Wilted

The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

Directed by Stephen Chbosky this film based on the director's novel of the same name stars Logan Lerman, Emma Watson and Ezra Miller. An awkward boy with no friends starts high school and makes friends with some older kids.

Maybe my expectations were a little too high for this film but I found it to be a fairly average coming of age that trots through a lot of the usual cliché moments. There are actually some really interesting elements to the protagonist and the story but these are revealed way too late in the film for my liking. The cast is pretty good but Paul Rudd seems underused in his supporting role as “the good teacher”.

3/5