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The Edge of Seventeen (2016) features Hailee Steinfeld’s Nadine, whose widowed mother begins dating her dentist. The film brilliantly portrays the "late-stage blend"—when a teenager is nearly an adult and resents any new authority figure. The stepfather isn't evil; he's just not her dad. The tension is quiet, internal, and realistic. Modern stories focus on the "labor" of parenting