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Over the Edge
Directed by
Jonathan Kaplan
PG
1979
1h 34m
Drama
,
Crime
7.3
85%
84%
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A group of bored teenagers rebel against authority in the community of New Granada after the death of one of their own.
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Cast of Over the Edge
Michael Eric Kramer
Carl Willat (as Michael Kramer)
Matt Dillon
Ritchie White
Pamela Ludwig
Cory
Vincent Spano
Mark Perry
Andy Romano
Fred Willat
Ellen Geer
Sandra Willat
Tom Fergus
Claude Zachary
Harry Northup
Sgt. Doberman
Julia Pomeroy
Julia
Tiger Thompson
Johnny
Lane Smith
Sloan
Richard Jamison
Cole
Eric Lalich
Tip
Kim Kliner
Abby
Frank Mugavero
Party Host
Kristina Hanson
Lisa
Diane Reilly
Marcy
Jeff Fleury
Outlaw
Bill Whedbee
Johnson
Molly McCarthy
Principal
Gary Tessler
Science Teacher
Polly Shaw
Art Teacher
Mike Osborne
Lincoln
Frank Bauer
Hays
Susan von Till
PTA Officer
Over the Edge Ratings & Reviews
Desmond Dale
January 24, 2025
The half-way point between Dazed and Confused and Children of the Corn but more raucous and unhinged than either. This is Matt Dillon's first film but his star power is already undeniable in it. You can tell the casting director of The Outsiders definitely saw this film first. It's a film that pushed the envelope in terms of its depiction of rebellious teens. The drug use is more rampant than any of the teenage 80s films that would follow. The violent stakes are also higher than in any similar film I've seen. It's a constantly exploding powder keg of teenage rebellion in a colorfully depicted idiosyncratic setting. It's both hysterical and unsettling.
Filmcritic.com
Don Willmott
If you were born around the same time as Matt Dillon, this period piece will amaze you with its attention to detail
Chicago Sun-Times
Roger Ebert
It tells a ragged story that ends with an improbable climax, but it's acted so well and truly by its mostly teen-age cast that we somehow feel we're eavesdropping.
Dennis Schwartz Movie Reviews
Dennis Schwartz
Jonathan Kaplan's engaging exploitation nightmarish generation gap film is effective and honest.
Philadelphia Gay News
Larry Vitacco
This genre has spawned more unmemorable films than quality ones; sadly, Over the Edge falls into the former category.
Boston Globe
Bruce McCabe
Jonathan Kaplan's Over the Edge is a sensitive and deceptively shocking portrait of middle-class decadence and alienation set against an impersonal, dehumanized, futuristic Sunbelt society.
New York Times
Vincent Canby
It's to Mr. Kaplan's credit that he makes New Granada look just as boring and alienating to us as it does to the unfortunate children who live there.
Chicago Reader
Dave Kehr
Kaplan has a fine feel for the crushing blandness of "planned communities"-the anger that possesses his underage heroes proceeds from a physically oppressive emptiness, represented by rows of hollow town houses and vast, blasted fields.
CinePassion
Fernando F. Croce
Planned suburbia, teenage wasteland
Film Frenzy
Matt Brunson
Despite the sympathetic slant toward the kids, this isn't a simplistic "us vs. them" screed.
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