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Suswatibasu (1701 KP) rated The Perks of Being a Wallflower in Books

Aug 18, 2017  
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
The Perks of Being a Wallflower
Stephen Chbosky | 2013 | Fiction & Poetry
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8.2 (101 Ratings)
Book Rating
Complex range of human emotion in this coming of age book
I read this book after watching the film so I made a lot of comparisons. For one while there are scenes that completely match the book, there are quite a lot of parts missing in the film. No doubt the book is far more detailed - I loved the film so reading it was equally pleasurable. It's more than a coming of age film, it explores prejudice, mental health, sexuality, abuse, so it's more meaningful than expected. Written in a series of letters, Charlie has symptoms of some kind of mental health issue that isn't explicitly mentioned so his attitude to the world is very straightforward yet complex. He watches human behaviour more than participating in social situations. My only gripe is that the writing is pretty bad, and I'm accounting this to the fact the author is trying to write as a 16 year-old boy. Easy to read though.
  
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Joshua Z Weinstein recommended Pather Panchali (1955) in Movies (curated)

 
Pather Panchali (1955)
Pather Panchali (1955)
1955 | Drama
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"This trilogy was rereleased at Film Forum in the summer of 2015, right before we started shooting Menashe. I went once a week and cried in the theater by myself. A universal story of birth, death, love, and coming of age. So many moments I can never forget: the joy of the school montage, and the famous scene in which the children see a train for the first time, a symbol of the arrival of modernity."

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Joshua Z Weinstein recommended Aparajito (1956) in Movies (curated)

 
Aparajito (1956)
Aparajito (1956)
1956 | Drama
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"This trilogy was rereleased at Film Forum in the summer of 2015, right before we started shooting Menashe. I went once a week and cried in the theater by myself. A universal story of birth, death, love, and coming of age. So many moments I can never forget: the joy of the school montage, and the famous scene in which the children see a train for the first time, a symbol of the arrival of modernity."

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Kevin Phillipson (9973 KP) rated Please Stand By (2017) in Movies

Jun 19, 2018  
Please Stand By (2017)
Please Stand By (2017)
2017 | Comedy, Drama
8
7.6 (5 Ratings)
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Dakota fanning (0 more)
Sweet coming of age movie plus road movie dakota fanning is brillant as wendy who has autism and living in a care home who is also a massive star trek fan who decides to write star trek story for a competion. Overall great movie with support from alice eve and toni collette thumbs up
  
    Peel (2019)

    Peel (2019)

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    A coming-of-age story about a young man whose child-like innocence has a healing quality on all the...

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Dean (6925 KP) rated Juno (2007) in Movies

Aug 19, 2017  
Juno (2007)
Juno (2007)
2007 | Comedy, Drama
7
7.5 (40 Ratings)
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Ellen Page (1 more)
Great dialogue
Very funny
A very good, funny and witty coming of age comedy as a young girl comes to terms with falling pregnant. It has some sharp dialogue and Ellen Page is good as the smart ass kid that always has a sarcastic remark at the ready. You'll like it depending on your sense of humour but it has a good strong cast too.