--- title: 'The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012)' type: 'film' director: 'Stephen Chbosky' released: '2012-09-08' runtime_minutes: 103 certification: 'PG-13' genres: - 'Drama' - 'Romance' countries: - 'United States' canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower-2012' review_count: 0 imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1659337/' publisher: 'CinePixo' --- # The Perks of Being a Wallflower (2012) 2012 · PG-13 · 103 min · Drama, Romance · United States ## Synopsis The Perks of Being a Wallflower is a 2012 American coming-of-age romantic drama film written and directed by Stephen Chbosky, and based on his 1999 novel. Logan Lerman stars as a teenager named Charlie who writes to an unnamed friend, and these epistles chronicle his trials, tribulations, and triumphs as he goes through his freshman year of high school. The film depicts his struggles with his, unbeknownst to him, post-traumatic stress disorder, as he goes through his journey in high school making new friends, portrayed by Emma Watson and Ezra Miller. The film's ensemble cast also includes Mae Whitman, Kate Walsh, Dylan McDermott, Joan Cusack, Nina Dobrev, and Paul Rudd in supporting roles. ## Credits - **Director:** [Stephen Chbosky](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-chbosky) - **Screenplay:** [Stephen Chbosky](https://cinepixo.com/people/stephen-chbosky) - **Original Music Composer:** [Michael Brook](https://cinepixo.com/people/michael-brook) - **Producer:** [John Malkovich](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-malkovich), [Lianne Halfon](https://cinepixo.com/people/lianne-halfon), [Russell Smith](https://cinepixo.com/people/russell-smith) - **Director of Photography:** [Andrew Dunn](https://cinepixo.com/people/andrew-dunn) - **Editor:** [Mary Jo Markey](https://cinepixo.com/people/mary-jo-markey), [Yana Gorskaya](https://cinepixo.com/people/yana-gorskaya) ## Cast - [Paul Rudd](https://cinepixo.com/people/paul-rudd) - [Melanie Lynskey](https://cinepixo.com/people/melanie-lynskey) - [Nicholas Braun](https://cinepixo.com/people/nicholas-braun) - [Ezra Miller](https://cinepixo.com/people/ezra-miller) - [Johnny Simmons](https://cinepixo.com/people/johnny-simmons) - [Joan Cusack](https://cinepixo.com/people/joan-cusack) - [Tom Savini](https://cinepixo.com/people/tom-savini) - [Logan Lerman](https://cinepixo.com/people/logan-lerman) - [Kate Walsh](https://cinepixo.com/people/kate-walsh) - [Reece Thompson](https://cinepixo.com/people/reece-thompson) - [Dylan McDermott](https://cinepixo.com/people/dylan-mcdermott) - [Landon Pigg](https://cinepixo.com/people/landon-pigg) - [Nina Dobrev](https://cinepixo.com/people/nina-dobrev) - [Emma Watson](https://cinepixo.com/people/emma-watson) - [Mae Whitman](https://cinepixo.com/people/mae-whitman) ## Criticism on CinePixo No reviews published yet. Official site: http://www.perks-of-being-a-wallflower.com Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-perks-of-being-a-wallflower-2012 Film facts: Wikidata (Q675468); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.