The Perks of Being a Wallflower

UK Release Date: 03 October 2012

Certification: 12A

Director: Stephen Chbosky

Cast: Logan Lerman, Dylan McDermott, Ezra Miller, Paul Rudd, Johnny Simmons, Emma Watson

Rating: 87%

"We accept the love we think we deserve"

Review: 

Wallflower - A person who is introverted and is separate from a crowd, usually at a party. Not really knowing what to say so can come across as socially awkward. This person will blend in and become almost invisible to others.

Stephen Chbosky directed The Perks of Being a Wallflower and he also happened to be the author of the book of the same name. I could definitely tell when I looked back upon the movie. You can see that he cared for his subject matter and wanted to make the best movie that he possibly could. He was also able to make it incredibly emotional and it think that it may have been snubbed at the Oscar's not being nominated for a single award. 

Logan Lerman stars as Charlie in The Perks of Being a Wallflower, a child suffering from post traumatic stress disorder after being sexually abused, and he's phenomenal in the role. He conveys such raw emotion in every scene and I forgot that he was actually acting whilst watching the movie. To be honest I think it's ridiculous that he hasn't since become a Hollywood A-lister. Coming off the back of the Harry Potter franchise it was nice to see Emma Watson star in something different. I thought she was able to play off Lerman really well, being a brilliant love interest for Charlie. Ezra Miller was also great in his role and it's nice to see him getting the recognition he deserves as he's become a big player in two major franchises. Paul Rudd, however, really stood out to me. He was totally convincing as a teacher that was just trying really hard to help Charlie deal with high school. I also believe that his line about relationships (as previously mentioned in my caption) may become one of my favourite movie lines of all time, it just personally hits so deep.

I'm from Scotland and the movie is based in America but this may be the most realistic and relatable movie I've ever seen. Everything about the high school is just so true, it's such an accurate depiction - the loneliness you feel on your first few days, the emotions you have to hide away and the pressure you feel from school work. If someone asked me to describe high school I would simply say The Perks of Being a Wallflower. 

The only slight complaint I have about the movie is that the main characters didn't know the name of one of the greatest song's of all time - David Bowie's 'Heroes'. The movie's set in the 90's so the song would've already been out for 15 years so I don't really understand why it took them so long to find the name of the song. On a slight tangent I absolutely loved the use of Peter Gabriel's cover in Stranger Things and that will always be how I remember the song. 

Apart from that however I thought this was a great movie that stands toe to toe with Ferris Bueller's Day Off as the best high school movie of all time.