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The Perks of Being a Wallflower
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Drama - 2012
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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.
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Runtime:
103 min
Release date:
20 Sep 2012
Country:
US
Languages:
English
Budget:
$13,000,000
Revenue:
$33,400,000

Top Critics Reviews

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It's an earnest indie about a troubled teen, Charlie (Logan Lerman), and his various troubled confederates -- but it does demonstrate that Watson can stand on her own.
– Peter Rainer,
Christian Science Monitor,
28 Sep 2012
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Watson holds her own with a character more annoying on paper than in reality, but it's the boys who most impress ...
– Guy Lodge,
Time Out,
2 Oct 2012
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Regardless of the viewer's proximity to his or her own high school experience, "Perks" seems to get it right, precisely because it's not about a specific time or place.
– John Anderson,
Newsday,
4 Oct 2012
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Sensitive teens and their older kin who pine for the '90s may want to take it for a spin on the dance floor.
– Joe Williams,
St. Louis Post-Dispatch,
4 Oct 2012
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Perks seems like the work of a much more experienced director, maintaining fidelity to the source material without sacrificing any cinematic qualities, triggering genuine sentimentality and nostalgia through interaction between sound and image.
– Ian Buckwalter,
The Atlantic,
9 Oct 2012
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