So I had two big problems with Perks of Being a Wallflower, one style-wise and one content-wise
Posted by
prayformojo (aka mayhem)
Mar 4 '13, 09:43
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style wise, the best way to say it is this: the movie was too in love with its own perceived preciousness. I didn't pay attention to who directed it and wasn't familiar with the source, but about half way through, I thought, I'll be it was directed and written by the same person. There were too many points where it felt like the director was basically telling the viewer, "You should pretty much be hugging yourself right now at how poignantly bittersweet I'm making all of this. No, I'll wait-go ahead and hug yourself!"
Content-wise, the protracted coda of Charlie finnnnnallly coming to terms with his big issue felt really out of place. It would have blended in much better with the rest of the story if this had been dealt with within the confines of the main storyline (the school year). As it was, you almost felt like he was saying that his adventures with the other kids during the year almost suppressed his memories and only after the school year ended could all the stuff come to the surface and demand to be dealt with. But that doesn't really make sense with the character's development during the year. As it played out on screen, the ending of Charlie finally coming to terms with that part of his life felt very tacked on and not organic at all.
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