingly replies that his movie isn’t about her. After the two embrace, Erwin is congratulated by his colleagues. When he introduces Nadine to them, she greets them with a smile, finally opening up to others.
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| Directed by | Kelly Fremon Craig |
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| Written by | Kelly Fremon Craig |
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| Music by | Atli Örvarsson |
| Cinematography | Doug Emmett |
| Edited by | Tracey Wadmore-Smith |
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| Distributed by | STX Entertainment |
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Running time
| 104 minutes[1] |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
| Budget | $9 million[1] |
| Box office | $17.4 million[2] |
