But these difficult times are resolved through moments of infiniteness — depicted in the film as driving through a tunnel as the characters reach the light at the end.
The depiction of love in the film — platonic and romantic, unrequited and toxic — is sharply accurate. Besides the theme of the inevitability of life, the film heavily relies on love. The film connects to the coming-of-age thread of love, but this does not mean that the characters do. Despite their differences, Charlie, Sam, Patrick and their eccentric group of friends all yearn for love — grasping at whatever they can reach only for it to be slipped from their fingers due to the terrible inevitability.
So when their love remains unrequited after all their efforts; we see the characters resort to drug use, to one-night-stands, to anything that could fulfill the feeling of love that they so desire. Love is uncategorized in this film and displays all of its varying forms, similar to how Generation Z views it today, but it remains something that drives the characters. The cast carries this yearning for love through the stages of idealization, comic relief, drama and, finally, the core of the self.
Each layer of the teenage experience is broken down, the inevitability of a terrible occurrence pulling the characters away from the happiness of themselves and each other.
This is why the film transcends its cringey teen movie era to be relevant today. Perks of Being a Wallflower represents a general yearning for idealized teenage years; with friends, with love, with happiness.
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While Charlie enjoys all four of his new friends he instantly gravitates toward Patrick and Sam the most. The film also confronts the issue of sexual abuse on more than one count because it is explained that her past boyfriends have mistreated Sam, and although it is not mentioned explicitly, it is hinted that Charlie was abused as a child by his seemingly innocent and loving Aunt Helen played by Melanie Lynskey.
The movie also offers an apt representation of how mental illness can afflict people as it is very apparent that Charlie struggles with depression and anxiety to the point where he has a massive mental breakdown near the end of the movie that is easily one of the most moving scenes in the entire film.
While the movie can be praised for taking the initiative to represent tribulations that some know all too well, it also, arguably, more importantly, instills hope in those that identify as outsiders, like Charlie. Charlie goes from being an outcast in every facet of his life with his only friend no longer with him, trudging through his life all alone to being surrounded by friends who love and support him so that he can lead a happier, more fulfilling life.
This drastic transformation that Charlie undergoes works to lift the spirits of those that consider themselves to be pariahs and give them faith that regardless of how secluded and displaced they may feel, things will eventually get better and they will meet their own Patrick and Sam. The only complaint that can be made about this film is the realism, or, rather, lack thereof as most people can attest, popular or otherwise, as unfortunate as it is, that recluses are seldom adopted into a friend group, as Patrick and Sam did for Charlie.
However, it can be argued that this is precisely why the film is so effective in inspiring people because it is an escape from reality that offers a more positive perspective on how their current situation could transpire. You are commenting using your WordPress.
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