Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

ShangLuda Admirable film.

Invaderbank The film creates a perfect balance between action and depth of basic needs, in the midst of an infertile atmosphere.

Kaelan Mccaffrey Like the great film, it's made with a great deal of visible affection both in front of and behind the camera.

Jackpollins I went to dollar tree today and paid a dollar for this film. After watching the half an hour I could sit through...I am tempted to go back tomorrow and depend I get my dollar back for having to sit through even 5 seconds of this movie. The film attempts to be a Christopher Guest clone on ice skating. One of the main reasons I bought it is that Jason Alexander was in it. I usually enjoy Jason Alexander's work. He usually has a great energy to him. Here it feels like he knows the movie is bad, so he just decided to not even try. He's half-assed in his role, and he is very lazy. As I mentioned earlier, I was only able to watch a half an hour of it. I am fully aware I cannot fully embrace a movie's terribleness if I did not see the whole thing, but I could not take it anymore. I hated this movie. Hated, hated, hated it. Tell you what, go to the dollar tree or amazon or ebay and get a cheap copy of this film, and prove to me you sat through the whole thing, and I will give you a cash amount. If you do not want to do that little project, do not spend a cent, and I mean not a cent, not even half a cent, not even 1/4 a cent on this god-awful film.

leychica I had high hopes for this film because of its stellar cast – Jason Alexander, Marissa Winkour, Kathy Griffin, A.J. Langer, and Wendie Mallick all have such strong comedy chops, I figured any movie with these actors HAD to be good. Right? Alas, this was so bad it was unwatchable.There have been many references to Christopher Guest's mockumentaries in these comments, and I agree that this movie is a long, long way from being in the same league as Guest's. The main difference is that Guest's films genuinely love and respect their subject matters, even while deprecating them. The writers of this film apparently hate figure skaters, and as a result, the "jokes" are offensive, mean-spirited, and sexist, as opposed to being light, good-natured fun. Nearly EVERY scene contains a fat joke at Winkour's expense. The Veda character is stalked and nearly raped in a parking lot by two idiot male groupies, and this is passed off as hilarity. Bulimia and drug use are also given the comedy treatment, and every unfunny, poorly-written gag is repeated several times.What a waste of talent! The three lead characters (Winkour, Swatek, and Langer) cannot do anything with the material. Kathy Griffin's role was far too short. Jason Alexander seems embarrassed to be in the movie, as if he signed on and then couldn't take it back. The narrator is square, boring, lacks timing, and adds nothing to the mockumentary nature of the story.Worst of all, the movie is tragically low-budget, and nowhere is this more evidence than in the film's music. Whoever wrote the music was about 20 years behind the times, apparently scoring every scene with AWFUL 80s keyboard pop. Obviously, I can't fault a movie for not having lots of money thrown at it, but the filmmakers didn't even TRY to make this film sound professional. One character is obsessed with Madonna, yet the music she is listening to clearly is NOT Madonna's – it is a very cheap, and not at all realistic, imitation of "Get into the Groove." Similarly, another skater later ostensibly skates to the Titanic theme music, yet the "music" is clearly a bad imitation of the Titanic score, not the real thing. The filmmakers insult the audience's intelligence with this tripe, and make this movie feel like a cheap 80s film instead of one made in 2001.I am only giving this film 4 stars because of the cast. The writing deserves 0 stars.

etherealtb Judging from some of the comments about this movie, I guess you have to be an ex-skater (or a fan of skating) to appreciate this movie. Yes, it is WAY, WAY over the top, but I think people are missing that it was MEANT to be. I found it a cute and funny film. No, it's not close to one of the greatest mockumentary ever made, but I enjoyed it. Even though a lot of facts about competitive figure skating are gotten wrong in this movie (deliberately and hilariously so, in some cases) the filmmakers somehow inadvertently got a lot right. While most of these characters are grossly exaggerated for comic affect, I recognize almost all of them. There were quite a few Vedas that I recall: kids who were very good, but didn't give a rat's ass about skating and wouldn't be doing it if their parents (usually but not always their "skating mother") weren't forcing them to. Yes, there were most CERTAINLY mothers as pushy as Veda's mother (some worse, come to think of it and some were even in fur coats) although most of them (thank the Lord) weren't channeling Joan Crawford! Even the friendly and seemingly ever present Zamboni guy (Jason Alexander) is a character I remember. And if you think judges being prejudiced only happens on the international level, well, wake up and smell the coffee!!! There were even a few J.C.'s, girls who couldn't care less about the Olympics, but were working their way towards ice shows. Although you don't have to win Regionals to get into one, you just try out! <g>

toolittlemine If you enjoy mocumentaries like Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, etc. this movie will surely disappoint you. It may actually cause you to angrily curse your TV as you watch this stinky rental.In order for a mocumentary to work you need to have compelling characters with depth, humanity and truth. The reason the Christopher Guest works noted above work so well is that his films are largely unscripted. The talented actors who work with Guest are genius improvisational artists and very fine actors.Guest gives these actors a framework and allows them to create their work for his films. What they produce is at once quirky, touching and hilarious. You will find nothing like that in On Edge.Nearly every person in this horrible film acts way over the top, struggles to deliver terrible lines in a convincing way.Don't waste your time or money on this if you are expecting comedy. However if you enjoy seeing people being painfully degraded, then this hateful film might be for you. There is nothing remotely documentary about On Edge. The script is deplorable, the acting and direction even more so.