The Perks of Being a Wallflower

This is an interesting movie that explores that part of our lives that people call "coming of age". It centers on a boy called Charlie (Logan Lerman). He has recently become a freshman  and is feeling anxious because he would like to have friends but no one is interested in becoming Charlie's friend who in turn remains isolated and is being frequently bullied. 
There is little happiness in Charlie's life. His best and only friend committed suicide the year before and the aunt he idolized died in a car accident on Christmas' Eve. Besides an unrevealed childhood trauma comes to haunt him whenever he is depressed. Charlie is going downwards in a spiral but then one day he meets and befriends a couple of senior students, Patrick (Ezra Miller) and his stepsister, Sam (Emma Watson). 
Patrick has no inhibitions and nor does Sam and they are basically great people. They both get to like Charlie and introduce him to their circle of friends. Charlie finally has somebody to hang out with and soon falls in  love with Sam who sadly seems to be sentimentally tied to someone else. Charlie does not have time to be unhappy anymore since he is busy with lots of things to do while he hangs around with his new friends.
Charlie has to deal with his inner demons but he is aided by the fact that he now has friends to count on. Nevertheless, nothing comes without a price and for Charlie nothing is really easy. The plot unfolds slowly but cleverly offering flashbacks so you can discover by yourself before the revelation almost at the end of the movie that explains the reason behind Charlie´s mental problems. Sam and Patrick also have problems of their own and Charlie cannot escape from being emotionally involved with that since they are his only real friends. Sam is charlie's first and only love, the person he would like to spend the rest of his life with and despite her being with another man, Sam is not indiferent to Charlie. 
What happens at the end and the way it happens is part of the fun of watching this movie which is full of very rounded characters, cool music and also photography that conveys a light tone of melancholy. The whole film is in many ways an allegory that brings along a message that could be said it is that even if bad things happen in our lives there are nice people out there, our friends, which exist to give us hope and strenght and only ask in return precisely the same. See the movie and you will also come to understand the caption that accompanies the poster: "We are infinite."
Five stars out of five for this one. 

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