“Playing percussion at Our Lady of Undying Sadness means a tap of the cymbals here, a twinkling of chimes there. But what Edie Arnold really wants—between mooning over the handsome altar boy—is to rock out to punk loud and proud.
Edie Arnold Is a Loser is a winningly quirky irreverent coming-of-age story. Premiering at the 2026 SXSW film festival, it covers some familiar ground as far as Catholic schoolgirl rebellion but punctuates it with snappy comedic timing, lively writing, and enjoyably endearing characters.
Edie (Adi Madden Cabrera) daydreams of punk greatness but in real life is the more subdued foil to her live-wire, orthodontics-brace-wearing friend Frances (McKenna Tuckett), who plays the organ during choir rehearsals and Mass while Edie handles the drums. Frances has spirit to spare, noting after the resident mean girl (Alana Mei Kern) braids unused tampons into Edie’s hair that she sparked this “fashion trend” first.”
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