The film “The Perks of Being a Wallflower”, 2012, American director, writer and screenwriter Stephen Chbosky shot his own book of the same name, after the release of the book has gained great popularity in the United States, especially among those who are talking about teenagers and young people, despite the fact that there is some sex (such teenage) and drugs and many critics did not approve of it. According to the author, the book is partly autobiographical, although his life was different from the life of the main character. The book is written in the epistolary genre, the film is also shot in this genre, although, naturally, in cinema it looks somewhat different. The main character - Charlie (Logan Lerman), a teenager from a good Catholic (as the author himself) family, experiences serious mental problems from childhood (in the end we learn the root cause), as well as after the suicide of his friend Michael, so he keeps aside, he has no friends, although he wants to have them, but he learns well, making special achievements in literature. At first, when he comes to high school, he can not fit into the environment, everyone rejects him, morals there can not be called friendly, but then quite by chance he has friends who are already in high school – Patrick (Ezra Miller) and his half-sister Sam (Emma Watson), thanks to whom he gets into the company of high school students. There he goes through a slightly accelerated course of initial growing up, his life changes greatly, experiences a lot for the first time, although some things could be done without (for example, without drugs). But the year is coming to an end, his friends go to college and leave, he is in connection with such an emotional stress overtakes a new shock, he gets into a psychiatric hospital, there is a secret that has plagued him since childhood. But in the end, everything ends well. There are a lot of films on such topics, among them I came across good ones, this one I too, perhaps, will be classified as good, so who is interested in the topic, can watch.
I first watched It’s Good to Be Quiet in 2015 when I was 18 years old and basically the same age as the main characters. The film should have been close to me, but no, I didn’t find myself in it. Despite this, I decided to reconsider and share my thoughts.
The story follows the life of a teenager named Charlie. A traumatized teenager who has no friends goes to high school. Charlie was lucky, he met good people who could understand him and, most importantly, accept him. I really liked how the film explored the importance of friends in the life of a teenager. Also, the film successfully shows the maturation and formation of the hero as a person, take at least a scene in the dining room.
As for aunt Charlie, who is always shown to the viewer in the form of scattered memories, and what role she played in the life of the main character. I'm not familiar with the original source, so I can't judge how different the story is in the film and the book. But I believe that the creators of the film decided not in vain to show that not only little girls, but also boys, can experience terrible things in childhood from adults, sometimes even loved ones, people.
However, despite all the advantages, I was left with the unpleasant feeling that the creators wanted to stuff all the problems of adolescence into one film, so that at least one of the themes responded to the audience. Non-reciprocal love, first relationships, homosexuality, physical and sexual violence, promiscuous sexual relations, abuse, drugs, rejection in the team and many others. “13 Reasons Why” in miniature.
Cast is great. It was a pleasure to watch young Logan Lerman, Emma Watson and Ezra Miller. Supporting actors also look very harmonious in their seats. No one's game was rejected.
Technically, the film looks very good. Pleasant color reproduction, cozy and unused soundtrack, even the favorite books of the protagonist were selected mega successfully.
In conclusion, I can say that this film is suitable for nostalgia and remember your youth. Your happy 15-16-17 years, your first love, first mistakes I assure you that almost 2 hours will pass like an instant. Like our lives...
Watched a movie and read a book. The same person made the film and wrote the book, so don’t complain. Although the film has enough discrepancies of a small kind and some missed moments, which makes some of the actions of the characters seem unreasonable, the general line is the same.
The bewilderment was caused by the main character, who in the book cries almost at the end of each scene, which makes him perceived as a child and nothing more. In the film, there is only awkwardness in the movements, and this is clearly a big difference. I don’t feel the problem in the film.
Eme Watson's role as a babysitter-spot-lover is clearly not going well. If in the book her actions at the end have no explanation, then in the film even more so. And the rest of the line-up is fine.
The storyline here is not interesting, if you have not read the book, then especially. The main problem is “I can’t find friends”, but it is cut almost instantly, and then the whole plot seems to be deliberately sucking from the finger. It's not even interesting to paint. I will leave out what the viewer from Russia cinema will seem unrealistic and painfully sweet. Man, this guy has a car what time... 16 years old? (not in the film), although his parents are not rich. And in general, all this entourage is always typical of American teenagers with their sticks, football, school life for the viewer from the post-Soviet space seems succinct and detached. In other words, you don't feel involved, even if it's an imaginary one. Well, history is like history, it is far from you, and you are far from it even further.
Having distorted the character of GG, the film does not feel the autism that he is permeated with in a book where, by behavior, you would give him 10-12 years of strength. I don’t understand the ending, the one about my aunt. All the heroes are not real... You're looking, God, why are they freaking out? They're all great. And the fact that a friend of GG committed suicide for the plot, well, with whom it does not happen.
Chbosky’s book is called by some as a reincarnation of Salinger’s world-famous novel. Well, if Chbosky's Jerome Salinger, I'm fucking Leo Tolstoy. Yes, Holden Caulfield's problems are just as imaginary, but you involuntarily want to associate him with yourself, unless you're a boy "born with a silver spoon in mouth" or a stuffy maximalist, Charlie seems to have come out of another world.
Especially "Kringe" caused the localization of the film, where the American exams are translated as "EGE". The film is about American teenagers, American football, fights in the dining room, non-traditional sexual orientations, about drugs and slujuzhe. I can't stand such things, but there's a zest or something here, so you can single it out from the general range. I do not advise anyone to read this book except for fans of literature about a pseudo-difficult childhood with problems from the category of “fuck me”.
I love the subject of growing up. I missed my teenage years, but it was still the best time. Sometimes I feel like I was living in that time. No wonder I liked this movie so much.
But it is not only and not so much at the age, in the native Emma Watson, sweet Charlie ... it is a matter of filling. It is a difficult subject, which opens to the most attentive. It's about unusual footage. It is a feeling of freedom, lightness and infinite hope.
"Be a filter, not a sponge."
It is good when the director of the film and the author of the book are the same person. No one will see or make history better than the man who invented it.
I probably like the movie more than the book. But the book is also good.
The main character is a sweetie with psychological trauma. Everything I like. Charlie is trying to get into society and make friends, but it's hard for him. He is lucky to have his own company. Do I not know what my company means to the quiet?
Very emotional, very emotional. In the last shots, I always cry. Of course, of course.
“There will be people who will say that such things do not happen. These are the people who forget what it feels like to be sixteen as soon as you turn seventeen. I know that someday it will all become just stories, our photos will become old photos, and we will all become someone’s mom and dad. But now it's not a story, it's happening. I'm here. And I look at her because she's beautiful. I can feel it.
At some point, you realize that you are not a sad story. You're alive. And you stand there and you look at the lights and everything that makes you wonder. And you listen to that song, and you go down the road with the people you love more than anything. And in this moment, I swear, we are part of eternity.”
General impression: Movies about growing up, how many? In fact, if you go deeper, it's a lot. Heroes live their whole lives, but for us only a moment. But for this short period of time, the viewer has time to understand what the hero is going through, what he aspires to, what worries him. And how it goes from the stage of youth to the stage of maturity.
Charlie (Logan Lerman) is at first glance an ordinary teenager, only so quiet. He has no friends at all, and in class he is quieter than water, below the grass. But soon everything changes, the guy meets the guys - Sam (Emma Watson) and Patrick (Ezra Miller), and the company becomes his native. Charlie falls in love with Sam, but the girl is dating someone else. Tell about his feelings shy guy can not, keeps everything a secret and experiences the first ups and downs of his life.
As it turned out later, Charlie's shyness is not taken out of thin air, the problem was on the surface, but for the viewer all the salt is hidden in the end. And the tragedy of the events is shrouded in mystery, to understand it is not necessary much. The hero in a voice-over suggests reasoning before and after events, and is it good to be quieter if there is a mental disorder?
The atmosphere in the tape is simply fantastic, warm and cozy. The problems that the movie raises are carefully arranged in the plot. Here and friendship, and love, and the problems of fathers and children, upbringing, growing up, alcohol and much more. The importance slips into the dialogues, too, and the script relies on three components: society, feelings, and problems.
I want to highlight the actor – Ezra Miller. His character is so colorful, so multifaceted that it is simply impossible to fall in love! Ezra's charm is good! Of course, all the characters are good and in their different characters are displayed in the tape, but Ezra is something.
Everyone should see it, we were all teenagers.
The heartbreaking adaptation of Stephen Chbosky’s novel of the same name, “It’s Good to Be Quiet,” remains one of the best films about teenage life to this day. The plot tells and shows a certain stage in the life of young Charlie, going through a difficult life period. I really liked how everything in the picture looked like a real teenage life. All of these difficulties in relationships, study, and self-acceptance are plausible, even compared to my own less eventful youth. The atmosphere of the film is quite sad, and when watching you feel a kind of melancholy, which you live with the main character. For myself, after watching it, I took the thought that you should not avoid help, which at some point may be decisive. Let it be friends or even a psychologist, support in difficult situations is necessary for a healthy human psyche, and you can not be ashamed or afraid to ask for it, as the main character did. The cast of the film is very unusual. The role of Charlie is played by Logan Lerman, who perfectly conveys all the complex emotions of his character. Ezra Miller also fit perfectly into the role, giving his own zest to the already extraordinary Patrick. Well, the main female role - Sam - performed by Emma Watson was simply incredible. Familiar to everyone in a series of films about the world of magic and having a completely different role there, in this picture it strikes with drama. Not everyone can express the feelings and emotions of such a complex character so well, however, Emma succeeded. A separate plus is the visual part of the film, immersing straight into teenage life. Costumes, scenery, even a flower-core – all this worked with the soul. What is only worth one of the most memorable scenes – a car ride with the main character looking out from the open top with his hands raised. This is a great movie to remember your own teenage years, rethink your experiences and even cry a lot. It deserves repeated revision, especially during periods of lyrical-melancholic mood. And about the correspondence to the original literary work, everything seemed accurate to me. In such films, the main factor is the emotional response of the reader / viewer, and both when reading the book and watching the film, it turned out to be very similar, so you can watch even without reading the original.
I think the film is worth watching, provided that you get into the life of the protagonist Charlie and his friends, live with him, all the moments that are so important and bother him. After all, in the film, we all know the situation from the school / institution. I think everyone at the school/university had their own Charlie and, because of their age, many people didn’t understand what their attitude was, only made things worse and made themselves look full. . .
The film describes how, at a young age, people label other people other than themselves and don’t even try to recognize them. The fact that a person does not behave defiantly and learn well, does not mean that he is ' different'. The fact that if a person stumbled once, it does not make him a bad person, a friend.
The film shows how with a good and dignified treatment of a person, another person can change and open up as a person. Age is not important for friendship and love. How a person can save a person.
I want to have a friend like Charlie. A friend who does not judge, will always support and listen, a friend who knows all the bad and good about you and is still there. And also to believe that there are people like Patrick, the man who completely changed Charlie's life because he opened up a whole other world for Charlie.
If you think about it, the characters have no difficulties in the picture – they have problems at once. There's no footing, just hot soil. There is no lasting joy, only moments of euphoria. And a foggy future. The creators, in general, thickened thoroughly.
Surprisingly, with all this feeling of total despair does not occur. That is, the story of a teenager noticeably catches, sharpens emotions, causes sympathy, but this is limited. He's not moving on. And for that I want to say thank you.
And there are enough topics in the picture: there is a tragic fate, and complexes of teenagers, and child violence, and the problem of generations. There is another, false modesty. This is not modesty, which is considered to be decoration, luxury or rudiment.
False modesty is, in my opinion, the key problem of the hero. The fact is that the rest is given, echoes of the past, and false modesty happens to the hero here and now. And until he overpowers her, he can't move on.
If you draw a parallel, the teenager resembles a person in line. While the queue moves, and the hero stands still. He would have achieved what he wanted long ago if he had not allowed everyone to climb forward. If I'd ignored the requests behind those standing behind for no good reason. But he believes that his reasons are more important than his own. And so the hero waits and believes that one day his turn will come.
As it turns out later, there is nothing noble or right behind universal sacrifice and compliance. It is an ungrateful occupation to make others happy in order to please their own desires, ambitions and goals.
Therefore, false modesty is as pernicious as excessive selfishness. These sensations are one field of berry. Being a modest egoist is the icing on the cake.
I remember very well how eight years ago, in the fall of 2012, I went to this film in the Cinema. In my small town it was shown only in one cinema, in one of the halls, in sessions after 23 p.m.
I was very much looking forward to this film because I had read the original source of the book by Stephen Chbosky. And to be honest, I was not disappointed. As part of the film, everything was as personal as I imagined. Actors, music, scenery, and above all the atmosphere. That’s why I loved this movie.
Many scenes in the film are filled with such light life sadness that it seems that somewhere / once it happened to me, in my life, in childhood and adolescence.
The feelings that the heroes experienced were also not alien to me, but very familiar.
Many situations were similar to those I saw in my friends and acquaintances. In general, the film was really close to me in spirit, and in it I personally found something native.
Scenes such as a trip in the tunnel is incredibly inspiring, after this you really understand that you should never give up and understand, ' that you are alive', and that everyone has the right to find their happiness. Your path and your people who will be there and always support.
I cannot but mention the actors separately. Lerman perfectly conveyed the image of Charlie, he was very good, he was very suitable for the role. Even now, watching the new series 'Hunters' with his participation, you involuntarily learn the image of Charlie in Logan. It has a completely different role.
For Watson, the role was not bad, and I can imagine how difficult it was for her to stop in the first couple after Potteriana. In general, I think it worked.
Miller was very pleased, as if he played himself.
Summing up the above, I believe that this film will resonate with many young people, and not only those who have experienced similar events and experiences in their lives. For me personally, this will forever be one of my favorite, close-in-the-spirit films, with wonderful atmospheric scenes, beautiful music and actors.
P.S. It's a pity that Vapour Trail - 'Ride' was not included in the film. In my opinion, it is perfect for this film.
Tonight, I saw this film not for the first time, not for the second time or even for the third time. The first time I was lucky enough to see it almost immediately after the release, then there was the book, and many subsequent revisions, accompanied by the songs of the beautiful David Bowie in between. After 4 years, I returned to this creation.
What I got. This isn't a movie for teenagers. And not for adults (a little irrelevant, in 30+ problems more serious than adolescent maximalism). I'm 20 now, and the 'It's good to be quieter' 39 that I saw now and four years ago (i.e. 16) are two different films. Back then, I was more interested in Charlie's social life, relationships, parties, etc., and that's what I was looking at. Now I saw a completely different movie. The film is about accepting oneself, being aware of problems and eventually accepting the need for outside help. This is a film about pain and injustice. The film is about how cruelty travels from person to person, and eventually reaches the peak of injustice - it reaches children. So, from Charlie we learn that his aunt Helen suffered from an abusive relationship. And in the adult world, this is almost the norm, but her difficult fate affected Charlie: Aunt Helen took advantage of Charlie as they used to use her. All these moments in the film show as quickly as possible, so that they escape from the memory of the viewer and from the screen in just a couple of seconds, leaving a sediment of misunderstandings and a bunch of questions that no one will answer. But you have to pay attention to them! Style reminded 'The Handmaid's Diary' where flashes literally a couple of frame hints, suitable music and we immediately become clear. And that's cool.
Now everyone is talking about '13 Reasons Why' and how wonderful it is that there is finally a series that talks about the challenges adolescents face as they grow up. But look, 'It's good to be quiet' here it is the same work with similar content and (possibly purpose), just shows everything not directly to the forehead, but slightly more delicately. Perhaps less effective, but more tactful and without heavy scenes, which were in 13 reasons.
The film is about how childhood injuries affect the formation of Charlie, how difficult it is for him with his peers and in society. That sooner or later you need to resort to help, and both simple friendly support and a qualified specialist. This is the only way to get rid of the past and continue to live.
That’s probably what happens with all the movies, but you’re going to see what you came for: you’re expecting to see teen melodrama with all the side effects of drugs, parties, etc., that’s it; you’re looking for a heavy movie about abuse, that’s it too; maybe someone can see a black comedy. In any case, the picture is very nice to look at, the atmosphere and music are amazing. The same can be said about the actors: Logan Lerman is everywhere Logan Lerman, and although he is the main character, I believe that the personification of this work is the beautiful Ezra Miller as Patrick. The same weird, picturesque, strange, but loved by his audience. And of course, Emma Watson, without whom there would be no beautiful scene in the tunnel.
It seems that the work requires a deeper digging, but I will probably take another year before the next viewing, recovering from superficial comedies, or even to depression not far away.
A poem from Stephen Chbosky's "It's Good to Be Quiet" is very missing, so here it is. Just read these four lines and you will know whether you like the movie or not.
He gave himself the highest score,
And the damn reward was a slash on each wrist.
And he hung it all on the bathroom door.
I didn’t expect to get to the kitchen at the time.
As soon as this movie flashed in the tape, I immediately decided that I should see it. For me, just began to open such a gentle, beautiful and talented Logan Lerman - and then again the film with his participation. And again a new pleasantly shocking discovery that inspires hope for modern cinema.
The book began to read after the movie, but for reasons of workload, and did not finish. But all those pictures that emerged during the reading, absolutely coincide with what was depicted on the screen.
The story itself can’t help but catch on, especially if you’re an introvert and you’re so close to Charlie. I am personally close to Charlie, and I understood every element that blocks him on the way to a new one. Life is a difficult joke, it is difficult to understand it, it is difficult to understand yourself, and here are also close and not very close to you people put you in the question position: trust or not trust? After all, sometimes, especially when it is so lonely and there are no cats on the soul to scrape, so desperately want to believe someone and open yourself in the hope of being understood.
Very sensitive, touching, difficult in terms of reflecting the human side of the film. Sensual image of such endangered qualities as kindness, cordiality, respect, mutual assistance without reverse thoughts, honesty, sincerity, frugality of others' feelings, responsibility, loyalty, modesty. Important dialogues and streams of thought that transport into a long-forgotten wonderful world that has been tainted by human greed.
The whole caste game is just fascinating. Surprisingly suitable real people for roles fictional.
The music is magical. Music, cars, clothes are drowning in the spirit of the United States of those years. It can't help but be fascinating. Especially those who love the USA of the 90s, these music artists, cassettes, trips in the back of a pickup truck to loud music that tears tiles, books that make you look at yourself in a new way, a typewriter and much more.
It has been 6 years since the release of the film, and I am still impressed and admired. In love with charming fictional characters. The hope of which lives to this day [that people with great foundations and values have not yet died out]. Pain mixed with a million other completely different and similar emotions.
10 out of 10
As we age, our hearts become stale and life becomes a routine of commitment and responsibility. We forget that there can be a whole new life ahead, what carelessness and lightness are. How it is necessary for everyone to be in love and feel loved.
This film is like a fresh wind from the past, like your own young laughter and tears. It helps shake the fat of your experience and remember that inside you is still the same boy or the same girl who is surprised and lives, breathing in every new day.
From watching the film, pleasant emotions and memories are provided. A summer youth romantic film. All quality, great actors, great mood.
Let me start with the most important thing: with the power of public opinion, seriously, what 7.5 on the film search and 8 on the English analogue. According to estimates, this film is above almost all the films of Lars von Trier and David Lynch and other works of genius directors. A good reason to think about the very popular in our time herd instinct.
Now we can move on to the movie. It was very unexpected for me that films like The Hunger Games, Divergents and others were heavily criticized for the fact that the world adapts to heroes, and nobody said about this film, although in this film it is even worse: the world adapts to one hero. Until the end of the film, there was hope that a drop of realism would be revealed. And all that the audience got is a kind of twist, which is unlikely to cause strong emotions.
As a result, the film turned out to be another vanilla drama about a person for whom the surrounding world adjusts, and not vice versa. If you want to watch a good movie and the most important thing is a real movie about the difficult life of a teenager, I recommend Teacher to replace 2011 (and by the way, he has much fewer ratings, therefore, and views). Another good reason to think about the impact of social opinion and advertising on our tastes.
This film immediately immerses in the atmosphere of youth. It has the tone characteristic of films of this type. This is a live movie, a young man who wants to say something or shout something.
Many people will feel close to themselves after watching this movie. Often we don’t notice the small people hiding in the crowd who just can’t show themselves, stand up in society, join a group. This is a film about one of those people who are called introverts. Real friends or people with similar traits are very rare for such people. You're standing, squeezing in the corner, often torn by the urge to do something, to say, to earn someone's respect. You see and understand more than other people. You're always alone with yourself. It's such a movie.
It's a very "pure" picture, immersing in this period when everything seems so huge, when you don't realize the value of these moments, when you're looking for answers - but there are no answers. Relationships, friendship, inner peace are the themes that drive this film.
Ezra Miller, who plays a major role in this film, was pleasantly surprised. This is a game that deserves attention. He played a guy who feels life, its pulsation, takes joy from it and is ready to share with others. At the same time, it is clear that he is an unusual person, everything is not easy for him, he is also hiding something. An amazing performance, revealing more and more along the course of the film.
The famous Emma Watson showed a good level. She played the role of one of the main friends of the main character of the film. She is funny, beautiful, sensual, she has a great taste in music. It is clear what our hero might feel about her.
The main role was played by Logan Lerman. I always knew he was an amazing actor for this type of role. It shows the right depth. You believe in his character, you honestly believe. We watch the whole movie from the eyes of this lost man. He's depressed and just wants to find a friend. Great acting.
In conclusion, I would like to add that the music for this film is a completely separate conversation. After viewing, you want to open a list of tracks, listen to everything and add to your library. That doesn't happen often. Personally, this film is very close to me. I understand him. I’ve always been a person who has difficulty finding friends and establishing himself in society. For some, this movie will be a real revelation to the music of David Bowie.
Look clearly!
We accept the love we think we deserve.
A beautiful film imbued with the spirit of youth and freedom. It seemed very close to me and just fascinated me, especially this final scene of driving down the tunnel under the Heroes... and at that moment, I swear, we were endless.
It is very funny to guess in the characters yourself or your friends, and here it is inevitable, because the film tells about what is familiar to every teenager: about loneliness and a sense of inferiority, about finding friends in a new team and about the first timid love, the first disappointments in it. Perhaps the main moral of this work is that we really choose in love those who feel worthy.
Charlie is a withdrawn teenager, he is not like everyone else, and finds friends among the likes of him “misfits”: Patrick is gay, Sam is a girl with a difficult past, friends, one of whom is a kleptomaniac, the other is a punk Buddhist. But it is among these people that Charlie finds understanding and acceptance and repays them in return, becoming a loyal friend (as he bravely stands up for Patrick in a fight!). Charlie struggles to escape from himself and painful memories, and his friends help him. I haven’t read the book, but the movie is very late, I recommend it to everyone!
10 out of 10
"It's good to be quiet" is a youth drama that is shamelessly forgotten after you watch it the next day. As the main character said: "It's like forgetting how you were 16, as soon as you turn 17." You should be thrilled to read Chbosky's book - this is the novel of the same name, based on which the film was directed by Stephen. Because it's so deep. Different difficult events and experiences of heroes. But, all this is so “drained” and “smeared” that you do not worry about them. It's not worth it.
“I’m not sure you know that feeling. That you wanted to sleep for a thousand years. Or not exist at all. Or not feeling like you exist. Or something like that. I suspect it's an unhealthy desire, but I get it at times like this. That's why I try not to think. I just want my mind to stop spinning. If it gets worse, I will have to go to the doctor again. It's as bad as it was then.
As Bowie once said, “We could be a hero just for one day.” Yes, some moments remain in the memory... For example, when Sam (Ema Watson) gets up in a pickup truck “spreading his wings” and depicts flying. And this fleeting impulse, when "In this moment, I swear, we were infinite," penetrates into consciousness. “I found a song out of the tunnel” is a great experience for three kids. As intimate as the moment of unity of three hearts.
Sam and Patrick were looking at me. I'm on them. And I made sure they understood. Not something specific. Just understand, that's all. And I thought, that's what you want from your friends.
You're happy for Charlie (Logan Lerman) that he finally has friends in high school. But, you forget him as much as you do your classmates once you graduate. These are simple teenagers with their own secrets and cockroaches in their head. But the question always arises: what is going on? It was as if we were given the opportunity to look behind a closed door and it was immediately slammed. Vibrant themes aka youth issues raised in this film, which still received a PG13 rating. That is, scenes with drug use, alcohol and scenes of a sexual nature. Again, who saw what? That Charlie was spinning and melting? Maybe he just wanted to make friends and feel like everyone else. It’s all about American youth comedies. Somewhere we find problems of perception of the world around us in adolescence. You look for yourself, your place, you know what you want. I would even say that the behavior of the second protagonist, Patrick (Erza Miller) was more understandable and sincere. Than his friend. He was just as strange, but at least honest with himself and others, at least to some extent.
Unaccustomed to the fact that Ema finished shooting in “Harry Potter” should be noted should get used to the new image is not a know-it-all, but one who wants to go to college. A simple, short-haired girl with her own problems or doubts. Or here's the main character of "The Vampire Diaries" - Candice (Nine Dobrev), who also can not understand their personal relationships. You often don’t understand who these people are or why they’re “turned away from the camera.” Candice's boyfriend and her role as such are hard to discern in the whole story, except that she was Charlie's sister. Or his parents who were interested in their child and worried about him. I liked the character of the literature teacher. Perhaps Chbosky could express his teenage experiences in this work. I would imagine my beginning career as a writer, as a boy who writes to an unknown listener about his life, not to be given advice and told how to live, but to share. Under the excellent youth soundtrack and individual quotes, this film should say thank you. But, basically, it is a passing material that causes mute sadness.
Dear friend! I want to tell you about a wonderful film that was made based on an equally beautiful work. Do you think it’s good to be quiet? Are you having fun? See "It's good to be quiet." You don't know what to do with your life? See "It's good to be quiet". No, this movie won't give you answers. But it will fill you with emotions and forever captivate you.
I want to praise the creators for the incredible atmosphere. I swear you're on the other side of the screen with Charlie, trying to make friends with him and kissing a girl for the first time.
This picture is not only about friendship and love. It’s amazing how deep a movie like this can be.
In the book of the same name, there is a wonderful phrase that applies to the work itself: “It is easy, difficult correct to read.” This movie is the same. It looks easy, swallowed in one breath. But catching the right philosophy is sometimes very difficult.
And in the end, despite the happy ending, I feel really sad. In youth, every problem seems like a disaster. But you don't really realize how happy you are. The ending will make you wonder how many more heroes will fall out of everything? Good and bad. And sometimes it's very, very bad.
Just live here and now. There will be no other chance.
Not everyone has a heart-wrenching story, but even if they do, it’s not an excuse.
I will say right away that I do not pretend to the depth of analysis - only personal feelings.
And not even about camera work, a lot of decisive music and correctly displayed time in the film, but it is also worth talking about. We have to talk about Charlie because this is a movie about him.
Charlie is not Holden Caulfield. He doesn’t fight the world or laugh at it, as Salinger’s character did. Charlie tries to come to terms with the world and with himself and learn to live: build, not burn bridges, be friends and love, not run away to nowhere. It doesn't make it better or worse, no. Charlie is an unhappy child in a happy family. He's desperately looking for his place. He fights loneliness with letters to nowhere. But Charlie is not an idealized martyr. He does stupid things and almost mean things, like Mary-Elizabeth in Truth or Action, he falls in love and suffers, he learns to help and protect others. What he feels is understandable. And it's like remembering -- what it's like to be sixteen -- to experience a moment where you're infinite. And Charlie tries to live - he calls it "immersion in life." And it's a very ordinary life that's rewarding, but he looks at it and sees it clean, undisturbed and beautiful, even when it's not as good. Charlie has a “heartbreaking story” – and not one, but he gives up all of them in order to just live. To someday tell your own, not a heartbreaking, but a very happy story.
All in all, thank you to the author (both the director and the writer at once, which is unusual) for the fact that Charlie has a special story, which he tries to detach from in favor of ordinary life. Stop suffering - learn to live with Charlie, as diligently as he is in English literature.
Of my favorite scenes, of course, the one where Sam gives Charlie a typewriter.
If Charlie isn’t understanding, you’ve achieved what he desperately wanted: to just live and enjoy it. And that's happiness.
The film is wonderful, with a special atmosphere and a slight benevolent irony from the author and the protagonist, which sobers the sentimentality of some moments. And with music, of course.
The movie was very touching. I want to hug everyone and cry. I want to go back and rewrite my own history anew, live like these teenagers, have more fun, experience and feel more and, of course, love. That’s the kind of emotion that this warm, sweet and kind film evokes. But anyway, we didn’t live, and we won’t live like these carefree Americans who had a happy childhood, even such glorious quiet people as our main character. Sadness, tears, joy and awe caused me this work, because I did not have such a childhood.
A bit about heroes:
Charlie/Logan Lerman: Sometimes he looks funny and pathetic, but at the same time he is brave, despite his shyness, he acts, approaches and meets the most noisy and inadequate teenager in school, which is not at all characteristic of quiet people, and eventually finds good friends with whom he goes through trials and touching love. Charlie is like a collective image of some dear and beloved childhood friend, whom you remember with warmth.
Sam/Emma Watson: She loves Charlie, but she loves him as a friend, and she cannot build a relationship with him, and she does not need it yet, for her freedom, college, discoveries, new life and experiences are important. And even at this age, girls usually like bad guys, and they do not notice decent guys, because they are not yet ripe to understand. Yes, and people like Charlie may not have grown up yet, but still will!
Patrick/Ezra Miller: Oh, this is my star, my joy, my ray of light in the gray days! The only reason I saw it was because of him, because he became one of my favorite actors after I looked at some of his work, and this role is one of his best. There is a teenager like Patrick in every school, but personally such people with drugs in my head have always oppressed me, they are noisy, active, have fun, disrupt classes. But here is a very kind character who just tears up and throws the positive and spreads it to others. But in his life we saw a dramatic note associated with his orientation, as a result of which the role came out very bright and multifaceted.
Not all teenage films are so soulful and so take a life like this, when you start to remember your young age, and think how beautiful and irrevocable it is when you can feel it all again and understand something personal, your own.
The film is a miracle, I advise you to watch it!
10 out of 10
I'll tell you right away. I hate movies about teenagers! No, seriously, it would seem that many people love such films, especially at my age, but not me, to my great regret. For me, these films are too sad, too depressing. The ending really touched me to tears! Although I usually cry very rarely when I watch a movie, and it’s rarely a drama. It's good to be quiet. Let me tell you right away that I was not familiar with the work on which this creation was created. But literally the next day, being in complete frustration and sadness, I could not stand it and downloaded this novel. I read it in one breath, the book just swallowed me, and I did not notice how I read it all in a matter of 3 days. But this review of the film, and not the book, I can say that they are very similar, but in the novel, Charlie’s relationship with his family is much more revealed than in the film.
So, the story. The main character is a 15-year-old boy named Charlie. He writes letters to a man he doesn’t even know personally, but only knows he didn’t sleep with his girlfriend, even though he had the chance. He writes letters to him without leaving his address, and replaces the names of his friends with similar ones. He sends these letters, hoping that somewhere out there, there is someone to listen to him. In his letters, the main character talks about his social circle, which, as I realized, did not exist before moving to high school. He tells us about how he met Patrick and Sam. Charlie is constantly saddened by the long-term death of his aunt Helen, whom he loved very much.
As you can see, the plot is based on Charlie's relationship with his friends. This is the main feature of the film, not only in the love line, although it is also partially, but in relationships in general. You can immediately see that the work has been done enormously, and each frame is saturated with efforts and feelings. So, of course, we can note the performance of Emma Watson (Sam). She'll probably do any role. Now she can be recognized not only as Hermione, but also as Sam - the heroine of the acclaimed novel and film. Logan Lerman did a great job too! He tried and did not look inept in the background above the actress. He was perfectly suited to the role of the quiet. And finally, Ezra Miller, he played Patrick amazingly! Despite the fact that I read the book, after the film, I was able to imagine his character exactly as he is shown to us in the film! Straight one to one.
In the end, I think this film is very good and amazing, especially if it is distinguished in the genre of drama. And even though I wrote at the beginning of my review that I hate movies about teenagers, it doesn’t stop me from putting the film on the top ball. And not because of the beautiful Emma Watson, not because of the novel, but simply because I think the film is very good.
10 out of 10
The film “It’s good to be quiet” directed by Stephen Chbosky, part-time and screenwriter, undoubtedly teaches us a lesson. So what is it about? The slogan reads, “Be a filter, not a sponge.” This is ironic from the creators. They arrange a kind of test for the viewer: will you absorb the cozy enveloping atmosphere of the film or look deeper, “filter” it?
It would seem that serious questions are raised in the picture. Such as:
How do you survive the suicide of your best friend when you are only 15?
“How not to exchange yourself for people who wipe their feet on you?” And finally understand that you can not be an emotional cloth?
“How do you find some dignity in yourself and stop sacrificing everything for someone who is not ready to be really close?”
“What will help you get rid of the demons that have lived in you since childhood?”
But if you follow the slogan, you will see clearly that this film challenges family and human values. He lies brazenly, distorting reality through a beautiful fantasy. After all, it shows, to put it mildly, a loyal attitude to seduction, incest, prostitution, homosexuality, theft and blasphemy. All these vices are cultivated in this picture.
Of course, in addition to imposing false ideals, there are truthful, instructive and, even, soul-grabbing moments in the film, from which such conclusions can be drawn:
1) In order to enjoy the good in life, it is not enough to surround yourself with the right people, you must break your fear and take the first step to your happiness.
2) You're part of eternity. Eternity consists of moments. Hence, you too. Try to multiply the positives. One day they will become history. Do you need a medical history?
(3) If you like to be alone with your thoughts, don’t let them scratch your brain.
(4) Choose your social circle carefully. Psychosis is treated with the help of doctors, loving family and loyal friends. Charlie did not have this, because when he got to the hospital, almost no one remembered him.
(5) Friendship is friendship, but each ball for rollers come in their own way.
(6) Not-so-everybody's afraid. They become a threat. That's pretty clear from the dining room fight scene.
Of the positive points can be distinguished composer and camera work. The music is chosen on the verge of splendor. Each composition fits succinctly into the situation on the screen and clearly conveys the emotions of the characters. And this situation is observed by the viewer. The slightest vibration of the angle also sensitively conveys what is happening in the right way. Of course, I would like to note one special point. It's a scene in the tunnel. Here is the unity of the trio of main characters. They unite with themselves and with each other. Charlie even feels a sense of enlightenment and freedom, of belonging to something bigger. Careful, Chbosky, an unsophisticated viewer can take this at face value and drown in delight at the emotions that overwhelm him, pouring from the screen!
In general, if you recommend this film, it is definitely not sad children aged 12-15 years. Because they simply won’t “filter” all the dirt and may begin to identify with the main characters and absorb their false values. Older people will probably not be interested. But if you want to spend an hour and a half to see it, why not?
5 out of 10
For some reason, talking about everything you love is always more difficult. That’s why I haven’t reviewed movies that I’ve watched many times. I often don’t understand why this particular movie caught me. It’s just that every time there comes a moment when I want to immerse myself in my favorite atmosphere again.
“It’s good to be quiet” I started watching for one reason. It's Emma Watson. I love her. What a surprise it was when this film didn’t just pass by.
What do I like about him? That's it! Simplicity is probably first and foremost.
We are told the life of a boy who has just moved to high school. He has no friends at all, and psychological problems.
There are no ordinary stories of teenagers. Each of the heroes has a difficult fate. And I was so excited to see the ease and immediacy with which they handled it.
We were lucky that the film was directed by the author of the book. Thanks to him, the heroes found something more.
I love the duet between Emma and Ezra. Step brother and sister. How much life there is. They're so kind. They don't have the arrogance of graduates. How easy it is for them to accept a shy Charlie into their company. How much they change their lives.
Let the film have enough of these rather difficult and sad moments, for me it is only good. All this music, talk about infinity. I was with them at the time! I don’t know how this effect was achieved, but the film is breathtaking. I'm flying. I live.
I love this school world of heroes. I see them as my best friends. This is what the author wanted.
I am writing now and I understand that I cannot formulate a single sentence normally. That's because it's such a favorite movie. I want to advise him. Just take a look and get into life.
I always want the same haircut as Emma. I dream of a car with a body. Through the tunnel. To the city. Sunset. With that music. And infinity. I want this new life ahead of me. College. Friends who give so much.
I dream that I will meet my teacher who will give me books, and I will write him essays in return.
The film adds romance to my life. I'm starting to pause. Enjoying something very small that becomes big for me. Just thinking about it, I get inspired!
I know I have something else, but I’m still there.
I just love their story. I love their experiences. I love their suffering. I love their happiness. I love their music. I love their books. I love their infinity.
There are more than two hundred reviews and I have no words.
All that has been said has certainly already been said, all the flaws have been revealed, all the advantages have been emphasized and described, and I cannot even imagine who could read my review now and why, when there are two hundred times more laikan and older ones.
But hell, if you're reading this review, watch the movie. Please. It's beautiful, it's real - it's about what's going to happen to each of us. It didn’t happen to me in reality, but it happened mentally. It happened while I was watching this movie. I felt like Charlie, I fucking got a beloved Sam, an amazingly charismatic gay friend Patrick, I got a life.
The scene in the tunnel is what it was worth watching this movie for, despite many other beautiful moments. If you listen, if you feel yourself in that summer, in that tunnel, in that car, then these simple words of genius will cause a convulsion of the whole consciousness.
This film pierced me with its light insistence, its amazing character, its dream and the fairy tale that the world can be so real, people so sincere, love so pure - and love not only for the opposite sex, but for the whole world, for music on cassettes, for a typewriter, for the atmosphere of a small American town.
I love movies that are turned from the inside out. There was nothing special about it, but it still became something special to me, as paradoxical as it may sound.
The film is based on Stephen Chbosky's novel The Perks of Being a Wallflower (1999). The author of the novel himself became the director of the film adaptation.
There's a certain category of movies that shake you up, as if opening your eyes to the fact that life is really good despite all its problems. As stated in the film itself: (c) Someday we will all grow old and become history, but now we are, and we exist, and that is beautiful. This category includes films by Zach Braff. Or Peter Weir's 1989 painting Dead Poets Society.
The film itself is very good in that the story at first glance may seem simple, a little “snotty”, a typical teenage tape of which is not enough. But I assure you that in this film, the director who actually wrote the novel on which he directed this film reveals much more “the subtleties of human life” through the prism of adolescent formation.
This film is one of those that not everyone likes, but if it fits your understanding and perception of the world and life, then pleasure is guaranteed to you.
Franz Kafka (c) The book must be an axe capable of cutting the frozen lake within us. I believe that.
After reviewing it for the third time, I decided that I was ready to write a review.
“I’m happy and upset at the same time” is what you can say after the movie ends. It is a feeling that is born somewhere deep. It grows and fills you all, joyful sadness. You want to stop, take a breath. Maybe go to the kitchen for a cup of tea. Or go outside and look at the starry sky. Because it's going to be a star at that moment. Or take your best friend out with you, and you'll just walk by and be quiet because you don't need words to feel it. Feel that you are part of eternity.
From the very first frames of the opening credits comes the idea that the film will be saturated with heat, lightness and atmosphericity. And it is, and at the same time it is absolutely not. It is also filled with great meaning. With deep subtext. It's not just kinzo for an easy evening. Definitely not.
The plot will tell about a teenager Charlie (Logan Lerman) - a quiet guy who moved to high school, who has no friends and who was in the hospital with a mental breakdown. He writes letters to a friend, not giving his name, but telling what happens to him. It's kind of a diary, and it's not even clear if he's sending these letters at all. He's an outcast at first in high school, but things soon change. It changes when he, having made a bold decision for himself, sits down during a baseball match with a high school student named Patrick (Ezra Miller), who has work classes with him, and who on the first day of school “decided to joke on the teacher, not on the beginner”, earning the nickname “No” for the entire academic year. It changes when he sees Sam, Patrick's half-sister. It changes when he finds friends and no longer feels lonely. The main point of the film for me is the importance of making friends. Not just “friends who are fun,” but those who understand and support you, for whom you can get into a fight. Who you know better than yourself, but at the same time, you never get tired of discovering new faces. Who can you say, “We’ll go crazy together.” There are so many books and films about teenagers, how they overcome the difficulties of growing up, how they find friends, how they fall in love for the first time. But "It's good to be quiet" - it stands out. It is not something specific, but all together. The atmosphere, the thoughts that sound in the film, and what sound in the head. Soundtrack. It pops up several times in conversations between the characters The Smits-Asleep, a song I associate the film with. And that's his soul. David Bowie-Heroes, the song when Sam, Patrick and Charlie drive through the tunnel, is "heart." The Beatles - Something doesn't sound in the movie, but it goes through him and I think it's his "unsaid thought."
“We fall in love with those we think we deserve,” “Why can’t anyone be saved?”, “There’s so much pain everywhere...and I don’t know how to ignore it.” There are so many thoughts in this film that, if I heard them as a teenager, would probably tear my little world apart. It really is something big that collapses and gets stuck in the head.
The film is based on a book by Stephen Chbosky. I read it in an amateur translation, and I highly recommend doing the same. Because it's like a link between the film and what the author wanted to say. Reading, I could not imagine the characters differently than in the movie. Lerman, Watson and Miller have made something amazing and incredible out of the trio of Charlie, Sam and Patrick. Lerman is certainly worth noting for this role, because it gives the impression that in the future (and in the present) he will be a very strong dramatic actor. Emma moved away from the image of Hermione, from her hairstyle to everything else. Miller is just a beautiful decoration of the film. Lighthearted, sarcastic and sarcastic on the outside, Patrick is very vulnerable on the inside, and it's almost an accurate description of almost all teenagers of our generation.
I don’t think this film fits into a certain age category. Yes, it will open a lot to teenagers. But even those who have already crossed the line, not for a long time 17 years old, he can remind adults what it is like. Especially if they forget.
We can be Heroes, just for one day. We can be us, just for one day.
Today (28, 11) I continued watching Ezra Miller’s most striking films, according to social media. Yesterday was the thriller Something's wrong with Kevin, today's melodrama, it's good to be quiet. On the one hand, that's a difference. On the other hand, you will quickly understand whether the actor is stuck in the same role or he can juggle them like oranges.
First of all, I want to say that this film is a unique phenomenon, which became such at the stage of its creation. It was originally a book written by Stephen Chbosky in 1999. Later it was filmed in 2012, where the director and one of the screenwriters was again Chbosky! The result of this work is interesting to watch doubly. Because the viewer has the opportunity to see such a film as the author of the literary basis saw and felt it. And it often happens that when filming a book, writers and directors ruthlessly distort what is happening, and at the final stage something completely different is obtained, in many cases - a losing one. But this is not our case.
The annotation of this picture, presented on most sites, also does not mislead the viewer, drawing in his imagination quite different. This is the case when we have a chance to be even more pleasantly surprised after watching the film.
If you think simply, you immediately think: what is so interesting in revealing the topic of teenagers, their difficult relationships with peers, etc., etc.? After all, so many films have been shot on this topic, good and not so, template and original. Maybe let’s remember that in cinema, in principle, there are about 30 plots, and everything filmed is only variations on the topic. In general, we will consider each case separately.
About the artistic and technical part of the film I will say only one paragraph. Do not think: camera work, color correction, scenery – everything was at a very decent level, as the plot demanded. All these elements worked well for the film. Special effects and other expensive tinsel - not about this movie, but not everywhere they should be, right?
In my reviews, I like to focus on the overall atmosphere, the acting and the moral and psychological aspects of the game. I’m not going to stop here either.
Beautiful three actors, who played the main roles: Logan Lerman (Charlie), Ezra Miller (Patrick) and Emma Watson (Sam). If for the viewer it will be a film in which he first sees one of the actors (as, for example, I saw Logan), then it will make a positive impression about their acting, and will encourage you to watch films with their participation and continue.
Logan Lerman perfectly fit into the role of a high school student who has problems with communicating with peers. There was not a single moment when his emotions skipped the acting task or were below it. It felt like casting managers walked into an average American school, into a randomly chosen class, and saw Logan there. This is often the case in Hollywood.
Emma Watson was a girl here who sometimes (perhaps unwittingly) reminded us that she played Hermione Granger. However, here the young sorceress acquired a rebellious shade and, thus, looked very good and cute.
Ezra Miller I don't think I've ever said anything bad about him. I won't be right now. And why talk bad about an actor who performs his acting task well and very successfully embodies the image of, in this case, Sam's stepbrother, a gay man? I always thought and will think that to embody images of homosexuality on the screen is interesting, because the actor encourages himself to try on a radically opposite inner world and forces himself to think differently. And given the bisexuality of the actor, it becomes even easier.
This is the story of a teenager who, in just a year of high school, changes radically internally. Outwardly, he manages to emphasize his identity, in which he is really helped. Quiet Charlie goes through a difficult path, where he makes important discoveries about people, friendship, love, contempt and other than the fullness of this world.
Before high school, Charlie could not boast of many friends and, in principle, any friends. He was alone with himself. And society did not accept him only because he had a worldview and hobbies that did not fit into the generally accepted ideology of the then high school student. But that all changed when the wonderful guys, Patrick and Sam, appeared in his life. This guy and girl were able to accept him as he is and give him a new understanding of the world. A world in which you are important and in which there are those who are important to you. I loved Charlie’s quote: “At some point you realize you’re not a sad story, you’re alive.” It is very important that you can find in your life such friends who will help you to truly feel yourself and realize eternity. Of course, eternity for everyone is their own. And people in this eternity are unique.
At some points, I was even jealous that Charlie had such good friends who became a real family for him. (Not because I don’t like the friends I have.) I love you guys! I envy and at the same time rejoice for this character, because in life it can not be so lucky for everyone.
And in many ways, I just recognized myself in Charlie.
“It’s good to be quieter” is a great motivator for those who are lost in finding their place in the universe. It’s like the movie says to the man, ‘You’re going to find yourself in this big world.’ You will find your favorite and most important...
10 out of 10
This is a movie I have watched 30 times. There’s something in it that’s really hooked, so I want to look and see. I already know some of the lines by heart, I can probably even retell.
As for the actors, everything is perfect, beautiful tandems and warm relationships can be seen with the naked eye. Everything was filmed well and qualitatively, there is nothing to complain about. 10/10
Emma Roberts got used to the role of a cute teenage girl with a bad past, who now gets along with guys and who has warm relationships with several guys (friend and boyfriend). I don't think she looks like Hermione here. And I have no right to think that she is an actress of the same role as Hermione Granger.
Logan Lerman - my love for this actor began with this film. A shy boy who loves to read with a lot of kindness, ready to stand up for his friends. He played this role well. 10/10 for the entire cast.
The film touches on topics that are now very relevant and are important in those places where there is a large crowd of teenagers. Charlie's story is strange and may not be fully understood, but we can watch him grow. In terms of what gets rid of habits (let’s call it so) tidy, falls in love, finds friends, support in the face of a school teacher. The story itself is simple, but at the same time on the screen we see the difficulties of the characters. I’ve read the book, but I can’t compare it to the movie since it was a long time ago, and I’ve watched the movie at least 30 times.
I advise everyone to watch this film, parents, adolescents, young people, that is, regardless of age. It can make an impact and change you. Charlie's story will make you cry (maybe) and empathize.
Life as it is or another delightful story of an extraordinary man!
To begin with, I’d like to say that I haven’t read the book and, frankly, I’m glad. Because the actors who played Charlie, Sam and Patrick, in my opinion, were perfect. I was afraid that Emma would be associated with Hermione, Logan Lerman with Percy Jaxan, had not seen Ezra’s work, unfortunately. However, I was so immersed in the atmosphere of this film, in the performance of these amazing actors, that I didn’t even notice how two hours of my life had passed! And they did not pass in vain, which I am infinitely glad.
After watching the trailer, I thought this movie would be below average. That this is another sad story about a boy with a mental disorder. To my surprise, I got into the movie from the very first minute, I don’t know why. Did I want them to play well or did I want them to love melodramas again? I don't know, but there's something about this movie that's instantly appealing. A huge respect to the director and producers, and in principle to all who had a hand in this film. Special thanks to Maukle Brook for the soundtrack to the film, just space.
The film shows the life of Charlie, the main character who treated him unfairly. He is mentally unstable, very withdrawn, which makes the character antisocial. But in the soul - kind, sympathetic, loving his parents, the very person who can stand up for you and support you when even the closest turn away from you. A friend who doesn't demand anything supernatural in return, except to be spoken to. It is worth fighting for such a person, no matter how weird he may seem. As an example, a friendship with Patrick. The role of aunt is the most influential, despite the trauma she caused him, he loved her with all his heart, how much he hated. She was the best person on earth until he met Sam and her brother Patrick. Together, these three, they can conquer the message of the world, but individually they will become just ordinary.
In addition to Charlie’s inner life and friendship, love reigns in this film. Charlie thinks we fall in love with the people we think we deserve. Although he is infuriated by this idea, he is afraid to tell her about his feelings, as he expected only disappointment in response. In principle, it is impossible not to love him. It was he who helped Sam move closer to his dream of being meaningful. Here comes the climax of the whole film: the departure of friends and memories of his aunt affected him negatively. We find out the truth about his aunt and their secret together, and that's when I felt all the drama and it was amazing. At the end of the film, we see a free, finally happy and liberated Charlie, feeling the fullness of life under the Heroes of David Bowie.
And I would like to end with the words of the hero himself: There will be people who say that such things do not happen. These are the people who forget what it feels like to be sixteen as soon as you turn seventeen. I know that someday it will all become just stories, our photos will become old photos, and we will all become someone’s mom and dad. But now it's not a story, it's happening. I'm here. And I look at her because she's beautiful. I can feel it. At some point you realize you're not a sad story, you're alive. And you stand there and you look at the lights and everything that makes you wonder, and you listen to that song and you drive down the road with the people you love most in the world. And in that moment, I swear, we're part of eternity.
10 out of 10
You can’t think that everyone’s lives are more important than their own and count it for love.
The rating of the film “It’s good to be quiet” is 16+. And this rating he quite justifies – there are drugs, sex, and alcohol, that is, all that children under the age of sixteen, of course, do not know. Or they shouldn't know. The problem is that kids under the age of sixteen — or at the worst end, seventeen — are the target audience for this film. A good, no, even a great movie. Excellent because you will like it at twenty, twenty-five, and thirty. Because it’s good – from the point of view of the director and actors, from the point of view of the script, from the point of view of the selection of the soundtrack. He's good. The problem is that the only feeling you can have for a protagonist in your twenties, twenty-fives, or thirtys is a nostalgic sympathy. You had it, too, didn't you? Was. Not like this now.
And that's the problem with this movie. He requires the viewer to put himself on the same board as Charlie, to feel like Charlie, to see the world through Charlie’s eyes. But it is incredibly difficult when you are no longer sixteen and the problems that worried you then faded and faded so much that you can not respond to them, no matter how hard you try. "It's Good to Be Quiet" is a film that tries to be sincere, but that sincerity is lost in vain because there is no one among the audience who can respond to it. And that's the problem.
The rest of the film is definitely good. He quite deftly balances on the boundary between “serious” and “funny”, all the moments that could seem too dramatic, competently diluted with live dialogue and really funny jokes. The actors are good, maybe a little too good. So much so that the characters sometimes seem a little exaggerated. Here's Charlie's nice guy -- he's blushing, he's smiling embarrassed and he's lowering his eyes, so he's doing everything a nice guy is supposed to do. However, for a person with such serious problems, Charlie adapts suspiciously quickly and almost at the snap of his fingers becomes not just a nice guy, but a nice guy. That's a little different in life, isn't it? Here's Patrick. Patrick needs to say thank you for a good two-thirds of the funny moments, Patrick is lively, witty, but the only problem is a little too much. In real life, Patrick would have his nose broken and a pair of ribs broken just to keep him quiet.
"It's Good to Be Quiet" tries to talk about real problems of society in a language that the viewer understands, creating images in which the viewer must find himself. But you can’t find yourself – and the conversation does not come out. And the viewer remains only a pleasant picture, full of fresh and unwounded faces, a great soundtrack and a rather banal idea that in love everyone gets what he thinks he deserves. Aftertaste, however, is pleasant.
And to say that the film raises the problem of violence, I would, rightly speaking, would not, too timidly he does it, as if the whole crew from this terribly awkward.
Thank you, Mr. Stephen Chbosky, for writing such a book, adapting the script and finally making a film.
This film will tell you about a non-typical boy in a typical American school. His name is Charlie, he loves his family, writing letters, listening to The Smith and girlfriend Sam. Charlie, after a childhood tragedy, closed himself. But his life picks up when he goes to high school.
This is a film about growing up, this is a film about the first child’s sincere love, about friendship. Charlie, like most of us, doesn't understand much about life. The truth knows one thing for sure: he loves Sam and must do everything to make her happy.
This is the third time I have watched this film. And every time I saw it, I had a lump in my chest. Because it's not just a stereotypical movie. The author of this story shows that life is very difficult, even in school. This story, not divorced from reality, but very romantic, funny and sad at the same time. This is a real teenage drama. But not a tragedy.
It should be noted excellent performance of actors.
Emma Watson, who played Sam, once again proves the aerobatics of acting. You believe her from the first shot. She is loose, she plays with her eyes, hands, facial expressions very easily.
Logan Lerman, who played the role of Charlie, entered the image. I can’t hide it, sometimes his emotions were not clear to me. Yet I believed this boy who made friends and treated them as carefully as a real treasure. And that's what we need to learn from the protagonist, because so often we forget how dear our friends are.
Ezra Miller, aka Patrick's half-brother Sam. Very colorful character, without which this tape would be bland. Charismatic homosexual who very harmoniously fits into the company of "psycho" and "pussy".
After watching, I want to go outside and just get some air. Fill the void formed inside with oxygen. But emptiness is not in a bad way. I think you know what I mean...