Films like The Edge of Seventeen (re-pass).

The Edge of Seventeen (re-pass) (2016) reads as Neutral, steady, measured comedy / drama, grounded in texture. Ambivalent, intimate, measured. Every film below is ranked by distance across the same twelve hand-scored axes — with what it keeps, and where it walks away. Not a genre dump.

The Edge of Seventeen (2016) poster
1. The Edge of Seventeen2016

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

This Is Where I Leave You (2014) (2014) poster
2. This Is Where I Leave You2014

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Obvious Child (2014) poster
3. Obvious Child2014

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

This Is 40 (2012) (2012) poster
4. This Is 402012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

A Pistol in Each Hand (2012) poster
5. A Pistol in Each Hand2012

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

People Places Things (2015) (2015) poster
6. People Places Things2015

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

You Kill Me (2007) poster
7. You Kill Me2007

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Blind Dates (2013) poster
8. Blind Dates2013

Keeps the cold, bleak undertow and the grounded, familiar shape — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

You Hurt My Feelings (2023) poster
9. You Hurt My Feelings2023

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality; trades toward a cold, bleak undertow.

Big Time Adolescence (2020) poster
10. Big Time Adolescence2020

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

Hippocrates (2014) poster
11. Hippocrates2014

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality; trades toward a bone-dry seriousness.

Moving On (2023) poster
12. Moving On2023

Keeps the grounded, familiar shape and the heightened unreality — one of the nearest reads in the catalogue.

These are The Edge of Seventeen (re-pass)’s neighbours — where are yours?

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