
Although cheerful, friendly, intelligent, well-dressed, authentic and wealthy, Charlie Bartlett has problems. With his father gone and his mother loopy and clueless, he's been expelled from every private school for his victimless crimes. Now he's in a public school getting punched out daily by the school thug. He ever longs to be popular - the go-to guy - and the true crux of his troubles is that he invariably finds the means to this end, whatever that might be. At Western Su... (Full plot summary below)
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Although cheerful, friendly, intelligent, well-dressed, authentic and wealthy, Charlie Bartlett has problems. With his father gone and his mother loopy and clueless, he's been expelled from every private school for his victimless crimes. Now he's in a public school getting punched out daily by the school thug. He ever longs to be popular - the go-to guy - and the true crux of his troubles is that he invariably finds the means to this end, whatever that might be. At Western Summit High, he makes peace with his tormentor by going into business with him - listening to kids' problems and selling them prescription drugs. Charlie's a hit, but attraction to Susan (daughter of the school's laissez-faire principal), new security cameras on campus, a student's overdose, and Charlie's open world view all converge to get him in serious trouble. Can this self-made physician possibly heal himself and just be a kid?
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| Philadelphia Daily NewsGary ThompsonThe movie is unevenly directed, with stiffly mounted scenes and tonal shifts between offhand comedy and ham-fisted drama. |
| Manhattan Movie MagazineMarlow SternIf you give in to the charms of Charlie Bartlett, he will no doubt win you over. This is after all Anton Yelchin's show, and it's a doozie |
| Sacramento News & ReviewJim Lane...all the fawning and sucking-up to bored and disgruntled teenagers...can't make Charlie anything but a sleazy, pill-pushing sociopath. |
| Orlando WeeklySerena DonadoniCharlie Bartlett represents a new sincerity ... The teens in this comedy are jaded, but not cynical: They've seen too much and want to create a whole different view. |
| Can MagazineFred TopelCharlie could be a Ferris Bueller type but he's too confrontational. Ferris never got anyone else in trouble.Rooney did it to himself, but Ferris wouldn't hurt anyone. Maybe it's more like a Pump Up the Volume for the medicated generation. |
| Shadows on the WallRich ClineCast and crew maintain an engagingly snarky tone throughout the film, with raucous dialog and a gleeful willingness to crush teen movie stereotypes. |
| WaffleMovies.comWillie WaffleShould have been a comedy all the way through ... It's like we have been enjoying a delicious ice cream sundae, only to find broccoli at the bottom of the bowl." |
| MTVKurt LoderAnton Yelchin gives a performance here that's way beyond his years. |
| Milwaukee Journal SentinelMack BatesCharlie Bartlett is an often-laugh-out-loud-funny comedy that takes aim at privileged WASP culture and the public school system with equal fervor. |
| Filmcritic.comChris Cabinfurther proof that Ferris Bueller is dead |