On the Edge

A teenager finds himself reaching out to others as he tries to heal his emotional wounds in this drama. Jonathan (Cillian Murphy) is a young man who is having a difficult time coming to terms with the recent death of his father; after falling into a deep depression, he attempts to commit suicide by ...more

The well-worn story of the misfit teen who winds up institutionalized gets a new coat of paint from co-writer/director John Carney. Cillian Murphy, better known for his roles in 28 Days Later and Girl With a Pearl Earring, is Jonathan Breech, the young man whose face, with its wide blue eyes and pouty lips, fairly screams "sensitive." His grieving over the death of his father drives him (literally) to a suicidal act and confinement. The understanding counselor (Stephen Rea), the pal (Jonathan ...more