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Eighth Grade
Why this pick
Like The Edge of Seventeen, it finds sharp humor and real ache in a teen girl’s private anxieties, with an unusually empathetic, unvarnished point of view.
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MOVIE2016 1h 44m USA
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Why this pick
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01 / THE STORY
You're only young once… is it over yet?
High-school life gets even more unbearable for Nadine when her best friend, Krista, starts dating her older brother.
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02 / FACES IN THE FRAME
The people who bring it to life.
Hailee Steinfeld
Nadine Franklin
Haley Lu Richardson
Krista
Blake Jenner
Darian Franklin
Hayden Szeto
Erwin
Woody Harrelson
Mr. Bruner
Kyra Sedgwick
Mona Franklin
Alexander Calvert
Nick Mossman
Meredith Monroe
Greer