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About
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, 1991. High school freshman Charlie is a wallflower, always watching life from the sidelines, until two senior students, Sam and her stepbrother Patrick, become his mentors, helping him discover the joys of friendship, music and love.
Theatrical
Oct 12, 2012
Box Office
$33.4M
Budget
$13.0M
Return
2.6x
DVD / Blu-ray
Feb 12, 2013
Director
Writer
Producers
Music
Studio
Mr. Mudd
Keywords
based on novel or book
depression
trauma
school friend
melancholy
friendship
high school
freshman
coming of age
school
teenage boy
high school student
first love
aunt nephew relationship
lgbt
mental health
lgbt teen
teen drama
pittsburgh, pennsylvania
1990s
based on young adult novel
gay theme
boys' love (bl)
teenager
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Cast
Full credits →L
Logan Lerman
Charlie
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Emma Watson
Sam
E
Ezra Miller
Patrick
M
Mae Whitman
Mary Elizabeth
K
Kate Walsh
Mother
D
Dylan McDermott
Father
M
Melanie Lynskey
Aunt Helen
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Nina Dobrev
Candace
J
Johnny Simmons
Brad
J
Joan Cusack
Dr. Burton
Paul Rudd
Mr. Anderson
N
Nicholas Braun
Ponytail Derek
R
Reece Thompson
Craig
P
Patrick de Ledebur
Senior Bully
B
Brian Balzerini
Linebacker
Julia Garner
Susan
T
Tom Savini
Mr. Callahan
C
Chelsea Zhang
Shakespeare Girl
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Adam Hagenbuch
Bob
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Erin Wilhelmi
Alice
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Yearning for Connection and Heroism
Songs
I, I wish you could swim like the dolphins, like dolphins can swim Though nothing, nothing will keep us together we can beat them, for ever and ever Oh we can be heroes, just for one day.
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