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Charlie Bartlett never really grabbed my attention from the get go. It's hard to miss something obvious about a storyline laid out in such an easy to follow way, so yeah. I just don't get the appeal. A teenage boy pretends to be a counselor of some sorts by distributing drugs in a school bathroom. Was I supposed to be laughing, treating it as a drama, WHAT exactly. In addition to that, other classmates would frequently visit him and ask for guidance. Nothing even remotely interesting or humorous about the storyline ever really came. I don't get it.I never really found anything particularly interesting about this storyline, nor any of the characters (such as Charlie Bartlett himself, his mother, or the guy who portrayed the bully in the beginning).
Charlie Bartlett started off as someone everyone at his school disliked, but eventually he found an ability to win over most of his school mates. The transition from someone who wasn't liked at all to someone EVERYONE liked never really clicked or made sense from a storyline point of view, unless I missed something very very obvious. What *is* the appeal. It left me completely cold.
I really don't understand why the movie was deemed rated R. This is one of the most silly, real, simple but powerful and uplifting movies I have ever seen. I think that part was overrated. Almost every type of person I've shown it to (many types of people with completely different tastes in movies) has loved it. Its definitely something to watch if you want to see a new good movie with a great storyline, or if you want to laugh and be uplifted. There is nothing very obscene in it, just a few real-life situations that are very, very subtle. Anyway, I highly recommend it.-Tiffany
A good movie with a great plot line and an decently accurate portrayal of teen life.
'Charlie Bartlett' is one of the best teen comedies I've seen in years, largely because of the performances of Anton Yelchin, Robert Downey Jr.,Hope Davis and Kat Dennings. Surprise, surprise.this film was such a surprise. This quirky comedy is a bit predictable, but remains fresh throughout its hour and thirty minute running length. This film could have gone totally serious and worked, but it works very well as the dark comedy satire that it is. even if it's a little light.
This movie is great. I watched it with my 13yr old, and found it funny, light hearted, and cuter then I thought from the trailers. It really is a new version of Ferris Bueller with all the wise cracks, and shenanigans a teen can get into. I recomend it for a family movie night.
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