It’s an especially fun movie from a director and cast who are clearly having a good time allowing themselves to let loose.

It's the kind of movie you'll want to see a second time with someone who hasn't seen it yet, to remember what it was like to watch it for the first time.

Not sure how, but this is easily one of the best movies all summer. Multiple levels of funny, never takes itself seriously, super colorful, and creative.

This is a dark and sometimes deeply uncomfortable drama

I saw this movie many moons ago, but have not been aware of this medium for commenting on it. I adore this movie, it was my life. Eric's discovery of his sexuality one summer while working at Cedar Point in Sandusky Ohio is almost exactly how I discovered mine. I thought as I watched it that someone had stolen my journal, wrote a script about it, and then silently returned it without my knowing. Eric's first love. His making friends at a bar he was not old enough to be in. His developing style, in the way many of us did in the 80's, bad hair and worse clothes, but great music.I could relate to this movie on so many levels. I think that any gay man that found himself in the 80's should watch this film and see where they fit into it. If this movie doesn't remind you of yourself, it is sure to remind you of someone you know.Loved it!

Edge of Seventeen is a brilliant film for so many reasons. The writing, directing and acting are all spot on. God knows how much effort it must have taken to put a jewel like this together. This was clearly a labour of love. A mega budget could never have produced integrity like this.For those of you panning the soundtrack, fuggedaboutit. I was 20 in 1980 and I know New Wave like the back of my hand. I witnessed it being born. It was absolutely huge here in Toronto. Whoever selected the music for this film deserves an award. They knew what they were doing.The detail with regard to 80s paraphernalia and "style" is unbelievable. The level of accuracy with which this movie presents the 80s is akin to what one might see in a Merchant-Ivory costume drama. Every minute detail is correct. The movie even "feels" right.Edge of Seventeen has "bona fide" written all over it. Major kudos to the writer and director. You've nailed the 80s like no one ever has. This could be a gay companion piece to The Breakfast Club, except it's deeper and more honest.There is a reason why Edge of Seventeen is such a cult film: it has penetrated the soul of the times. Stafford's confusion, angst, vulnerability, denial, and acceptance all ring true. The main actors are fleshed out and "real".What an intelligent, thoughtful, sincere film. Those of us who appreciate what is being represented through this movie can only regard it as brilliant! This is what the art of movie making is all about. Congratulations to everyone involved.

I was not sure what this film was going to be like so I decided to just sit back and see what would happened: how wonderfully surprised I was! This is truly one of the very best films in the genre.1. Despite the relative inexperience of the principle actors, the acting was on top form indeed and very convincing, Chris Stafford getting a fabulous thumbs-up from me.2. The character of "Angie" was played to perfection by Lea Delaria several very good performances especially with the short, but very sweet "chat scene" near the end.3. The film charts, very realistically the coming-out story of a young man, made all the more realistic by the fact that it was based on real events.4. The main characters portrayed very well a lot of the emotions involved in such a theme, and full credit to them all.I give this film 9/10, the ending was a little bit sudden, leaving one or two things open, but does not suffer too much for this at all.Certainly recommended.Regards

Brilliantly thought-out... I can tell you what any character is thinking at any point in the movie. Not that it's so simple and obvious, in fact there are several things that I missed the first (and second) time through. What I'm getting at, is that the dialogue and the emotions are realistically written and perfectly performed.Shot on-location in Sandusky, this film gives plenty of opportunities for an Ohioan like me to say "I've been there!" and adds another dimension of realism. The only thing about the movie that disappointed me was that so many things were left uncertain at the end; but maybe the point is supposed to be that a "coming-of-age" story is never really finished.