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Synopsis: Everyone knows that growing up is hard, and life is no easier for high school junior Nadine (Hailee Steinfeld), who is already at peak awkwardness when her all-star older brother Darian (Blake Jenner) starts dating her best friend Krista (Haley Lu Richardson). All at once, Nadine feels more alone than ever, until the unexpected friendship of a thoughtful boy (Hayden Szeto) gives her a glimmer of hope that things just might not be so terrible after all.
Genre: Comedy, Drama
Director(s): Kelly Fremon Craig
Production: STX Entertainment
  Nominated for 1 Golden Globe. Another 6 wins & 25 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.4
Metacritic:
77
Rotten Tomatoes:
95%
R
Year:
2016
104 min
$14,260,193
Website
30,200 Views


I was like,

"I know, Darian. I know.

What does mom expect, you to win

people over with your personality?"

Hey, so, uh,

just a heads-up,

but yesterday when you were giving

your lecture, you were like,

"oh, blah, blah, blah and then the

north seceded from the union."

You meant to say the south seceded. You

accidentally said the exact opposite.

I didn't want to raise my hand and be all,

"excuse me, these kids are pretty confusable."

Just thought maybe

you'd want to know.

Oh.

Hey.

- Great catch.

- Yeah.

Now, I know that it was a long lecture

and you probably don't recall,

but, uh, was there any point during

it when you thought to yourself,

"gosh, I wonder what it's like

to actually have a life?"

No.

No, I was too concentrated on how

you were effing the whole thing up.

Well, I understand that. But just know

that I haven't given up hope. Not yet.

Okay.

Hey.

Hey.

I like your sweatshirt today.

It's nice.

Thank you.

Where'd you get it?

The little sweater...

The-the sweatshirt.

I... i... I don't know.

I don't... I don't remember.

Coolio.

Yep.

Yeah.

I don't know where

that came from, but...

- What's his name?

- Erwin Kim.

I don't know him. You'd freaking love him.

He's adorable.

So are you gonna

hook up with him?

No, not like that.

Like pathetic adorable.

Like I wanna carry him around

in a baby bjrn.

Oh! Oh, good, good, good, good.

I caught you. I'm so glad.

Oh! Do you like this dress?

Does it look bad? I think

it looks kind of bad.

It's kind of poofy and...

I don't know.

Do my arms look bad?

No.

Yeah, you don't sound very believable,

and you're making me nervous, Nadine.

Your upper arms

are breathtaking.

- Where are you going?

- Well, it's last minute,

but Brent called me,

the-the dentist one,

and he asked if I wanted to go

to Manzanita for the weekend,

and I thought, you know what?

I deserve to be a little

selfish once in a while, so...

Is that one of the, um, match.

Com guys? Yeah.

You should go for

as long as you want.

Very funny.

I'm gonna be back on Sunday.

Okay.

Just in time to surprise you.

I tried to call Darian, but he

must be in his AP study group.

Uh, I can...

I'll tell him.

Be good.

- Mm-hmm.

What?

Dibs.

Huh?

- Dibs, dibs, dibs.

- What are you even saying?

Mom's f***ing a dentist in Manzanita for

two days, so I called dibs on the house.

Ew.

Bye.

You are so sick for

saying it like that.

Mom's b*obs are jangling around a

dentist's face. See it, Darian.

See mom's titties all up

in that dentist's face.

He'll love that you have all

of your teeth in your mouth.

- Ooh, that should work.

- Yeah!

No way.

Where are you going?

Darian!

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Kelly Fremon Craig

Kelly Fremon Craig is an American screenwriter, producer, and film director. She is known for directing, writing, and co-producing the 2016 coming-of-age comedy-drama The Edge of Seventeen. more…

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