On the Edge Reviews
Conner R
Super Reviewer
November 17, 2009
Great coming of age story. It's fun, sad and deep. Everything you want, but feel you can't ask for in a teen drama. The acting is amazing, Cillian Murphy is clearly one of the best actors of his generation and played his role perfectly. There's a whole Cuckoo's Nest feel to it which I really liked, mixed in with Catcher in the Rye. It just makes you wonder what life is worth living for.
Lady D
Super Reviewer
December 12, 2006
For anyone who has watched the film 'Manic' it's a very similar storyline, based inside a Psychiatric Hospital with various characters, who come to life and communicate through their various conditions. A very likeable performance from Cillian Murphy.
iLeo
Super Reviewer
December 27, 2007
A fantastic movie! Great music.
November 19, 2011
"You can never really know what was going through a person's mind at that exact moment. If they survive, they'll never tell you. If they succeed, all you can do is spend the rest of your life feeling guilty. You're only concern can be for the people they leave behind. They're the ones to look out for..."
nkkigrrl28
July 26, 2008
I enjoyed this because Cillian Murphy and Stephen Rea was in it. Other than Cillian, the other young man was pleasant on the eyes as well. Couldn't relate to the short-haired chick though. Wanted more from this film, but otherwise, it's tolerable. Decent effort.
August 12, 2007
Okay, this movie totally blind-sided me. I started watching it and couldn't stop. Yes, it's sad, but also very endearing. Is there anything Cillian Murphy CAN'T do?
mizzmmv
May 21, 2007
Movies that take place in mental hospitals usually give me the heebie-jeebies, but I actually liked this one.
toimagineiseverything
May 11, 2007
Deep within these flesh walls/a raging monster screams/the pain is felt when i'm asleep/and fills my every dreams/to overcome the demons within/i find the light that shone/and called out loud/and guided me/that light inspired me on/when darkness falls across mine eye/a light within does shine/and helps me when the demon screams/that light to me... sublime.
kilmisfits000
February 26, 2007
this movie is good, i like what the director did with all the blues and white in the movie and cillian is one of my favorites.
February 24, 2012
OMG amazing performances especially by Cillian Murphy and Jonathan Jackson
November 20, 2011
The sorrow and depression are well carried throughout the movie, even with wrong psychological treatment about mental institution, its characters are believable.
December 29, 2010
This has to be the most horribly produced movie of all time. OF ALL TIME!!!!
vic40186
August 11, 2009
On the Edge is an awful blending of A Clockwork Orange (1971), One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest (1975) and Trainspotting (1995). The story is completely uninvolving, irrelevant and terribly boring. The performances lacked depth and I never believed the players were crazy. I couldn't find any rescuable element.
