Beautiful, interesting, incredible cinema.
THE PERKS OF BEING A WALLFLOWER
Synopsis
Painfully shy Charlie begins his first year of high school in 1991 Pittsburgh, with the recent suicide of his best friend casting a shadow over his mental health. When he is befriended by a pair of free-spirited seniors, Charlie rediscovers the joys of friendship, music and first love.
Synopsis
Painfully shy Charlie begins his first year of high school in 1991 Pittsburgh, with the recent suicide of his best friend casting a shadow over his mental health. When he is befriended by a pair of free-spirited seniors, Charlie rediscovers the joys of friendship, music and first love.
Our take
When the book was released, Perks of Being a Wallflower was hailed as The Catcher in the Rye for a new generation of teen alienation. Adapting his novel to film, writer-director Stephen Chbosky continued to capture the painful particularities of being an adolescent and made a young millennial hit.