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A Balasaur Score of 78 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.9/10, Rotten Tomatoes 85%, Metacritic 67/100. Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do. Scores higher than 93% of the 7,172 2010s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.9/10
Rotten Tomatoes85%
Metacritic67/100
Audiences rate it 12 points higher than critics do.
11,461 audience votes
Key crew
- Stephen ChboskyDirector
- Stephen ChboskyScreenplay
- Michael BrookOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Logan LermanCharlie
- Emma WatsonSam
- Ezra MillerPatrick
- Mae WhitmanMary Elizabeth
- Kate WalshMother
- Dylan McDermottFather
- Melanie LynskeyAunt Helen
- Nina DobrevCandace
- Johnny SimmonsBrad
- Joan CusackDr. Burton
- Paul RuddMr. Anderson
- Nicholas BraunPonytail Derek
Stills
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Themes
school frienddepressionhigh schoolfriendshipbased on novel or booktraumamelancholycoming of agefreshmanschoolteenage boyhigh school student
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