The film has a "lived" quality that lets you know the writer has been there.

| Apr 19, 2022

It's a fine debut script by Stephens, and Moreton is able to get startling performances out of his neophyte actors.

| Original Score: 3.5/4 | Aug 17, 2021

More than anything, the movie is a collection of moments that feel so real.

| May 28, 2020

Writer Todd Stephens and director David Moreton give us the inside scoop, live and direct, from Eric's heart.

| May 28, 2020

Writer Todd Stephens and director David Moreton show a gift for solid, emotionally realistic storytelling in a sensitive -- if racy -- coming-of-age tale.

| Original Score: 2.5/4 | May 28, 2020

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.

| May 28, 2020

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.

| May 28, 2020

... it's a calm, clear-eyed portrait of a particular kid trying to figure out -- like teenagers of all kinds the world over -- who he is and where he fits in.

| Oct 3, 2017

A perceptive, accomplished seriocomedy, "Edge of Seventeen" feels like a gay-p.o.v. version of the deft early-to-mid-'80s John Hughes teen pics, even revisiting their era for trendy (but well-deployed) nostalgia value

| Jul 8, 2008

Full Review | Original Score: 3/5 | Jun 29, 2005

Full Review | Original Score: 2/5 | Jan 3, 2003

This film deals honestly with the difficulties of coming out in high school.

Full Review | Original Score: 4/5 | Aug 16, 2002

| Original Score: B | Apr 3, 2002

| Original Score: B+ | Feb 4, 2002

Edge of Seventeen not only captures Eric's painful struggle of sexual identity, but it's also a swell time capsule of musical and fashion rebellion in the Reagan era.

| Original Score: 3/5 | Jan 1, 2000

As well-intentioned as it may be, "Edge of Seventeen" is filled with cliched dialogue, stereotypical characterizations and predictable plotting.

| Jan 1, 2000

Not only an amiable gay teen movie, but the most authentic '80s flashback flick yet.

| Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

Has a winning empathy and observant sense of the Midwestern locale which bring freshness to a tale that's been told many a time before.

| Jan 1, 2000

Full Review | Original Score: 3/4 | Jan 1, 2000

| Original Score: 6/10 | Jan 1, 2000