The author of the 1999 novel of the same name, Stephen Chbosky, steps into the role of writer and director for the film, which is rarer than it should be. You’re a wallflower.”įrom there, we watch as Charlie learns how to be a friend, fall in love with an idea, not a person, wrestle with trauma and question how much he deems himself worthy of love having experienced such pain. Charlie, mystified by their nonchalance and seemingly quick-witted quips - “welcome to the island of misfit toys” - steps into their world, and at a party, Patrick officiates their friendship with a sweet sentiment “You see things. The air of confidence surrounding them is the fragile kind, masked by “good” music taste that “sounds so much better on vinyl” and eccentric hobbies like performing Rocky Horror at the local cinema or standing in the trunk of a Ford Pickup as Bowie’s Heroes blasts from the radio. It defined how it felt to be on the outside looking in, yearning for respite from the trauma of high school where kids grapple with identity daily while the place you’re supposed to go when you’ve got it all figured out looms eerily in the distance college.Ĭharlie (Logan Lerman) is a freshman longing to belong somewhere when he crosses paths with the dynamic sibling duo, Patrick (Ezra Miller) and Sam (Emma Watson), who are seniors. If you were a certain kind of teenager in 2012, The Perks of Being a Wallflower would’ve been your Bible.
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