Should you watch The Perks of Being a Wallflower?
Who it’s good for, who it isn’t, and what’s in it. No ratings, no scores.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Film · 2012
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him discover the joys of friendship, music and love.
The sides of The Perks of Being a Wallflower
- A shy freshman adopted by seniors
- Mixtapes and a tunnel
- A secret from his childhood
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is good for you if…
- you like a coming-of-age story that knows real pain.
- you like outsiders becoming a family.
- you like a song played standing up in the back of a truck.
The Perks of Being a Wallflower is bad for you if…
- you can't take a story about depression, grief and a past that still hurts.
- you've had your fill of high school stories about first parties and first love.
About: friendship · trauma · belonging
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