Assignment 17- Church

 The Perks of being a Wallflower 

This might have become my new favorite movie. The movie actually aired on September 12, 2012, but I just watched it during this crazy pandemic of 2020. The movie follows around Charlie, a freshman in high school who was taken out of the social game when two people who he loved dearly and would have considered his closest friends died. His best friend shot himself without any context and his aunt died in a car crash. Charlie tries to navigate the difficulties of the high school social scene while battled the own personal mental battles inside himself. Things start to take a turn for the worse when he meets two care free and spirited seniors. Sam and her step-brother Patrick show Charlie that life isn't the worse and they culture him in the real life experiences of high school. As time goes on he becomes great friends with not only Sam and Patrick but with the rest of their friend group. He starts going to parties, football games, and overall just begins to enjoy high school. He even says that he no longer sees things and if he does he can shut them out, but with all good things they come to an end, when he lets his feelings for Sam blind him he ends up causing a rift in the friendship. From there you can see how much the friends meant to him and he starts to go bad, although he reunites with his friends, he realizes that they will be going to college and growing up without him which causes his mental status to plunge even lower. At the end of the movie we see a glimpse into his past life where you learn he was abused by the aunt that he loved, this causes him to question his life status and ended up blacking out before he could take his own life. The movie ends with such a happy ending but the emotional journey that it takes you on, not just through Charlies life but through his friends and their struggles. The movie allows many high schoolers to relate to the common struggles and understand that the way they might feel in high school is similar to how others feel as well. It truly took me for an emotional ride and if you are looking for a movie with heartbreak and edge of the seat anticipation that still holds some great actors than this is the move you are looking for. Definitely a 7.3/10 for me!