Beautiful and Heartfelt adaptation of a coming-of-age tale!

Rating: 8/10 (26 December 2012)

It's a beautiful and heartfelt adaptation, of a coming-of-age tale of an introverted teenager, by the author Stephen Chbosky himself. It's an affecting tale dealing with acceptance, friendship, love, loss, abuse, adolescence, confusion... and hope. No matter what you went through high school, I think most people will like it. I, in fact, loved it. Adolescence is a time everyone tries to fit in, try to figure out who they are and where they are going.
The brilliant young cast makes the movie what it is, and Chbosky so admirable brings out the desired emotions and chemistry out of the actors. Logan Lerman plays the lead amazingly, showing all the right emotions. But, Ezra Miller and Emma Watson are the ones who steal the show, as the exuberant but witty gay quipster and his cheerful music-lover sister. Miller takes such an appealing turn from his previous character as a teenage psychopath in 'We Need To Talk About Kevin', and Watson charmingly plays the character 'Sam', which is much different from her role in Harry Potter series; it was good to see her in a different hue.The side characters played by Paul Rudd, Melanie Lynskey and Kate Walsh are also quite artful.
I loved how they enacted two scenes from 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show' (one of my favourite musicals); it was hilarious.
Few memorable quotes: -"Why do I and everyone I love pick people who treat us like we're nothing?" "We accept the love we think we deserve."
-"Do you ever think, that if people knew how crazy you really were that no one would ever talk to you?" "All the time."
-"Right now we are alive and in this moment I swear we are infinite."