Synopsis
1984, Sandusky, Ohio. A naive 17-year-old navigates heartbreak and self-expression as he explores his sexuality.
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Cast
- Chris StaffordEric Hunter
- Tina HolmesMaggie
- Andersen GabrychRod
- John EbyDad
- Stephanie McVayBonnie Hunter
- Lea DeLariaAngie
- Antonio CarrieroAndy
- Jason LockhartSteve
- Tony MaiettaGregg
- Jeff FryerJonathon
Recommendations
- 83
The A.V. Club
While Edge Of Seventeen was marketed largely toward gay audiences, it’ll resonate with anyone who remembers the awkwardness and elation of their first sexual experiences, because it captures those experiences better and more honestly than practically any other film. - 80
The New York Times
The movie gets the music, the clothes and the tone of the teen-age culture of that era exactly right. - 80
Variety
Unpretentious, funny and touching, Edge of Seventeen rates as a quintessential Amerindie sleeper. - 80
Washington Post
Obviously, this movie isn't for everyone. But if anyone can take a crossover audience through the gay terrain, it's Stafford. As Eric, his utter heart-stopping anticipation when he sits alone in a car with Rod, is palpable. Through his eyes, you can feel so much at stake here, not the least of which is his innocence. - 80
Salon
From time immemorial, for youths of all orientations, the first few stabs at sex often turn out to be troubling predicaments rather than the romantic events they've imagined, something Edge conveys quite well. - 67
Austin Chronicle
The film's cast, all unknowns with the exception of comic/Broadway performer DeLaria, acquit themselves well, with the skinny, innocent-eyed Stafford a credible Candide navigating a new world of experience. His grounded performance charters Eric's stumbling progress to a sense of self that befits Edge of Seventeen: without apology. - 50
Chicago Reader
Apart from McVay and Lea DeLaria (as a lesbian who befriends and advises the hero), the actors mainly come across as movie types rather than characters, and despite the obvious sincerity of the project, deja vu seems written into the conception. - 50
Chicago Sun-Times
Maggie, Eric's mother, and Angie the manager are the most fully realized characters in the movie, which doesn't offer a single positively drawn male homosexual.
