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Sam Sewell-Peterson
Writer and film fanatic fond of black comedies, sci-fi, animation and films about dysfunctional families.
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Tag Archives: The Edge of Seventeen
Review in Brief: Eighth Grade (2018)
Bo Burnham’s EIGHTH GRADE was one of the surprise highlights of last decade. Achingly truthful, deceptively insightful and connected to its teenage characters, it was the best coming-of-age movie in a decade of great coming-of-age movies like THE EDGE OF … Continue reading
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Tagged Bo Burnham, Booksmart, Comedy, Drama, Eighth Grade, Elsie Fisher, Josh Hamilton, Mid90s, The Edge of Seventeen
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Review: The Edge of Seventeen (2016)
THE EDGE OF SEVENTEEN is an absolute delight. This is a really funny, sweet, real movie. Of course thirteen year-old Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld) curses God for her uncanny resemblance to “Vote for Pedro” as she hits puberty. As she hits … Continue reading
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Tagged Comedy, Drama, Hailee Steinfeld, Haley Lu Richardson, Kelly Fremon Craig, The Edge of Seventeen, Woody Harrelson
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