This movie is something I would recommend. I really like it but i prefer the book

Rating: 8/10 (2 April 2017)

The Perks of being a Wallflower is about a teenage boy named Charlie that has had a rough life and writes letters to someone but doesn't tell us who there for. He is in high school and ready to make new friends. Through the past years he has experience harsh things like his best friend's and aunt's death. He meets great friends throughout high school. He falls in love with his friend Sam. But, things get bad. Somehow eventually he always overcomes this problems. At the end of the movie he found out something terrible, he had gotten rapped by his aunt. After going through therapy and with the help of this friends and family he got better.
There were five main characters to this story. The first character is named Charlie. He is the main character and the person writing the letters. Patrick is another main character he is Charlie's friend. He is gay and in a relationship with someone that hasn't came out yet about his sexuality. Patrick goes through rough times because of this relationship. The third main character is named Sam. She is Patrick's stepsister. Charlie falls in love with her, but she doesn't pay attention to him. She has a boyfriend who at the end of the story ends up cheating on her. The four character is Charlie sister. She is treated badly by her boyfriend, but never did anything about it. The last character is named Mary Elizabeth. She becomes Charlie's girlfriend, but Charlie never did like her. She is self centered and arrogant. I like the actors very much. They all had an important role in the story. They all had me engaged in the story and were all very much different from each other.
My favorite part of the film when Charlie gets better at the end. Charlie gets really bad and was about to hurt himself. He goes through therapy to help him get better from what his Aunt Helen did to him. I like how the story had a happy ending and the everything got better.
I liked the book more than the film. In the book it gave much more details on what's happening. Like when Charlie gets in a fight in the beginning of the story. Also when Charlie's sister gets pregnant and she gets an abortion. A something that happened in the movie and not the book was when Charlie and Sam kissed before Sam left for college.
In a scale from 1-5 stars I would give this movie a 4. I would because it could have had much more detail. Also the characters like Sam wasn't the same as described in the book. Other than that I thought this movie was really good and I really enjoyed watching it.