Best movie of this year hands down!

The performances transcend the film's tropes, grounding it in characters that feel more complete than this subgenre often produces.

Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

I am a big fan of emma Roberts and John Cusack as well. This movie is simply boring and does not go anywhere interesting. The only reason that I was able to watch the entire film was because I wanted to see if it went anywhere. This is my very first review and I was motivated because this movie was so bland. People will watch almost anything, myself included.

I found it to be beautiful in a weird; indie punk kind of way. I thought it was well shot with strong supporting characters and a sense of inspiration through it all. Its definitely worth the watch. I especially enjoyed the character development that Emma's character goes through when she meets the kind of people she hadn't been exposed to in her liberal arts college. The slow progression from privileged and sheltered to open, fun, and less pompous than she was in the beginning felt genuine. The poetry that's read is slightly lacking, that is my only complaint. All in all, its beautiful

Amy Anderson (Emma Roberts) is a college poetry student. Fellow student Josh tries to trick her into a sex tape. Her parents cut her off and she is forced to get a job. The virgin Amy reluctantly takes a job at the sex shop Adult World run by elderly couple Mary Anne and Stan. Alex (Evan Peters) is the manager. Amy is obsessed with writer Rat Billings (John Cusack). Her car is stolen but her insurance is void because the money her parents gave her for insurance has been spent on failed poetry contests. She runs away from home and crashes with transgender Rubia. She gets kicked out and rents a house with friend Candace (Shannon Woodward) near Billings.Emma Roberts is good at the try-hard obsessive-stalker Amy character. The problem is the character has other aspects that doesn't really work. She's supposed to be a clueless virginal innocent. Roberts hasn't been that since as a child star in her TV show. Her character starts by hooking up with Josh at a college party. She's not so clueless that she doesn't know why the video gets sticky. The movie wants her to be wacky funny in some instances and it doesn't always work. Her obsessive stalking of John Cusack is pretty good and filled with fun. This movie is not as funny as it wants to be.

What a stinker this was! Not sure where all the praise for Emma Roberts comes from but she came off as an adolescent teenager in this one rather than a young adult. I lost track of where she was living throughout the movie (actually I stopped caring). Shannon Woodward had a throwaway role that was a complete waste of her talent. John Cusack and Evan Peters were the only thing making this watchable. The scenes with her family made no sense and were merely a plot device. This movie is just tedious and seems to go nowhere. The adult store was hardly explored and could of led to some real fun but instead fell flat. I mean talk about dull customers, that is the best they could come up with? Maybe Shannon Woodward should of played a customer.