Today’s films reject that Manichaean simplicity. Consider The Edge of Seventeen (2016). Hailee Steinfeld’s Nadine is a cauldron of teenage rage, partially directed at her mother’s new boyfriend. But the film refuses to make him a monster. He is awkward, well-meaning, and deeply human. The resolution isn’t his expulsion from the family; it’s Nadine’s grudging acceptance that his presence doesn’t erase her dead father’s memory.
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