From James Dean to John Hughes to vampires sparkling in the sun, adolescent angst has long been a big draw at the box office. The horrors of high school are after all a fairly universal experience, particularly for the kinds of kids drawn to Smith’s records, B-movies and books like Catcher in the Rye, all of which play a big part in the coming-of-age of Charlie (Logan Lerman; The Three Musketeers), the quiet, bookish hero of The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Directed by Stephen Chbosky from his own popular young adult novel, the film is a funny, heartfelt if admittedly formulaic feature that nonetheless boasts first rate performances and a genuine affection for its characters – affection that viewers will likely find contagious.
On the eve of his induction into high school, Charlie writes a letter to an imaginary friend. Heard in anxious voiceover, the young writer admits his fear that he will go un-liked or unnoticed, first day jitters that are compounded by vague allusions to an ongoing psychological illness. At school he sits by himself in the cafeteria, avoids answering questions in class and makes only one friend: his English teacher Mr. Anderson (Paul Rudd; My Idiot Brother). But things grow more promising when he meets seniors Patrick (Ezra Miller; We Need to Talk About Kevin) and Sam (Emma Watson; Harry Potter), extroverted step-siblings who soon take the wallflower under their wing.
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