The perks of making an OUTSTANDING movie!

Rating: 8/10 (17 February 2013)

Usually movies turn good literature bad, but Emma Watson's proving that her magic didn't stop at the Wizarding World and Logan Lerman's true grasp of Charlie's character...that was truly great. Lerman's portrayal of shy and awkward Charlie made awkward younglings like myself be able to relate to him - and that's impressive.
Because let's face it, children and adults, teens and prepubescent younglings, we've all dealt with negative things trying to bring us down to the darkest of places, from which freshman Charlie started off - having dealt with his best friend's suicide, his aunt's death and having this something haunting at the back of his neck which he himself didn't even know what it was...
...And then Sam and Patrick come in a FLASH! and kidnap him away, into this world of friendship, this world of drama, this world of experience...into the teenage world. Having being withdrawn from normal social interactions since his past held him back, Sam and Patrick help expose Charlie to the real world, where while "you can't change where you came from, you can change where you're going." While being faced with having to chose over right and wrong (while being exposed to good music and first kisses in between), Charlie learns whether he should be making his life revolve around others' or take a chance and chase what his heart truly beats for, whether he should just remain quiet or let the world know who he was. Through the "tunnel" of life, Charlie learns he can be anything, even "infinite".
From making great literary references and literally making a reference or name for himself, Charlie proves that your past has no say on your future - YOU do.