She stars with a few other no-names in this coming of age story telling a familiar tale: High school misfit moves to a new school, meets his new crew and comes into his own. Sprinkle with a good dose of sex, drugs and rock 'n roll. Add some bullying, and a few other taboo topics and as they say in the movie "it becomes an after school special".
Logan Lerman is Charlie, a freshman, just returned from the mental hospital. He enters high school and after the obligatory false starts, he meets and is befriended by two seniors Patrick (Ezra Miller) and Sam (Emma Watson). Charlie of course falls for Sam, but they have a brother/sister relationship unlike Charlie's actual sister Candace (Nina Dobrev).
Suffice to say each character has a deep, dark secret that gets revealed as the school year goes by. As noted it is like the After School Specials of the 1970s where the teenagers would be faced with very adult problems and situations.
Set in the 90s, it's got some good music and is kind of old fashioned in a pre-social media world.
* * * * of 5
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