Report this review. Adult Written by olivialong27 July 30, This is one of the best books I've ever read. It taught me a lot of important things about life and has a lot of beautiful quotes, my favorite is "We accept the love we think we deserve. This title contains: Educational Value. Positive Messages.
Positive role models. Helped me decide 1. Read my mind 1. Adult Written by movienellie August 7, Oh, I see Now it makes sense. This book is excellent, but for 16 and up. Definitely older high school 10th grade and up. And don't let the movie fool you WAY tamer than the book.
This title contains: Sexy stuff. Helped me decide. Adult Written by Jsca August 20, I've read and suggested this book many times The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a classic coming-of-age story; written in a unique style and conveying memorable lessons. One of the upperclassmen befriends Charlie, in a good performance by Ezra Miller as Patrick.
But Patrick has a secret of sorts, although his inner circle know and accept him, he is a homosexual. But more significant is Patrick's step-sister, played well by Emma Watson of 'Harry Potter' fame as Sam, who has had her own set of issues growing up, and has come to be a 'loose' girl.
But Sam is graduating at the end of the school year and hopes to attend Penn State. She worries because her SAT scores aren't very good. Charlie takes a liking to Sam right away, even with the difference Freshman vs Senior in their ages. In real life both are the same age. He offers to help her study for her SATs, and she gladly accepts. She likes Charlie a lot, even though she has a boyfriend in college. The teacher that influences Charlie is Paul Rudd as Mr.
Anderson who teaches English. Charlie reads a lot, and Mr Anderson gives him books. The other key character, with a small but important role, is Melanie Lynskey as Charlie's Aunt Helen. After that he has occasionally had spells where he blacked out, and has had some professional treatment.
When he and Sam finally were having a romantic encounter, and she began to rub his leg in an erotic manner , a flashback showed that his Aunt Helen also did that, she had abused him sexually and told him not to tell. He had repressed that memory but now it was coming out. In the end it seemed that perhaps he and Sam were going to remain a couple, even though she was off to college. When one watches a movie about high school life, one doesn't always expect realism especially if the characters are nothing but stereotypes of jocks, cheerleaders, and nerds, or geeks, to use the more current term.
The young people picked to play the main parts are all good at what they did here, but Emma Watson-previously best known as Hermione in the Harry Potter series-is really a standout as the troubled-but-determined Senior named Sam whose friendship with the lead Freshman character named Charlie Logan Lerman is perhaps the most touching of the relationships depicted here.
I really loved the way things happened in this movie, so on that note, I highly recommend The Perks of Being a Wallflower. To all shy freshman out there: You're certainly better off being introverted, especially after you see this rather odd film. Taken under the wing of two seniors in high school, our hero is a withdrawn young lad who craves for attention and is involved with his friend, better commonly known as his diary.
This is certainly not your coming of age film. Dylan McDermott, as the father, and Ms. Cusack, who portrays the mother, have relatively little to do in the film. A wallflower would not have this kind of life. At least, our hero develops somewhat of a boyfriend-girlfriend relationship, though it is quite weird, which best describes the entire film.
After the other two graduate and go off to college, our hero breaks down and we soon can guess what really happened to his aunt and what she had down to him. His course of therapy in the film is minimized. It would have been better to focus on the problem that drove him to an institution and to see his cure develop. Instead, he is cured too quickly.
Overrated Gordon 19 January This film is about a shy high school misfit who becomes a cool guy after two seniors taking him under their wings. It involves the typical American high school life; with experimentation in sex and drugs, experiences with dating, fights and bullying. I can see how a lot of people can identify with the characters and events in the film, and hence "The Perks of Being a Wallflower" gets such a high rating.
However, I think it is overrated. I thought it was a plain coming of age drama. It doesn't push that many boundaries, and there is nothing new.
The story is not particularly captivating, and in fact the subtle subplots involving flashbacks can be confusing. My friends and I did not agree with the positive critics and the high ratings. I agree with the other reviewers who have said that this is in no way an average high school movie. While others tend to apply a more rose tinted view or even a version of how adults perceive it to be this film has a feel of being authentic about it.
The cast are all pretty much unknowns to me but play their roles very strongly, they capture all the heart and warmth of the subject matter while dealing equally with some very heavy issues. Emma Watson of Harry Potter fame is the big name going in though and once you get used to her American accent you realise what a talent she is.
My only negative point is that the film should be higher than a 12 certificate. The blurb on the DVD box makes it sound much more cheery but be warned that there are some pretty dark and disturbing moments within the running time. I think a 15 certificate would be more suitable. Frankly I didn't expect too much from this entry; I've never heard of the book let alone read it, I'm not really a Harry Potter buff so I had no interest in whether or not Emma Watson would not out to have discovered Life Beyond Harry Potter.
At most I was hoping for a painlessly pleasant couple of hours in the dark. Having seen it I have no problem endorsing the positive reviews I have just been reading here on IMDb. Whilst I don't know how realistic it would be to have a freshman hanging out with Seniors for one whole Academic year the thought merely registered rather than nagged throughout the running time.
There was one subtle touch I appreciated: Charley establishes an immediate rapport with his English teacher who is happy to suggest - and even supply - 'extra' reading for Charley, who laps it up. This novel is narrated by a troubled teenager who reveals in the last chapter that he is writing from a hospital where he is being treated for a nervous breakdown; 'Wallflower' is also narrated by Charley who begins by telling us he has spent some time in hospital and we soon realize this his ailment wasn't physical.
Nice touch. This is very much an ensemble piece, to say nothing of a labor of love, and it would be churlish to single out any one performance. My only reservation is that, like so many 'indie' movies that are so charming on a first viewing - Sideways, The Station Agent, Juno, etc - it may not hold up in a few years time. But for now it is slightly terrific.
Beautiful, wonderful, thought-provoking, bittersweet and moving movie. Plot is intriguing, but it is more a character-based movie. The characters are well-developed and you feel an empathy for all of them.
The lighter side of the characters is wonderful, the darker sides harrowing, giving a sense of real lives.
Think of the movie as a darker, less Hollywood, version of an 80s John Hughes movie. If nothing else, the yearning back towards ones own teen years should be the main take-away from this movie. Excellent performances all round, especially from Logan Lerman in the lead role. Good support from Emma Watson and Ezra Miller. Incredible movie. He has no friends, and little idea of how to make them.
But when he is friendly towards eccentric and camp loner senior Patrick Ezra Miller , he gets introduced to Patrick's stepsister Sa Emma Watson , and their circle of non-cool students - "The Island of Misfit Toys" as Sam puts it. An interesting year develops, as Charlie opens up and forges relationships, while all the main characters turn out to have areas of darkness behind locked doors.
This film, essentially a coming of age story, crossed with teen romance, and mixed in with a big chunk of soap opera, is very effective. It gives us three very sympathetic protagonists, a supporting cast of characters who are all fairly sympathetic, a simple story with enough mystery to keep us interested, and a damaged but beautiful heart, and three wonderful central performances.
Watson and Miller are both excellent, but Lerman's central performance, necessarily understated through most of the movie, is ultimately heartbreaking and heartmending. I really enjoyed this. A solid coming of age film about a misfit high school freshman who finds his niche in a clique of alternative seniors. The version of high school portrayed in this film does not remotely resemble anything I personally experienced in high school, and the film does push the boundaries of credibility a bit in having us believe that these sophisticated martini drinkers are 17 and 18 year olds.
And are there that many places in the country where high schoolers are allowed to perform live to the local movie theatre's showings of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show? But I could forgive the film much because it's clearly an adult's ruminations on high school filtered through the lens of adulthood, and as we've all experienced, our memories of things do not always closely match the facts of the things we're remembering.
The three young actors at the film's center -- Logan Lerman, Ezra Miller and Emma Watson of Harry Potter fame -- give very good performances, but it's Lerman in particular who's the stand out. The film wouldn't be anywhere nearly as successful as it is without him. Greetings again from the darkness. Brace for gushing.
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I started reading The Perks Of Being A Wallflower when on holiday; my friend had just finished it and so I picked it up and started reading it. And instantly I enjoyed it, it was an amazing book! One of the best books I've read this year. I think it's written really well and I really loved all of the characters, they all had something special about them.
I especially like Patrick, Charlie and Charlie's Sister. I think everybody should read this book young or old. It gives a perfect perspective of being a teenager growing up with problems.
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