A teenager on the cusp of turning 15, straddles the line between childhood and adulthood when she is forced to move in with her father and his younger girlfriend after her mother's death. Looking for direction, Abby befriends the rebellious Caroline, who doesn't always set a good example...
Directed by Pablo Feldman and Sophia Sabella
coming of age
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Sierra McCormick
Abby
Jason Butler Harner
David
Ryan Simpkins
Caroline
Emily Robinson
Sarah
Sabina Friedman-Seitz
Leslie
Drew Scheid
Kevin
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3 reviews
Cameron Ritter
6.0★ · 05/31/24
Growing up in today’s America is complicated. There’s this constant need to be perfect, to stand out, to cut through all the noise around you. Social media and access to information and content at all times make it next to impossible for a teenager to focus on any one thing for more than a few seconds at a time. Anxiety and tensions rise, tempers flare, and kids lash out against their family and friends as a way to deal with all these emotions welling up inside them. One of the best ways to portray experiences like this is through films like Sophie Sabella and Pablo Feldman’s debut film, Edge of Everything. The story follows Sierra McCormick (The Vast of Night) as Abby, a 14-year-old girl who has just moved in with her father and his girlfriend after the tragic death of her mother.
Edge of Everything is incredibly effective and moving throughout its brief 81-minute runtime, taking the audience through the emotional rollercoaster of a grief-stricken teen. Abby very quickly starts smoking and drinking around her friend group, which makes them noticeably uncomfortable. Early in the story, she befriends a like-minded ruffian in Caroline (Ryan Simpkins). Abby’s behavior continues to get more worrisome for her father, David (Jason Butler Harner), and his girlfriend Leslie (Sabina Freidman-Seitz). Despite the house being small, there’s a distinct separation between Abby and her parental figures. Her room is functionally in the basement, distant both physically and emotionally from the rest of her family and friends.
Growing up in today’s America is complicated. There’s this constant need to be perfect, to stand out, to cut through all the noise around you. Social media and access to information and content at all times make it next to impossible for a teenager to focus on any one thing for more than a few seconds at a time. Anxiety and tensions rise, tempers flare, and kids lash out against their family and friends as a way to deal with all these emotions welling up inside them. One of the best ways to portray experiences like this is through films like Sophie Sabella and Pablo Feldman’s debut film, Edge of Everything. The story follows Sierra McCormick (The Vast of Night) as Abby, a 14-year-old girl who has just moved in with her father and his girlfriend after the tragic death of her mother.
Edge of Everything is incredibly effective and moving throughout its brief 81-minute runtime, taking the audience through the emotional rollercoaster of a grief-stricken teen. Abby very quickly starts smoking and drinking around her friend group, which makes them noticeably uncomfortable. Early in the story, she befriends a like-minded ruffian in Caroline (Ryan Simpkins). Abby’s behavior continues to get more worrisome for her father, David (Jason Butler Harner), and his girlfriend Leslie (Sabina Freidman-Seitz). Despite the house being small, there’s a distinct separation between Abby and her parental figures. Her room is functionally in the basement, distant both physically and emotionally from the rest of her family and friends.
