On Edge (2001)

Fun premise, good actors, bad writing. This film seemed to have potential at the beginning but it quickly devolves into a trite action film. Ultimately it's very boring.

The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Ok... Let's be honest. It cannot be the best movie but is quite enjoyable. The movie has the potential to develop a great plot for future movies

Strong acting helps the film overcome an uncertain premise and create characters that hold our attention absolutely.

I am starting out my addressing someones review in which they say:"this movie was so mean spirited, stupid, and unfunny. How many more fat jokes could they make? What was up with the gross character played by Scott Hamilton? He should be ashamed for making this movie. How could Kristi and Tai want to be associated with this disaster? "Its awesome that people love figure skating but what is HILARIOUS about this movie is that those scenarios and all the jokes are the real parts of figure skating that most fans don't know exist. As a competitive figure skater on the national level for over 12 years, this movie is hilarious and all other skaters agree. It pokes fun of the real things that we deal with. You think the fat jokes are cruel, well thats the real world of figure skating. Judges DO judge on that. And the reason so many olympians participated both acting and behind the scenes of this movie is because it pokes fun of the harsh realities of this sport. Kudos to you guys for making a skating movie thats actually accurate. Nothing bugs me more than when people hear that you are a figure skater and they say "i love the cutting edge" For us skaters, that movie is the worst thing ever and its so far from reality it annoying. Oh yeah, and by the way, kathy griffins character was hilarious because skaters always try to lie about their age to make themselves younger. I get how most people that are fans wouldn't get most of the jokes but for skaters this movie is a tribute. And the judges and higher ups are gross, thats why scotties character was so funny. LOL!!!

I went to dollar tree today and paid a dollar for this film. After watching the half an hour I could sit through...I am tempted to go back tomorrow and depend I get my dollar back for having to sit through even 5 seconds of this movie. The film attempts to be a Christopher Guest clone on ice skating. One of the main reasons I bought it is that Jason Alexander was in it. I usually enjoy Jason Alexander's work. He usually has a great energy to him. Here it feels like he knows the movie is bad, so he just decided to not even try. He's half-assed in his role, and he is very lazy. As I mentioned earlier, I was only able to watch a half an hour of it. I am fully aware I cannot fully embrace a movie's terribleness if I did not see the whole thing, but I could not take it anymore. I hated this movie. Hated, hated, hated it. Tell you what, go to the dollar tree or amazon or ebay and get a cheap copy of this film, and prove to me you sat through the whole thing, and I will give you a cash amount. If you do not want to do that little project, do not spend a cent, and I mean not a cent, not even half a cent, not even 1/4 a cent on this god-awful film.

Judging from some of the comments about this movie, I guess you have to be an ex-skater (or a fan of skating) to appreciate this movie. Yes, it is WAY, WAY over the top, but I think people are missing that it was MEANT to be. I found it a cute and funny film. No, it's not close to one of the greatest mockumentary ever made, but I enjoyed it. Even though a lot of facts about competitive figure skating are gotten wrong in this movie (deliberately and hilariously so, in some cases) the filmmakers somehow inadvertently got a lot right. While most of these characters are grossly exaggerated for comic affect, I recognize almost all of them. There were quite a few Vedas that I recall: kids who were very good, but didn't give a rat's ass about skating and wouldn't be doing it if their parents (usually but not always their "skating mother") weren't forcing them to. Yes, there were most CERTAINLY mothers as pushy as Veda's mother (some worse, come to think of it and some were even in fur coats) although most of them (thank the Lord) weren't channeling Joan Crawford! Even the friendly and seemingly ever present Zamboni guy (Jason Alexander) is a character I remember. And if you think judges being prejudiced only happens on the international level, well, wake up and smell the coffee!!! There were even a few J.C.'s, girls who couldn't care less about the Olympics, but were working their way towards ice shows. Although you don't have to win Regionals to get into one, you just try out! <g>

If you enjoy mocumentaries like Spinal Tap, Waiting for Guffman, Best in Show, etc. this movie will surely disappoint you. It may actually cause you to angrily curse your TV as you watch this stinky rental.In order for a mocumentary to work you need to have compelling characters with depth, humanity and truth. The reason the Christopher Guest works noted above work so well is that his films are largely unscripted. The talented actors who work with Guest are genius improvisational artists and very fine actors.Guest gives these actors a framework and allows them to create their work for his films. What they produce is at once quirky, touching and hilarious. You will find nothing like that in On Edge.Nearly every person in this horrible film acts way over the top, struggles to deliver terrible lines in a convincing way.Don't waste your time or money on this if you are expecting comedy. However if you enjoy seeing people being painfully degraded, then this hateful film might be for you. There is nothing remotely documentary about On Edge. The script is deplorable, the acting and direction even more so.