Courtney of The Daily Rotation wrote, "Writer Stephen Chbosky took on a great deal when he decided to direct his best-selling young adult novel, The Perks of Being a Wallflower. Though there might have been a few minute flaws, the end result is truly exhilarating, and produces a new contender for this generation’s signature coming of age film. While set in 1992, and based on Chbosky’s own life experiences, the themes of this movie are even more resounding to me – someone who has been out of high school a few years, looking back on the fears, emotions, and situations that plagued my own high school experience."
On episode 18 of the Movie Club podcast, Fanboys Anonymous members go back to school and give their thoughts on four films set in high school including Dangerous Minds, 10 Things I Hate About You, Mean Girls and The Perks of Being a Wallflower.
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Colton of The Daily Rotation wrote, "Writer and director Stephen Chbosky’s adaptation of his own novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a defining and profound portrayal of the emotional treachery of adolescence and youthful desires. The film distinctly brings back those cringe-worthy memories that we’ve all experienced at some point in our high school years such as humiliation, awkwardness, hormones, anxiety, and social disconnect. In the same vein of a John Hughes teenage drama, The Perks of Being a Wallflower is honest and emotionally powerful film that reminds us of all of those cringe-worthy memories of high school but also doesn’t fail to remind us that the people we meet when we’re young can shape our entire lives."
