Everyone remembers the awkwardness
that is High School. While being there you think they are the worst days of
your life, but when you leave you realize that they may have been your best. So
many people have written stories about what it is like to be in High School.
Everything from what it takes to be popular to what it is to be the school
loser, but what if no one notices you at all?
That is what “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”
is about. Charlie (Logan Lerman) is about to start High School and he is more
than a little nervous. Charlie’s best friend committed suicide which has left
him entering that world alone and confused. For the first few months of school
he is invisible to everyone. Charlie finds a kindred soul in Patrick (Ezra
Miller), who he meets at a football game. With Patrick, Charlie meets his
sister Sam (Emma Watson), who Charlie is enamored with. When they are apart
they are misfits, but together they can do anything. Charlie is happy that he
has finally found someone he can fit in with, someone who notices him. The
three friends go through their ups and downs throughout the school year and Sam
and Patrick get close to graduation. As they leave Charlie behind, Sam and
Patrick are changed as well as Charlie, with relationships what will last a
lifetime.
The
film is written and directed by Stephen Chbosky who adapted it from the novel
he wrote. Chbosky seems to understand what it means to be a part of that “island
of misfits” that Charlie and his friends are part of. Logan Lerman plays
Charlie perfect as you travel through the first year of high school through his
eyes. Emma Watson in her first role outside the ‘Harry Potter’ universe shows
that she will not always be known as Hermione. I really enjoyed this film, but
also think that most teenagers would enjoy it more. Mainly because it is kind
of a roadmap of what one can expect in high school. It is real easy to look
back on life and see the things that help define us and we all know how
important high school was in doing so. If you have a teenager, take them to see
this movie and enjoy it together. If you don’t have kids, still see this film,
because maybe, just maybe, you’ll find out that you really miss something you
didn’t know you lost. Youth.
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