My favorite film

Rating: 10/10 (28 July 2013)

I've just seen the movie yesterday, and I watched it again – twice in 1 day. I've never read the book, so I really can't compare between them. But I think the movie was great, simple but interesting and meaningful. At first it reminds me about the novel "Speak". Same kind of story, same structure, same kind of story telling. And I love "Speak", so apparently I fell in love with this movie right away.
I know that many people consider the film as something messy, not clear about where and when it set, and the character seems to be too confident and rich, with drugs abuse, drinking, smoking, sex But these are actually the thing I love about the movie. You have got to be persist watching a film with such an unclear opening, you collect information about the characters a bit at a time, their names, their life, their tragedy At first, Charlie seems to be a guy who is broken and Sam and Patrick are characters who will help him to change his mind and keep moving forward – if you think so, yes, it's typical and labored. But it turns out much better than that. Every minute passes, you see them showing a little bit of their soul and their wound, and you know that even the people who make jokes and smile all the time have deep secrets and sadness in their soul. And at last you completely fall in love with these characters, how they are deeply insecure and flamboyant at the same time.
Especially I love Patrick. After watching the movie, I went online and read character analysis about him, but I didn't agree with it. It says that Patrick has never a real friend to Charlie. I think, that was at first. Patrick is a character built with many contradictions, he pretends to be happy all the time while having a secret and inhibited relationship with Brad and being called 'Nothing'. He scares to believe in others, scares of taking risk expressing his feelings. So he put on an optimistic image, and be stuck in it. But when Charlie fights with other students to protect him, he starts to believe in Charlie, that's why he chooses Charlie to go out with at night. He still can't express his sadness, but at least he understands that there is someone listening to him and staying by his side. Ezra Miller has touched my heart with this character.
I don't really care about when and where the scene is set. It can be anytime, anywhere, but what matters here is that the characters make me feel real and connected. Love this movie and I will definitely see this again!