The Perks of Being a Wallflower - The Movie

At the movies you can see some good movies right now. All the Thanksgiving Movies are arriving. Blockbusters like "Skyfall", "Flight", and soon "Lincoln" and "Life of PI" are here and coming.  Down the hall is a quite little movie that may be a good as any.  AND since you don't see as many movies as me, you will probably miss "the perks of being a wallflower"!  AND when you see the title on Netflix you will say, "That sounds weird! Who's in it?".  AND you will pass it by.  That would be a mistake.

As for stars, besides Emma Watson, most are TV drama stars like Dylan McDermott, Paul Rudd, Kate Walsh and people from others shows you watch.

The STAR is Logan Lerman. He plays Charlie, a freshman starting high school following in the shadow of his just graduated brother who is going to Penn State on a football scholarship.  The movie takes place in the late 60's. Charlie is a wallflower. he has no friends. He is very smart.  He is quite.  He wrestles with his short past.  Charlie eats alone in the cafeteria and is the butt of jokes. he is from a devout Catholic family. He is a wallflower. A freshman who has never been kissed.

Charlie finds himself with a group of school misfits (a version of the Breakfast Club) and things change.  Charlie writes down his thoughts.

I identified with much of his life (my brother was THE high school football star) and I was also awkward  around girls.  But like Charlie, I made my on way too.

Don't think this is a light coming of age story.  It is deep!  The story includes Gays in the closet, Child abuse, Bad Judgment, and exploration. Charlie has secrets that torment him.  It is happy, sad, tragic and triumphant. It's about life!

 This is a very good movie.  I give it ****stars.  2012 Movie 39