Lovesusti The Worst Film Ever

Dotbankey A lot of fun.

InformationRap This is one of the few movies I've ever seen where the whole audience broke into spontaneous, loud applause a third of the way in.

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

dworldeater Over The Edge is a classic film about teen angst that is very powerful, well done and authentic. While my junior high years were a decade later, these are the type of kids that I could hang with and relate to. This is pretty on point and truthful perspectives to the crowd that uptight adults refer to as "juvenile delinquents". The kids in this film aren't given much to do in the placid, condominium community of New Grenada. So when they are pushed to the boiling point, they push back hard and truly raise hell in this great film. This is taken from the point of view of the disenfranchised youth and the adult and authoritative figures are treated accordingly. This is all to the kick ass 70's sound track that includes Cheap Trick, Van Halen, The Cars and The Ramones. This is also the film debut of actor Matt Dillon, who gives a powerful performance as rebel youth Richie. Over The Edge is my kind of movie and reminds me of a lot of my own experiences as a bored and frustrated teenager living in the suburbs.

sol- Living in the middle of nowhere with nothing to do, the bored and disaffected teenagers of a poorly resourced planned community are eventually driven to revolt against the oppressive adult population in this searing drama written by Tim Hunter, who also helmed the similarly themed 'River's Edge' a few years later. The film tackles a very real issue that, with urban sprawl all around the world, still exists today: families lured into cheap housing in new communities that are improperly resourced to handle energetic adolescents. Indeed, while the parents of the film come under scrutiny for not understanding their kids and how boxed up they feel, the poor planning of the town is really the villain of the piece. It takes a long time for the film to make its point though, and with the revolt only occurring in the final third of the movie, there are a lot of repetitive scenes of the teens trying to score drugs, pick up girls and evade the sadistic police to firstly endure. The antagonism between the police and teenagers is a little undercooked too; while all the teens believe that the cops are hell-bent on power and tend to overreact, it is hard to blame the police for being like that if the teenagers do actually constantly vandalise their cars and create public nuisances for no good reason. Unless, of course, boredom is a reason, and say what one may about the film, the movie deftly shows the power of boredom to lead to mischief. Topped off with a mood-setting, eerie score by Sol Kaplan (of 'Niagara' fame), it is a haunting experience that lingers in the mind too.

loumiles-25568 i love this film, my childhood was exactly the same, this movie should be talked about more and seen, its the best high school teen movie ever made. big influence on the larry clark films, the smells like teen spirit film clip, over the edge was the inspiration. think fast times at ridge high, but serious. movies like KIDS, BULLY, were inspired by this film. for 1979 it was way ahead of its time, the high school movies made now are a joke, schools should use this film, its perfect, not one ounce of sentimentality if i was a 16-17 year old i would love this film. sad thing is the film has become just a footnote, rather than a genre definer, if you kids think breakfast club is cool, once you have watched this you will change your mind

SnoopyStyle Carl (Michael Kramer), Ritchie (Matt Dillon), Claude (Tom Fergus), Johnny (Tiger Thompson) and the other neighborhood kids are restless and rebellious against their suburban lives. They do drugs and hang out at the rec center. They get into trouble and hassled by the cops. After an incident, a curfew is imposed. After Carl gets beaten, cops close the rec center. The clash between the kids and the establishment only escalates.It's Matt Dillon's debut. He's not the lead but he steals the movie. There is some good music but only in the background. The material is edgy for its era. The kids are doing more than a little weed. It's got an indie feel with real amateur kids playing the roles. It reminds me of Kids (1995) except it's in suburbia. It does need to play up the rock music of that era. When Carl gets beaten up, traditional classical music gets played. It's the wrong idea. That violence needs to be backed up by a pounding rock anthem. There is too much traditional scoring. Otherwise, this is a really interesting cult classic.