If being on the fringes of High School socialisation means having friends like Emma Watson, Logan Lerman and Ezra Miller then sooner or later being a happy outcast will be a whole lot more popular than being, well popular. Based on the book of the same name by Stephen Chobosky, this film adaptation explores the life on the other side of the High School social spectrum.
Dear friend,
I think we've all had that fear of being the one kid that sits alone at lunch, that no one wants to partner up with and that is for some inane reason the topic of all ridicule. The only way to break the system is to find someone quirky and excepting and just say Hello.
With a deep breath and a leap of faith Charlie (Logan Lerman) strikes up a conversation with senior class joker Patrick (Ezra Miller) and with that opens a world of friendships. He finds himself immediately bewitched by his stepsister Sam (Emma Watson) a seemingly carefree and open girl, and is embraced into their circle of eccentric friends, or better yet the Island Of Misfit Toys.
Whilst trying to navigate the road of friendship and love Charlie is battling with his own demons which slowly scratch their way to the surface.
The film pushed all the right emotional buttons, as well as having a few bubbling underlying questions that were left to fester at the back of your mind during the movie, only coming to light at the end. It says a lot about an actor when despite them being in other thematically big movies they can come and turn off the typecast as the actors chosen to depict the characters did a brilliant job in terms of likability and believability, and if it was possible for a sequel to occur then I think it would be very well received.
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