Charlie Bartlett (2008)

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Fantastic!

n my opinion it was a great movie with some interesting elements, even though having some plot holes and the ending probably was just too messy and crammed together, but still fun to watch and not your casual movie that is similar to all other ones.

All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

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What exactly is this film's point of view on prescription drugs? We have a kid selling his personal prescription's pills, (much too casually prescribed ), to schoolmates. After talking with the kids about their problems, he fakes their symptoms to his doctors to get an array of other drugs to sell. His shrinks are so willing to drug him up, that they immediately take his word on each and every problem he describes to them. Is this an indictment of the psychiatric profession's lack of any empathetic interaction with patients? Their zealous promotion of dangerous mood-altering drugs? It certainly could have been, and rightfully so, but no: When Robert Downey's "wise" character sincerely and authoritatively chimes in on the subject, it turns out that these drugs are fine, as long as they're prescribed by trained professionals. Wait one minute: They WERE prescribed by trained professionals!, with less depth of investigation than the kid did with his customers. So instead of ending with a valuable insight into some very real problems that we face, the film disregards the details of it's own story-line, and creates conclusions out of the blue. It's irresponsible, false, and harmful.

I have casually watch movies for/by younger people, and even when I was much younger, I have to admit that I seldom liked them. They tend to be full of clichés and contradistinction of the rich and the poor, nerds and party animals, i.e. lots of black-and-white approaches. Well, the movie in question is not totally free of them, but thanks to good performances (particularly Anton Yelchin as Charlie Bartlett and Robert Downey, Jr. as Nathan Gardner) and some new angles in the story make the movie rather enjoyable to follow - in spite of the fact that I have serious doubts about the tangibility of the events and background; is it possible to hold such a school in the US?Anyway, quite a good movie, recommended to watch - unless you hate Yelchin or Downey, Jr. :)

Charlie Bartlett (Anton Yelchin) is a smart rich kid who is new to public school. He's been kicked out of every private school. His father is in prison. He gets picked on but feels above it all. He doesn't fit in until he starts selling his prescriptions to his fellow students. He starts diagnosing them as a self-proclaimed doctor. His mother (Hope Davis) is a mess. Susan (Kat Dennings) is principal Nathan Gardner (Robert Downey Jr.)'s daughter.I'm not usually a fan of Anton Yelchin. He always has a bit of a smirk. That's what comes across with this Charlie Bartlett. He's a bit smug and it's not appealing. He feels above everybody else. If you do it like Ferris Bueller, it's fun. This is not that. I suppose it's a smirky indie. It has its moments. It's nothing hilarious but I did smirk once or twice.