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The Edge

2025 · 103 min

An earnest, character-driven drama that balances romantic warmth with the pressure of elite competition and personal identity.

Tagline: If you’re not living on the edge, you’re taking up too much space.
Overview: Three young women - an Aussie sprinter, a First Nations powerlifter, and a Japanese Paralympic swimmer - navigate love, education and controversy while embedded in the world of elite sport.
How it feels: Earnest, uplifting, romantic and tense. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Identity, love, ambition, race
Content: Mild sexual content and language. No violence or gore.
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Tone: earneststrength 2 of 3
upliftingstrength 2 of 3
romanticstrength 2 of 3
tensestrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: identity
love
ambition
race
sexuality
Places: big city
workplace
Era: contemporary
Audience: teen
Form: ensemble
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence none
Sex mild