Logan Lerman’s got a lot to live up to as the troubled lead character of The Perks of Being a Wallflower, since the film is based on a beloved 1999 book and many viewers will come to the movie with their own idea of how his sensitive Charlie should look and behave. Fortunately, Lerman has got Charlie’s creator on his side, since Perks author Stephen Chbosky wrote and directed the adaptation and surrounded Lerman with a host of other promising young actors, including Emma Watson and Ezra Miller. The result is that rare teen film full of feeling, anchored por Lerman’s tremulous outcast....
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