“Dìdi” accurately portrays some of the pleasures and pains of growing up in the 2000s.

The charm of this film rests largely on the shoulders of Izaac Wang, who plays the titular Dìdi (he also goes by WangWang and Chris in the film).

“Dìdi” follows him through the summer between middle school and high school, giving a full picture of his social circle, his family life and his interests. The scenes Dìdi shares with his older sister, Vivian (Shirley Chen), who is heading off to college soon, run the gamut from laugh-out-loud hilarious to incredibly cringe-inducing to perfectly tender.

Joan Chen plays Dìdi’s mom and their scenes — and the movie as a whole for that matter — could also be described like the scenes with Vivian. I just watched Chen as a memorable mom in 2004’s “Saving Face” a couple months ago, and she is just as captivating here.

It has been fascinating to see filmmakers around my same age take a step back and make coming-of-age films that reflect their experiences in the time periods they were growing up in, especially Greta Gerwig with “Lady Bird” and now filmmaker Sean Wang with “Dìdi.”

One of the things “Dìdi” got pitch perfect for me was the start of the internet/social media era, especially with the heavy focus on AOL Instant Messenger (a.k.a. AIM), MySpace and Facebook. There are some things that pop up in those screens that really made me both giggle out of nostalgia and cringe out of relatability.

The self-questioning of what emoticon Dìdi should use in a chat to his crush, Madi (Mahaela Park), a simple task that can feel agonizing when you’re trying to make a good impression, felt like it could have been ripped out of my diary as a 14-year-old kid, and that scene solidified “Dìdi” as one of the best new coming-of-age films I’ve seen in a long time.

Rating: 4/5