The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

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Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Good films always raise compelling questions, whether the format is fiction or documentary fact.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

This is one of the greatest movie I have ever seen( and I see a lot of movies). The performance delivered by these young actors is so good. I feel the movie is very underrated. It has a story that a person can relate to. It made me smile, it made me cry.. I just loved it.

If this movie is anything like the book then it should be a fantastic movie. the book is my absolute favorite book in the whole world of books. i suggest reading the book first it is short and worth it.

This film shows perfectly, what it is like to survive from one point of view. There are billions of stories, but this shows one of a billion, It connects with an audience more mature than their years through emotional experience. It is poetic and tremendously acted. I can't find many more words to express how incredible this film is, and how important. From structure to soundtrack, casting to shot structure. I could not recommend this more.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is the best contemporary teen movie I've seen. The fact that it's about teens who overcome hard times in life makes the plot's drama universal – in Charlie's case, dealing with sexual abuse and depression. All of these issues surround us, but we regularly don't give a damn about it, and that's why this movie is so important. In the book, it is really explicit that Charlie was abused when he was a kid and that was his trauma, but in the movie, this is only a subtle reference. Since my mom works with children who were victims of abuse and we watched it together, she pointed that out for me, because I didn't get it at first. Maybe that's the only flaw of the movie: not being so clear about that. Charlie also has a thing for this girl, Sam, and as their relationship evolves we can see how young romance is just awful and difficult. That's a good thing as well, it's not one of those perfect high school romances that we're used to watching in movies. Oh, Emma Watson plays Sam and she did great as an American girl.The soundtrack is fabulous, impeccable, brilliant! Couldn't love more. OK, not to drop spoilers, but in the end, when they're riding Patrick's van with Heroes by David Bowie on the radio, all the lines and the dialogue are perfect – everything works. Probably one of the best movie endings that I've ever seen. Just amazing.