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All of my previous selves still survive somewhere inside of me, and my previous adolescent would have loved "The Perks of Being a Wallflower." The movie has received glowing reviews, and some snarky ones that seem to have been written by previous adults. The film is about an alienated high-school freshman who sees himself as a chronic outsider, and then is befriended by a group of older kids who embrace their non-conformist status.

The movie confirms one of my convictions: If you are too popular in high school, you may become so fond of the feeling that you never find out who you really are. The film is based on Stephen Chbosky's best-selling young-adult novel, which was published in 1999 and is now on many shelves next to The Catcher in the Rye. It offers the rare pleasure of an author directing his own book, and doing it well. No one who loves the book will complain about the movie, and especially not about its near-ideal casting.

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The story, set in the early 1990s, tells the story of Charlie (Logan Lerman), who begins it as a series of letters to a "friend." He enters high school tremulously and without confidence, and is faced on his first day by that great universal freshman crisis: Which table in the lunchroom will they let me sit at? Discouraged at several tables, he's welcomed by two smart and sympathetic seniors.

They are Sam and Patrick, played by Emma Watson in her own coming-of-age role after the "Harry Potter" movies, and Ezra Miller, who was remarkable as an alienated teenager in "We Need to Talk About Kevin." Charlie makes the mistake of assuming they are a couple, and Sam's laughter corrects him; actually, they're half-siblings. Charlie is on the edge of outgrowing his depression and dorkdom, and is eerily likable in his closed-off way. One of the key players in his life is the dead aunt (Melanie Lynskey) he often has imaginary meetings with.

Patrick is tall, gangly and gay; Sam is friendly and lovable. Charlie gets a quick crush on her, but she explains she has a b.f. and encourages his friendship. Through them, he meets the quasi-punk Mary Elizabeth (Mae Whitman), who definitely is interested in dating him, and a pothead named Bob (Adam Hagenbuch), who nudges Charlie toward adventures most teenagers have once in life, and few should have twice.

We learn a lot about their high school crowd by finding out they're instrumental in the local midnight showings of "The Rocky Horror Picture Show." When Charlie is unexpectedly pressed into service playing a key role one night during their performance, it provides him with a turning point that may be contrived but is certainly entertaining.

Their crowd is artsy, outsider, non-conformist. They become the influence that rescues Charlie from his deep insecurity and his depression over the suicide of a friend; they teach him it's OK to be who he is. In his first year, he learns a little, very tentatively, about sex, drinking and drugs, and a lot about friendship.

He's also guided by Mr. Anderson (Paul Rudd), his English teacher, who steers him toward seminal books including, yes, The Catcher in the Rye. Why is it that English, drama and music teachers are most often recalled as our mentors and inspirations? Maybe because artists are rarely members of the popular crowd.

Note: This review includes material from my Toronto Film Festival blog post about this title.

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Stephen Chbosky is at least one director who can’t be accused of having bowdlerized or betrayed a beloved novel. He not only directed the big-screen teenage confessional “The Perks of Being a Wallflower,” which tracks the ups, downs and playlists of an introverted high school freshman, he also wrote the 1999 young-adult book on which it’s based.

As in the novel, the story turns on Charlie (Logan Lerman), a melancholic teenager who has endured his share of sorrows and, when the story cranks up in 1991, is praying to make it through the new school year. His prayers are answered when he’s rescued by the friendships he makes with Patrick (a charismatic Ezra Miller) and Patrick’s stepsister, Sam (Emma Watson). Buoyed by these two and several other self-identified nonconformists, including a sexual steamroller, Mary Elizabeth (a lively Mae Whitman), Charlie experiences what almost every teenage hero does in an American movie about nominal outsiders: he finds his tribe and then himself.

The anguish of adolescence may be different for everyone, but the movies about those years of sorrow and confusion rarely deviate from the template. Charlie’s parents aren’t tearing him apart, to borrow a celebrated howl from “Rebel Without a Cause,” the ur Teen Angst movie. Even so, many of the same matters that sent the teenagers in “Rebel” into such beautiful, stirring agonies — sex, sanity, conformity, masculinity and its discontents — trouble Charlie and his friends too. Beyond the clothes and tunes, much remains the same about these unwonderful years, including the dreads, dreams and bullies. And because so many of those tears and fears are so familiar, they can’t help being pretty touching: In melodrama, we cry for them, but also for ourselves.

Instead of trying to mimic the book’s epistolary voice, Mr. Chbosky brings you into this familiar world through the usual cinematic points of view, by way of Charlie’s eyes, voice and flashbacks, but also through the ubiquitously hovering camera. The results are likable, unsurprising and principally a showcase for the pretty young cast, notably Mr. Miller, who brings texture to his witty if sensitive gay quipster.

Mr. Lerman and especially Ms. Watson are also appealing if comparably less vital presences. Their characters never expand beyond their generic if sensitive outlines, from the books (“The Catcher in the Rye”) that Charlie gobbles like a starving child to the battles that he and all his friends fight at school, home and in their heads. Of course you want them to make it out O.K., just as you did.

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“The Perks of Being a Wallflower” is rated PG-13 (Parents strongly cautioned). Teenage troubles.

The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Opens on Friday in New York and Los Angeles.

Written and directed by Stephen Chbosky, based on his novel; director of photography, Andrew Dunn; edited by Mary Jo Markey; music by Michael Brook; production design by Inbal Weinberg; costumes by David C. Robinson; produced by Lianne Halfon, Russell Smith and John Malkovich; released by Summit Entertainment. Running time: 1 hour 43 minutes.

WITH: Logan Lerman (Charlie), Emma Watson (Sam), Ezra Miller (Patrick), Mae Whitman (Mary Elizabeth), Kate Walsh (Mother), Dylan McDermott (Father), Melanie Lynskey (Aunt Helen), Nina Dobrev (Candace), Johnny Simmons (Brad), Joan Cusack (Dr. Burton) and Paul Rudd (Mr. Anderson).

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“The Perks of Being a Wallflower” is a fantastic film. It’s emotionally gripping, the dialogue is natural and delivered well by the cast and even in my second viewing there was no point at which I felt myself being taken out of the film for any reason. I noticed compositional decisions, and how Mr. Chbosky decided to use the field of focus, but those decisions fit so naturally with the film that, even though I was analyzing things, it didn’t make me feel separate from the emotional experience of the story.

A lot of the choices that were made in the cinematography of the film very clearly expressed that we were seeing this world through Charlie’s eyes. Even if the narration were removed, directorial choices throughout the film would make it plain that the story is being told from Charlie’s perspective, and bringing us into the story through its main character is a fantastic way to connect to the audience. How can you not connect to someone who is telling you a story so personal?

Character traits like Charlie’s loyalty, Sam’s desire to improve herself, and Patrick’s seemingly endless enthusiasm are what make us fall in love with them, and the great storytelling and cinematography decisions are what round out the universe of Mr. Chbosky’s immensely enjoyable film. “The Perks of Being a Wallflower” is a must-see film for any film enthusiast, and really anyone who wants to see a movie where they can laugh, cry, and walk away from the film with hope for tomorrow.

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IR Stephen Chbosky

EXEC Stephen Chbosky, Jim Powers

PROD Lianne Halfon, John Malkovich, Russell Smith

SCR Stephen Chbosky

DP Andrew Dunn

CAST Emma Watson, Paul Rudd, Nina Dobrev, Logan Lerman, Dylan McDermott, Mae Whitman, Ezra Miller, Melanie Lynskey, Kate Walsh, Nicholas Braun, Johnny Simmons, Zane Holtz, Reece Thompson, Julia Garner, Erin Wilhelmi, Owen Campbell, Adam Hagenbuch, Patrick de Ledebur, Brian Balzerini

ED Mary Jo Markey

PROD DES Inbal Weinberg

MUSIC Michael Brook, David Bowie, The Smiths, Cocteau Twins, Sonic Youth, New Order

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TITLE	The Perks of Being a Wallflower
ORIGINAL_TITLE
YEAR	2012
RATING	8.0
GENRES	Drama Romance
DIRECTORS	Stephen Chbosky
WRITERS	Stephen Chbosky
CAST	Logan Lerman Dylan McDermott Kate Walsh Patrick de Ledebur Johnny Simmons Brian Balzerini Tom Kruszewski Nina Dobrev Nicholas Braun Julia Garner Ezra Miller Tom Savini Emily Marie Callaway Paul Rudd Chelsea T. Zhang Jesse Scheirer Justine Nicole Schaefer Julie Marie Schaefer Emma Watson Melanie Lynskey Leo Miles Farmerie Isabel Muschweck Adam Hagenbuch Mae Whitman Erin Wilhelmi Jordan Paley Reece Thompson Zane Holtz Timothy Breslin Mark McClain Wilson
STARS	Logan Lerman Dylan McDermott Kate Walsh Patrick de Ledebur Johnny Simmons
PRODUCERS	Gillian Brown Stephen Chbosky Ava Dellaira Chris Gary Lianne Halfon John Malkovich Jim Powers Russell Smith
MUSICIANS	Michael Brook
CINEMATOGRAPHERS	Andrew Dunn
EDITORS	Mary Jo Markey
MPAA_RATING	PG-13
RELEASE_DATE	12 October 2012
TAGLINE	We are infinite.
PLOT	An introvert freshman is taken under the wings of two seniors who welcome him to the real world.
PLOT_KEYWORDS	Friend Mental Illness Best Friend Suicide Introvert