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Taylor Spreitler stars in "Girl on the Edge."

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A arena from "Girl on the Edge," featuring Taylor Spreitler and Peter Coyote.

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“Steps of Faith”: A animated dramedy about Faith Houston, an accountant who is aggressive by God to move to a baby boondocks and assignment on a hippotherapy farm, application horses to advice development in children. Director and Dallas built-in M. Legend Brown will attend. 5 p.m. April 12.

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“Hydro”: A nonverbal, underwater adjustment of Homer’s “Odyssey.” 9 p.m. April 11.

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“The Global Warming War”: Documentary exploring altitude change includes interviews with climatologists, meteorologists, physicists, authors and political strategists. Austin filmmaker Luke Dillard will attend. 9 p.m. April 15.

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“Divine Access”: A afraid astrologer uses his ability to allure women and abase a abbey on a bounded cable admission television show. The blur was attempt in Austin and stars Gary Cole (“Veep”), Billy Burke (“Twilight”), Patrick Warburton, Joel David Moore (“Avatar”) and Adrienne Barbeau. 9 p.m. April 14.

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“The Amazing Astrologer of Paws”: Family blur about a 600-year-old dog who was already endemic by “a abundant and able wizard.” 5 p.m. April 11 and 18.

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“AXI: The Avengers of Xtreme Illusions”: A alternation of dance-inspired shorts from Shawn Welling, accepted for the accepted Planet Funk Academy. 7 p.m. April 19.

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WorldFest 2015 film: The War Within.

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WorldFest 2015 film: Molly Takes a Trip.

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WorldFest 2015 film: Mythica.

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WorldFest 2015 film: Odd Brodsky.

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Troubled accomplished haunts 'Girl on the Edge'

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"Girl on the Edge," a well-meaning ball about a afflicted babe who learns to adulation herself and others with the advice of a holistic rehabilitation program, could accept calmly stumbled into TV-movie territory. It's based on a accurate adventure and stars Taylor Spreitler, who fabricated a acceptable boyhood mother in peril in the Lifetime flick "Stalked at 17."

But it ultimately rises aloft those trappings. This is a modest, complete blur that makes some of the accessible choices assume fresh. There are nice subtleties in the calligraphy by Joey Curtis ("Blue Valentine") and in several of the performances. Director Jay Silverman handles abundant accountable amount with a mostly ablaze touch.

Spreitler holds the blur calm as Hannah Green, a self-destructive affair babe cycling through biologic use and an all-embracing alienation to life. She is benumbed and sexually assaulted by a man she meets through a dating app, who additionally posts absolute photos of her online.

Hannah's parents, including her adoptive mother, are at their wit's end. Her bearing mother, an calumniating biologic addict, is continued estranged. They accelerate Hannah to a analysis centermost that uses horses, agronomical and alfresco adventures to refocus a accumulation of afflicted girls.

It isn't, of course, that easy. Hannah rebels, rebels afresh and runs away. Mackenzie Phillips has a agitated adornment as Hannah's bearing mother that comes off like a caricature. There's additionally a amusing arena involving a aficionado brace that erupts into a agitated altercation over a addle craven salad. ("I told you get me Caesar! You apperceive I'm hypoglycemic! You apperceive how abundant glucose is in addle chicken?")

Peter Coyote provides a firm, adorning duke as Hank, the camp's arch honcho. The backward Elizabeth Peña is anxiously balmy and affecting as a advisor with amethyst highlights. Amy Price-Francis is additionally absolutely acceptable at bulging bashful grief, annoyance and joy as Hannah's much-put-upon adoptive mother.

Gil Bellows, accepted for roles in "The Shawshank Redemption" and "Ally McBeal," has a difficult assignment in arena Hannah's father. He contest through a flurry of affections that aren't consistently fleshed out by the script. Bellows does what he can with the limitations.

His battle with the architect of the dating app that endangered his babe and with her boyish antagonist at a frozen-yogurt boutique ultimately go nowhere. It's additionally never absolutely bright how the accord with his wife works itself out.

It's tough, however, to not be affected by the film's hopeful ending. Thanks to aerial administration and Spreitler's affecting performance, you'll acquisition yourself acclaim for this "Girl."

'Girl on the Edge'

(WorldFest closing-night film)

When: 7 p.m. Sunday

Where: AMC Studio 30, 2949 Dunvale

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