The Highschool life you wish you had... for the most part

Rating: 8/10 (8 April 2020)

This movie follows a freshman named Charlie throughout his first year of high school. He quickly becomes friends with step siblings Sam and Patrick and their friend group. This movie isn't your classic shy kid stories but steps up and covers thing like sexual abuse, mental Illness, and drugs, Although there are cheesy scenes of the high schoolers at homecoming or how they spend their free time, the film seems to be able to shade that and really give you the hear warming feeling it offers. Something that blew my mind is that the author, Stephen Chbosky actually directed this film. It is rare to see authors directing movies for their books let alone making it a great movie. The Perks of Being a Wallflower also had a pretty amazing cast in my opinion. There are too many people to name but a lot of actors in this movie you most likely have seen in other films, the acting made me really care for these characters and what was going on in their lives. My favorite character was Patrick played by Ezra Miller. He always put in 110% and you could tell, he did a phenomenal job on a difficult role to play. I love the movie but some things just kept me from giving it the big 10/10. The director knew how he wanted his scenes too look more than anybody and the indivsual scenes looked amazing but when it came to piecing the scenes together I seemed to get lost or confused at some parts on how they got from one place to another. Anotjher part that bugged me is that they really crammed a big part of the moive into about 10 minutes towards the end. The highschool year is ending and so would all their hangouts and relationships but it seemed to be quickly waved over. Again, the film really hits you in the feels but I just wasn't a fan on how it all wrapped up.