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Movie Review: The Perks of Being a Wallflower  Movie Review:
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The.Perks.of.Being.a.WallflowerThe Perks of Being a Wallflower: 
I apologize to anyone who holds this book up as an essential
piece of modern literature. If it speaks to you, so be it. I
don’t want to take that away or diminish your personal feelings.
That being said, this film adaptation came off as a bit
insincere. Maybe it’s a better book than a movie, but my issue
isn’t so much with how the story is told, it’s the story itself.
The main character is Charlie and we learn right from the get go
that he’s spent some time in the hospital for mental issues and
he has a best friend that killed himself the year before. And so
this attractive and intelligent freshman begins the school year
afraid of being a freak and a loser without any friends. Almost
immediately, he puts himself out there at a