The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

The Perks of Being a Wallflower rating: IMDb, Rotten Tomatoes and Metacritic

IMDb7.9/10· 595K votes

Rotten Tomatoes85%

Metacritic67%

TMDb7.804/10· 11K votes

With 85% on Rotten Tomatoes, backed by 7.9/10 on IMDb and 67/100 on Metacritic, critical reception of this film has been very positive.

About The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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.

Cast of The Perks of Being a Wallflower

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  Logan Lerman

  as Charlie

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  Emma Watson

  as Sam

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  Ezra Miller

  as Patrick

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  Mae Whitman

  as Mary Elizabeth

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  Kate Walsh

  as Mother

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  Dylan McDermott

  as Father

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  Melanie Lynskey

  as Aunt Helen

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  Nina Dobrev

  as Candace

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  Johnny Simmons

  as Brad

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  Joan Cusack

  as Dr. Burton

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  Paul Rudd

  as Mr. Anderson

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  Nicholas Braun

  as Ponytail Derek

The Perks of Being a Wallflower facts

Budget

$13M

Box office

$33.4M

Our take on The Perks of Being a Wallflower

Stephen Chbosky's 2012 drama unfolds in Pittsburgh in 1991, where high-school freshman Charlie watches life from the edges, more observer than participant. Everything shifts when two seniors, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, take him in and open up the ordinary revelations of adolescence: friendship, music and first love. Adapted by Chbosky from his own novel, the film moves at the tender, uncertain pace of growing up, attentive to how young people carry things they rarely say aloud. Quiet, warm and emotionally honest, The Perks of Being a Wallflower suits viewers who want a coming-of-age story that trusts small moments and treats teenage feeling with real seriousness.