![]() ![]() Nadine’s wardrobe has a lot of retro secondhand stuff (as distinct from pricey vintage, that is), the kids all drive beat-up hand-me-down cars (if they drive at all), and the school’s decor (and equipment) doesn’t look like it has been updated since Reagan was president. Director and screenwriter Kelly Fremon Craig - who wrote 2009’s Post Grad, which was an object lesson in how not to tell stories about young women in the same way that Edge is a master class in getting it right - smartly tweaks the limitations of a low budget into that timeless vibe. ![]() The tools of adolescence may have changed in the last 30 years, but the emotional experience hasn’t. ![]() It’s not just the flip side of Ferris that makes Edge feel a bit like a lost John Hughes teen comedy only just barely updated for the 21st century: though Nadine’s bumping-into-adulthood wakeup call will culminate in a sequence revolving around a texting accident, much of this could be taking place anytime between the 1980s and today.
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