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By David Sexton (322) for London Evening Standard (2,015) on 04 Oct 2012

Chbosky directs the movie with the care and conviction of someone who knows that this is his big story being told once and for all…

Review of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

By Corey Hall (192) for Metro Times (Detroit, MI) (691) on 03 Oct 2012

Whether or not the problems of these upper-middle-class, arty, would-be hipsters reflect your own teen experience, there is a kind of unmistakable…

Review of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

By Joe Williams (923) for St. Louis Post-Dispatch (1,715) on 03 Oct 2012

Too modest to become a worldwide phenomenon, but sensitive teens and their older kin who pine for the '90s may want to take it for a spin on…

Review of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

By John Anderson (1,358) for Newsday (2,345) on 03 Oct 2012

Regardless of the viewer's proximity to his or her own high school experience, Perks seems to get it right, precisely because it's not about…

Review of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

By David Jenkins (910) for Little White Lies (3,136) on 03 Oct 2012

Seek out the infinitely superior The Myth of the American Sleepover for an original and moving take on similar material…

Review of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

By Peter Bradshaw (3,667) for Guardian (4,584) on 03 Oct 2012

The movie has its moments of soap-opera excitement, but it has all the substance of a teenage strop, and none of the energy…

Review of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

By Jeffrey M. Anderson (3,573) for Combustible Celluloid (2,644) on 03 Oct 2012

Has some nice touches and makes nice use of the passing seasons, but can't ever manage to tap into the universal center of the story…

Review of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

By Nigel Andrews (1,359) for Financial Times (1,822) on 03 Oct 2012

A perky comedy with a few high-flying perceptions, mostly licensed to Watson, who acts with the freedom of a Hogwarts escapee who has finally…

Review of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

By Robbie Collin (1,612) for Daily Telegraph (UK) (2,495) on 03 Oct 2012

Teenage wallflowers, past and present alike, will feel tingles of recognition, and pure pleasure…

Review of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

By Henry Fitzherbert (699) for Daily Express (UK) (2,141) on 03 Oct 2012

It's over-familiar stuff and the characters talk in pretentious teen speak (I feel infinite) but scenes and characters linger in the memory…

Review of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

By Josh Bell (1,421) for Las Vegas Weekly (1,340) on 03 Oct 2012

Chbosky brings genuine feeling to his variation on teenage angst and unrequited love, developing soulful characters and a funny but melancholy…

Review of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

By Shaun Munro (472) for What Culture (594) on 02 Oct 2012

A coming-of-age film for the ages, Perks will charm even ardent cynics, with a rousing script, breathless soundtrack, and three stunning performances,…

Review of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

By Steve Persall (1,105) for Tampa Bay Times (1,287) on 02 Oct 2012

I adore The Perks of Being a Wallflower for its honest, unsentimental feel, which gets stretched a bit in the revelatory finale, but by then…

Review of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

By Joe Cunningham (29) for HeyUGuys (1,461) on 02 Oct 2012

The real strength of the film though lies in its authenticity…

Review of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

By Roz Laws (210) for Birmingham Post (543) on 02 Oct 2012

It's quite sweet, quite funny and quite moving. There's just not enough of anything for it to really work…

Review of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

By Matthew Turner (2,508) for ViewLondon (2,339) on 02 Oct 2012

Enjoyable and emotionally engaging coming-of-age teen drama with a superb soundtrack, a sensitive, sharply written script and a trio of terrific…

Review of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

By Elliott Noble (448) for Sky Cinema (1,726) on 02 Oct 2012

The leading trio and soapily watchable tone make it worth coming out of your room for…

Review of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

By Hannah Mcgill (136) for The List (2,018) on 02 Oct 2012

Its romance regarding the significance of teen experience might not work on everyone, but its earnestness, wit and stirring music ought to…

Review of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

By Rich Cline (3,056) for Shadows on the Wall (2,096) on 01 Oct 2012

Has such recognisably realistic characters that we can't help but be taken back to a pivotal time when the future looked bright…

Review of The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)

By Dan Jolin (289) for Empire Magazine (3,326) on 01 Oct 2012

An honest, affection-hooking, coming-of-age drama which proves that there is life beyond Hogwarts for Emma Watson…

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