The Perks of Being a Wallflower

It’s possible that there are normal people who have normal experiences in High School-but no one ever makes a movie about those losers.  The heroes of The Perks of Being a Wallflower are gay/drug addled/nymphos with just a touch of manic depression and suicidal tendencies.   Well, maybe that is the normal high school experience. The main character is an angst riddled fellow with a dark secret in his past who starts the 9th grade with a countdown of how many days he has left until Graduation.  He is transformed when he meets the usual gang of misunderstood outcasts and promptly falls…

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