The movie features actors who’ve appeared in versions of other young-adult books, such as Emma Watson (the “Harry Potter” series), Logan Lerman (“Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief”) and Nina Dobrev (the CW’s “The Vampire Diaries”).īut there aren’t any spells or mythological beings in Chbosky’s tale – there’s just Charlie, the shy, introspective loner who finds acceptance within Sam and Patrick’s circle of friends. Now, 13 years after readers first met him, Charlie is in theaters this weekend in an adaptation written and directed by Chbosky. In a series of letters addressed to an anonymous reader, Charlie describes the disorientation of losing a friend to suicide, the ways high school can feel like an experiment in isolation, and, at the heart of the story, his bond with older students Sam and her stepbrother, Patrick. The character, a sensitive 15-year-old high school freshman who initially keeps to himself, was first introduced to a generation of readers in 1999 as the protagonist of Chbosky’s novel, “The Perks of Being a Wallflower.” Since then, he’s become just as famous for being too risqué for some classrooms as he is for endearing himself to a legion of fans. For a “Wallflower,” Stephen Chbosky’s Charlie has quite a reputation.
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