Over the Edge 1979

Vincent Canby, New York Times: 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. Read more

Dave Kehr, Chicago Reader: 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. Read more

Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times: Read more

Geoff Andrew, Time Out: Script, photography and performances (including Dillon before he decided to become a teenage Stallone) are all top notch, while Kaplan directs with pace, imagination, and a fine ear for dialogue and music. Read more