- Actors: Chris Stafford, Tina Holmes, Andersen Gabrych, Stephanie McVay, Lea DeLaria
- Directors: David Moreton
- Writers: Todd Stephens
- Producers: David Moreton, Craig H. Shepherd, Karen Jaroneski, Michael Wolfson, Todd Stephens
- Format: Anamorphic, Color, DVD-Video, NTSC, Import
- Language: English
- Region: All Regions
- Aspect Ratio: 1.85:1
- Number of discs: 1
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- Studio: Mongrel Media
- Release Date: Jun 18 2002
- Run Time: 99 minutes
- Average Customer Review: 4.3 out of 5 stars See all reviews (55 customer reviews)
- ASIN: B00004UEDZ
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Set in 1984 in Sandusky, Ohio, "Edge of Seventeen" follows the coming-out of a naive 17-year-old teenager at exactly the moment when gender-bending pop stars like Boy George and Annie Lennox of the Eurythmics were flaunting androgynous images. As the youth, played with a heartbreaking sweetness by Chris Stafford, goes through his first rites of gay passage (after being callously used by the slightly older boy who brings him out, he tries to retreat to heterosexuality with his closest female friend) he emerges as a poignant gay everyman. Lea DeLaria is wonderful as his butch lesbian boss at the amusement park restaurant where he meets his first boyfriend.
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5.0 out of 5 stars
Charming and Incredibly Accurate Small Town Coming Out Story,
By Jamie Mitchell (Venice, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Edge of Seventeen (Widescreen) (DVD)
I couldn't believe what I was watching. Being from a small town not far from Sandusky, OH, where "Edge of Seventeen" is set, seeing this film was almost like reliving my teenage years, just before coming out. Even the way Eric finally admits to his best friend that he's gay was the same. "I like guys". It was hard back then for me to say the word "gay". Whenever I would reveal this to a new friend or coworker, I always said, "I like guys". It seemed to go over better. Set in the 80's, a time when new wave music and fashion blurred the line between male and female even more than the hair bands of a few years later, "Edge of Seventeen" is a charming, funny and, sometimes, heartbreaking story of a young man discovering his sexuality. His surrounding cast of characters reminded me of almost everyone I knew back then. I read a review where someone accused this movie of furthering the "gay stereotype". I disagree. If you're from a small town, and you came out in small town, "Edge of Seventeen" will take you back. It will remind you of the struggles you faced in admitting you were gay, first to yourself and then to others. It will remind you of the excitement and horror you simultaneously felt the first time you were in gay bar. It will remind you of all those stories you told your parents just so you could stay out all night. Chris Stafford is nothing less than amazing as Eric. He truly conveys the innocence, frustration, pain and, eventually, relief that many teenagers go through when coming to terms with their sexuality. It's almost as though he's drawing on his own experiences. Lea DeLarla nearly steals the film as the owner of possibly the sole gay club in Sandusky. A club populated by characters we can all remember from our first gay bar. In short, "Edge of Seventeen" is a scrapbook for anyone who came out in a small town and in the 80's. And the soundtrack is pretty good, too.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Edge of Seventeen,
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This review is from: Edge of Seventeen (Widescreen) (DVD)
This coming of age tale...learning who you are, who you want to be, who you love...is sweet, funny, sad and realistic. It was great to see the portrayal of teens in the 8o's..was there and this movie really captures the fashion and music of the time.
5.0 out of 5 stars
Not to jump on the bandwagon . . .,
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This review is from: Edge of Seventeen (Widescreen) (DVD)
I decided to write this review after seeing the director's latest effort "Gypsy 83." Edge of Seventeen is a true-to-life (almost) account of coming out, with so many of the milestones all gay men go through at one point or another, many of them milestones that all people, gay or straight, have to face during the painful process of growing up and realizing who you are.The reason this movie resonated so intensely with me is that, quite frankly, if you fast forward fifteen years into the future you have an account of my coming out experience. Most movies require at least some suspension of disbelief and some empathy for unfamiliar experiences, for me; not this movie. When I followed Eric on his journey towards self-acceptance, I only had to think back and realize that his journey was one I had taken not very long before. I found myself wishing that it would be different for him, that it would have a nice, neat, happy ending; but at the same time knowing that - like most of us, so I like to think - he would come out a stronger, better person. In short, the film's unwavering honesty and refusal to tie the scattered mess of life into a Hollywood-style conclusion makes it one to own and cherish.
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