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Director : Stephen Chbosky
Running Time : 103 mins
Introverted 15 year-old Charlie Kelmeckis (Lerman) has few friends as he enters his freshman year, what with his best friend having committed suicide, but one day reaches out to extroverted senior Patrick (Miller) and his friend Sam (Watson). They soon become firm friends and Charlie finds himself drawn into their world, but his struggles with mental illness soon seem like they could ruin his chances of a normal life as he suffers a breakdown following their graduation.
This film could easily be retitled The Abuse Movie; Charlie was molested by his aunt, Sam was molested by her father’s boss, Charlie’s sister is physically abused by her boyfriend and Patrick’s secret boyfriend is physically abused by his father, and it all feels so over the top that at one point I thought Paul Rudd was going to try it on with Charlie! That aside, this is a good movie that is both witty and dark and brings some important topics to light, albeit in a slightly overt way.
You’ll like this if you liked : Pretty In Pink
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