A writer who refused to let anyone but himself direct it to the point of fighting for 8 years ... this better not be a let down , no one likes when the underdog fails after all.
To start off my view was always going to be biased because I love ,love ,love Ezra Miller so I was always going to like this film and also im a sucker for a good coming of age film.
The plot follows Logan Lerman returning to school to start high school after having a mental breakdown the school year before. He meets Ezra Miller a senior who is still in freshman woodshop and his stepsister played by Emma Watson . The story basically continues to follow the plot of their friendship developing and the dark sides of each characters past and present coming to light. The film deals with some really dark material in a very well done way it was shocking but did not in a way that would swallow the whole story only twist it ,which is exactly their purpose.
.It is fair to say even with my bias however that this was a character film and the 3 main characters dominate the whole thing. Ezra Miller was fabulous (naturally) and played a flamboyant person who happened to be gay as apposed to that he was gay being his defining feature , which is something often seen in main stream films the gay character is either overly camp or just this flat piece of intentional normality and I think this film made him a real person which I attribute mainly to Miller.
Also worth a serious note to be given to Logan Lerman , who i saw in Percy Jackson and had no faith in , he was wonderful managed to create a shy character who didnt need moments of "self discovery" to show the subtlety of a real person .Their are a lot of close up shots of him and I think he carried the role very well.Emma Watson was good however she was just good while her co actors were far better, It could be just that her characters didnt have the same level of subtly as she is more of an idea then a real person but still not as good.
As I said before it is a character film and while I admire Stephen Chbosky's integrity and to be fair he didnt restrict the actors but he did however add nothing towards the film.The cinematography was virtually non existent and while it didnt hurt the pace of the film it stopped it being as memorable in the after run of it and I think this is really where it fell down. However the writing of the letters was really clever and his ideas were clever.
Final Word:
Its fair to note that I didnt have much to say on the film and that maybe tells you more then it should , I enjoyed the film and loved the characters and for them its worth seeing.This is just one in a list of accomplishments for Ezra Miller , may well have launched Logan Lermans career as a serious actor and as for Chbosky and Watson ,im not sure its done either of them many favors.
7/10 (if you allow my love of miller)
5/10(on the whole)
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