The Perks of Being a Wallflower 2012
- Director: Stephen Chbosky
- Seen by this director: Dear Evan Hanson, Wonder
- Based on the book by Stephen Chbosky
- Cast: Logan Lerman, Emma Watson, Ezra Miller, Paul Ruud
- Personal “oh yeah him/her” reaction, i.e. have seen this actor in:
- Logan Lerman – The Butterfly Effect, Riding Around with Boys
- Emma Watson – Little Women, The Circle, Beauty and the Beast, Colonia, My Week with Marilyn, Harry Potter
- Ezra Miller – Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them, Suicide Squad
- Paul Ruud – Ant-Man, Friends, Cider House Rules, Clueless, Romeo and Julia
- Why? Good film.
- Seen: Once before. Now 9 September August 2023.
It’s still another bourgeois, rich, white
American suburban high school films but it’s better than most. It might just be
the best one.
Charlie (Lerman) is a freshman in high
school, alone, scared, bullied, nerdy. Step-siblings Patrick (Miller) and Sam
(Watson) take him under their wing and bring him into their own little gang of
weirdoes. They all have traumatic, painful backgrounds.
It’s not really a feel-good film. Or a coming-of-age film. It’s just a very good film about kids with pain.
4*
of 5
