The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a 2012 American coming-of-age drama following a socially naive teen and how in managed to cope through the test of time.
11 October 1962, New York City, New York, USA
13 October 1967, San Jose, California, USA
26 December 1956, Los Angeles, California, USA
10 October 1989, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA
18 January 1987, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
28 November 1971, Memphis, Tennessee, USA
9 June 1988, Los Angeles, California, USA
28 July 1986, Omaha, Nebraska, USA
25 April 1997, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, UK
December 10, 2016
It understands how adolescence is a period of anxieties provoked by prosaic desires. [Full review in Portuguese.]
October 04, 2012
Regardless of the viewer's proximity to his or her own high school experience, "Perks" seems to get it right, precisely because it's not about a specific time or place.
October 02, 2012
Watson holds her own with a character more annoying on paper than in reality, but it's the boys who most impress ...
October 09, 2012
Perks seems like the work of a much more experienced director, maintaining fidelity to the source material without sacrificing any cinematic qualities, triggering genuine sentimentality and nostalgia through interaction between sound and image.
September 28, 2012
It's an earnest indie about a troubled teen, Charlie (Logan Lerman), and his various troubled confederates -- but it does demonstrate that Watson can stand on her own.
July 20, 2013
It's been a while since a movie captured so colorfully the comedy, tragedy, angst, and exuberance of adolescence.
June 28, 2013
"Like real teenagers, Watson and Miller convincingly move from glowing objects of desire to comic relief to deeply troubled human beings."
October 18, 2013
Satisfying enough to delight younger audience members, and maybe win over a few older ones, too.
April 16, 2016
What it gets right is so right that the occasional clunky piece of dialogue or the slip of an accent isn't enough to derail a lovely piece of cinema.
May 24, 2013
Bravely delves into issues of incest, depression, homophobia and most hauntingly, death. And rarely does any of it feel fake.
October 04, 2012
Sensitive teens and their older kin who pine for the '90s may want to take it for a spin on the dance floor.
September 28, 2012
High school can be hell, but Stephen Chbosky's engaging new film argues that anyone can get by with a little help from their friends.
