But the charms of this small, tough-minded movie, which opens today at the Quad Cinema, soon take hold.

The film opens today at the Quad Cinema.

"Far Harbor," which opens today at the Quad Cinema, is a movie with its head in the clouds.

"Edge of 17," which opens today at the Quad Cinema, has its sentimental touches.

But the movie, which opens today at the Quad Cinema, isn't disgusted just with the police.

"I am a transvestite, a woman in a man's body," she declares more than once in the film, which opens today at the Quad Cinema.

Several times while watching the movie, which opens today at the Quad Cinema, I laughed until the tears were running down my face.

But the film, which opens today at the Quad Cinema, is better at creating a mood than at telling a story.

Once its characters have declared their sexual intentions, this German film, which opens today at the Quad Cinema, doesn't really know where to go next.

"Life on the Edge" opens today at the Quad Cinema.