Best contemporary teen movie I've seen

Rating: 9/10 (21 November 2017)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower is the best contemporary teen movie I've seen. The fact that it's about teens who overcome hard times in life makes the plot's drama universal – in Charlie's case, dealing with sexual abuse and depression. All of these issues surround us, but we regularly don't give a damn about it, and that's why this movie is so important. In the book, it is really explicit that Charlie was abused when he was a kid and that was his trauma, but in the movie, this is only a subtle reference. Since my mom works with children who were victims of abuse and we watched it together, she pointed that out for me, because I didn't get it at first. Maybe that's the only flaw of the movie: not being so clear about that.
Charlie also has a thing for this girl, Sam, and as their relationship evolves we can see how young romance is just awful and difficult. That's a good thing as well, it's not one of those perfect high school romances that we're used to watching in movies. Oh, Emma Watson plays Sam and she did great as an American girl.
The soundtrack is fabulous, impeccable, brilliant! Couldn't love more. OK, not to drop spoilers, but in the end, when they're riding Patrick's van with Heroes by David Bowie on the radio, all the lines and the dialogue are perfect – everything works. Probably one of the best movie endings that I've ever seen. Just amazing.