Krokidas depicts this debauchery through a series of montages which only contribute to the film's superficial feel. In no time, Ginsberg finds himself missing assignments and messing around with Carr, the athletic Kerouac ( Jack Huston) and the dapper Burroughs (an unrecognizable Ben Foster). Leigh is one of several actresses who get short shrift in this boys' club Elizabeth Olsen is practically non-existent as Kerouac's girlfriend, a huge waste. But the film begins with the nerdy and nebbishy Ginsberg receiving his acceptance to Columbia, a place he's desperate to go to escape his dysfunctional parents, poet Louis ( David Cross) and mentally unstable Naomi ( Jennifer Jason Leigh). He brings a dangerous edge to the performance, as he has in his recent work in " Chronicle" and " The Place Beyond the Pines." It's easy to see why Ginsberg (and everyone else) would be drawn to this beguiling, androgynous figure. Radcliffe gets top billing-and "Kill Your Darlings" is yet another laudable example of the actor's daring and desire to distance himself from Harry Potter-but DeHaan steals the show with his unpredictability and smoldering sexuality. The one wild card throughout is Dane DeHaan's showy, riveting performance as Lucien Carr, the Columbia University student who would take the innocent freshman Ginsberg ( Daniel Radcliffe) under his wing and expose him to an intoxicating world of sex, drugs and rock and roll-er, jazz. The title is "Kill Your Darlings," but the film itself wallows in nostalgia and buys into the hype without digging deeper to provide much insight. Krokidas romanticizes everything, even the self-destructive instincts that notoriously plagued these writers and inspired their work.
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