Wallflower 2019
Recommended
Distributed by Passion River Films, 154 Mt. Bethel Rd., Warren, NJ 07059; 732-321-0711
Produced by Mending Pictures
Directed by Jagger Gravning
Streaming, 84 mins
College - General Adult
Crime; Homicide
Date Entered: 09/14/2020
Reviewed by Alex Harrington, Access Services & Instruction Librarian, Harrell Health Sciences Library, Penn State UniversityBased on the 2006 shooting in Seattle, Wallflower tells the story of a man who attends a rave afterparty, then kills the people he has been getting to know overnight. The film does not use the real-life counterparts' names, and paints them as neither martyrs nor delinquents, but as normal people with real characteristics. There is a lot of background dialogue, oddities, and other elements that make all the interactions between individuals feel real and normal, making their ultimate end all the more impactful.