Smartorhypo Highly Overrated But Still Good

Dirtylogy It's funny, it's tense, it features two great performances from two actors and the director expertly creates a web of odd tension where you actually don't know what is happening for the majority of the run time.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

Cody One of the best movies of the year! Incredible from the beginning to the end.

banglesfan In 1979, Jonathan Kaplan released an edgy film about juvenile delinquents starring an unknown group of teenagers with no acting experience. Thirty seven years later the film is a cult classic. 'Over The Edge' focuses on a circle of junior high friends who hang out at a recreation center. Carl (Michael Kramer) is an impressionable young man who hangs out with trouble maker Richie White (Matt Dillon). When a tragedy strikes the quiet community, a cop (Harry Northup) is determined to keep any other problems from occurring. Carl becomes an angry young man desperate to escape his parents and life in New Grenada.This movie was pulled from theaters due to controversies surrounding violence in theaters after the release of 'The Warriors'. Like that film, 'Over The Edge' is edgy, but it's not a violent film in reality. 'Over The Edge' was based on a news article about real life events in which teenagers decided to take over their town. The film is an interesting one due to the fact that most of the stars, including Dillon, were not professional actors at the time. The movie is packed full of great rock songs of the era by artists such as Cheap Trick and The Cars.I highly recommend this film to anyone who grew up in the seventies or enjoy seeing Matt Dillon. This film is also popular with younger audiences who did not get to grow up in the seventies.

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.

rwwjnr The characters reminded many of us of someone we knew growing up in the 70's/80's. A great mix of no name actors and an awesome Soundtrack create the complete package. The Ramones get some nice play as does Van Halen, definitely rocking.Everything that happens isn't nice which gives the film all that more credibility. It's surprising that of all the kids only Matt Dillon had a career of notation.Just thinking back to the days it was always on cable makes me wanna ride my bike, tell off some teachers and cops. A must see for anyone that grew up at a time when what bike you had was more important that who's getting a new video game.