Movie:the Edge Of Seventeen

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    'The Edge of Seventeen' Breakout Star Hayden Szeto Admits He Can't Swim, Shares Dream of Playing Bruce Lee

    Normally it wouldn’t be a big deal to hear someone admit they can’t swim. To hear it come from Hayden Szeto, though, is surprising, considering some of the most memorable moments in his breakout film, The Edge of Seventeen, take place in a swimming pool. “They had SCUBA divers underneath to push me up,” Szeto told Yahoo Movies during a speed round of 15 get-to-know-you questions we call, well… 15 Questions.

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    The Next Cameron Crowe? James L. Brooks's Latest Discovery Is 'Edge of Seventeen' Director Kelly Fremon Craig

    Producer James L. Brooks and writer/director Kelly Fremon Craig attend the Hollywood Foreign Press Association and InStyle’s annual celebration of the Toronto International Film Festival at Windsor Arms Hotel on September 10, 2016 in Toronto, Canada. James L. Brooks knows a thing or two about mining fresh filmmaking talent. The writer-director-producer behind films like Terms of Endearment and As Good as It Gets and TV’s landmark The Simpsons is largely responsible for the careers of both Came

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    'The Edge of Seventeen' Clip: Woody Harrelson Isn't Buying Hailee Steinfeld's Line

    The coming-of-age comedy The Edge of Seventeen (in theaters Nov. 18) stars Hailee Steinfeld as Nadine, a high school junior whose life has been derailed by both normal teenage drama and family tragedy. In this exclusive clip for Yahoo Movies, Nadine has a heartbreaking excuse for not turning in her homework… and her teacher Mr. Bruner (Woody Harrelson) sees right through it. The Edge of Seventeen premiered last month at the Toronto Film Festival, where it was called “darkly hilarious” and “the

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    Toronto Film Review: Hailee Steinfeld Breaks Out in Darkly Hilarious 'Edge of Seventeen'

    In the best teen films, from Sixteen Candles to Clueless to Superbad to the greatest high school movie of the last ten years, The Perks of Being a Wallflower, the main characters have a way of occupying the moral high ground. Even when they’re outcasts or “losers,” their cleverness and wit — the sheer humanity of their alienation — puts us right on their side. But that’s not quite the case with Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld), the radiantly troubled heroine of The Edge of Seventeen.