"The Perks of Being a Wallflower" Reviev

The Perks of Deflowering a Wallflower

            The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a film based on the life of a shy and unpopular teenager who writes letters to someone with no name about his experiences, friends, family problems, first dates, party, drugs and sex. The main character, Charlie,  has to deal with his first love, Sam, the suicide of his best and unique friend and more. Meanwhile he is looking for a group of friends in his first year of high school.

            The first day of high school is hard for everyone: new school, new people, new teachers… But it can be harder if you do not know anyone and the only friend that you make in your first day is your English teacher. This is what happens to Charlie. The film starts during the first day of high school. Charlie is a grade nine student with no friends. Little by little Charlie starts to hang out with two siblings from grade twelve, Patrick and Sam, although Charlie is grade nine.

            The actors did a really good job, specially Logan Lerman, representing Charlie, and Emma Watson, representing Sam. I am glad that Emma Watson decided to continue with his career and she is able to play more characters than Hermione Granger, in Harry Potter.

            When I started watching this film I did not think it was going to be a great film. I thought, Oh, no! Just another boring film about teenagers life. But I soon realized the film was going to be different. The film is based on a book written by Stephen Chbosky who is also the director and the screenwriter. In his 3x1 job, Stephen Chbosky made an awesome job and  he did achieve the difficult task of making a film from a book. Moreover, if the book is not about just actions, but based on emotions. There is only one thing that I do not like, how a grade nine boy meets grade twelve students. I do not get that, it is the only poser I could say.

            The Perks of Being a Wallflower wants to be targeted for teenager and young adults and it gets it. Even some adults could like it. If they want to compare their time at the high school with today’s. The film is PG-13. I agree with the MPAA rating. I do not think people under thirteen can  understand the movie. It is simple: they have not lived these experiences.

This film shows how raw the life of a teenager can be, how much the past can upset a person's personality, their insecurities and the feeling of loneliness.