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 someb