Hailee Steinfeld sat down with The DePaulia to discuss “The Edge of Seventeen” which opened this past weekend, Nov 18. (Photo courtesy of EDGE OF SEVENTEEN OFFICIAL SITE)Īlongside Steinfeld is Woody Harrelson who plays Nadine’s droll teacher who blurbs that Nadine is dressed like a “small elderly gentleman.” Blake Jenner (“Everybody Wants Some!!” star), plays Nadine’s older brother who pulls the biggest no-no ever and indulges in sexual relations with Nadine’s best friend Kirsta (Haley Lu Richardson). Craig’s vision of millennial teens are curated with sincere authenticity, never once over-shooting the limit of boyfriend portrayals or the loneliness that Nadine often feels. With a stand-alone protagonist, Nadine Byrd (Hailee Steinfeld, the “True Grit” Oscar-nominee with a felicitous anecdote that is prime to high school) captures every wrong turn, mishap, and relationship that arises during those dreadful four years. In a post John Hughes era of coming-of-age filmmaking, Kelly Fremon Craig’s directorial debut of “The Edge of Seventeen” delivers a truly original story that, in fact, does subsequently follow the everlasting vision that Hughes nearly perfected. For high school movies everywhere, no matter the time or date, we often ask ourselves how true it was to our own experiences.
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