Decent Coming-of-Age Tale

Rating: 7/10 (30 June 2015)

An introvert freshman (Logan Lerman) is taken under the wings of two seniors who welcome him to the real world.
It baffles me that kids who are so into underground music seem to have no idea who David Bowie is. That makes no sense. But I completely get what they were about. This is something I can identify with in many respects, liking underground music and being in the outcast clique. We never had gay drama, and I am not big on Rocky Horror (though many are), but I can see this.
Not a bad story overall, and it is really driven by having Emma Watson play Sam. With or without her, it would be a good film, but I think she provides the star power and the emotional vulnerability that really sell the character. She is really the only big star in the film, other than those who were left to be little more than cameos (Paul Rudd, Joan Cusack). Incidentally, great casting of Tom Savini... what the heck is he doing here?