The Perks of Being a Wallflower

This movie was a delightful surprise. Of the 90+ movie screens in my city, Perks only played at two - one for 2 weeks only and then at another for a further 2 weeks.  Two incredibly strong performances by the male leads - Logan Lerman and Ezra Miller (neither of whom I was familiar with) make this movie work well. Emma Watson (HP series of course) is on the screen a lot and gives a very good performance. But she doesn't extend herself - that is, she doesn't show us anything we haven't seen her do in Harry Potter. I think she'll need to take Meryl Streep's advice to Anne Hathaway to 'take roles that stretch you'.

The rest of the cast works okay. It is the tale and its telling  that drives the movie - a story of teenage angst that creates tension (sexual and otherwise) throughout.

I'm very glad I saw it and would very much like to see again.