this film follows charlie banks as he goes from high school to college and tries to find out who exactly he is. he obviously grew up in a family that put education before any sort of social life. charlie doesnt have many friends and seems to be fairly socially awkward. while in high school, he and his one friend decide to go to a party anyway. while there they meet jason ritter's character who has a huge temper problem and ends up getting in a really violent fight. charlie, being the good boy that he is, goes to the police with what he saw. years later, as charlie and his friend are in college, ritter shows up again. having never admitted that he was the one who turned him in, charlie freaks out when ritter arrives. the two of them slowly become friends and it seems that ritter has gotten his temper under control until an incident happens on campus. the two of them must deal with what happened all those years ago- will it end poorly for charlie? the movie isnt that great, and the direction is mediocre, but what lifts this one one out of the one star category is the fantastic acting by jesse eisenberg. that guy is so good at playing tormented socially stunted outsiders that it elevates a bad movie to ok.
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