If you loved The Edge of Seventeen, try Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret.
A bridge between a film you've already seen and one most people haven't. Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. has roughly 8.5× fewer votes than The Edge of Seventeen — it's a deeper cut, not a mainstream recommendation. Here's what they share, and what the second one does that the first one doesn't.
What they share
Both films are directed by Kelly Fremon Craig, and they both carry the bittersweet, tender mood tags, and they sit in Comedy / Drama territory. If that's the register that drew you to The Edge of Seventeen, the second film will land in a comparable space — through a different lens.
What Are You There God? It's Me, Margaret. is
Her first summer in the New Jersey suburbs feels like exile until sixth-grade logic kicks in. She tries the friendship formula on a few classmates, juggling changing bodies and the God hotline. At least puberty arrives on schedule, mercifully.
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