We Accept The Love We Think We Deserve

Rating: Null/10 (7 October 2013)

Crafted with genuine care n affection, told with heartfelt sensitivity & bolstered by three key performances, The Perks of Being a Wallpaper is an exquisite coming-of-age drama that beautifully captures the highs n lows of adolescent life, wonderfully illustrates the value n importance of friendship & remains one of the most heartwarming examples of its genre.
Based on the novel of the same name, The Perks of Being a Wallflower tells the story of an introvert freshman who's incredibly shy in making friends, is coping up with the recent loss of his best friend & is desperately seeking the company of people he can feel comfortable with. Enter his two seniors who accept him as one of their own & welcome him to the real world.
Written & directed by Stephen Chbosky who also wrote the novel this film is adapted from, The Perks of Being a Wallflower brims with creative energy, teenage spirit & strong passion for storytelling and is a highly impressive work for a debutant filmmaker. Thanks to its vivid use of colour palette, the visual presentation is incredibly refreshing while its 103 minutes of runtime passes by smoothly.
Coming to the performances, The Perks of Being a Wallflower features an invigorating cast in Logan Lerman, Emma Watson & Ezra Miller, with all three of them delivering outstanding performances in their given roles. Lerman is truly a revelation here, Watson is mesmerising as always while Miller chips in with a strong contribution, and their spot-on chemistry with each other is the film's biggest highlight.
On an overall scale, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a delightful surprise that also works as an intriguing meditation on loneliness, depression, companionship & the haunting effect one's past can have on his or her present. Purely honest with its content, sincerely adapted for the screen & up to the mark in all aspects of filmmaking, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is an enjoyable, entertaining & emotionally uplifting cinema that's delightfully recommended.