Solemplex
To me, this movie is perfection.
YouHeart
I gave it a 7.5 out of 10
Erica Derrick
By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
Paynbob
It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
lazur-2
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.
bythany
This movie is brilliant. It still makes me laugh having seen it about five times, I laugh out loud when I just think about some of the scenes. As well as being incredibly funny it's moving, and deals with some important issues faced by teenagers today. It's also very well acted all around, particularly by Anton Yelchin (who most people know as Chekov in the new star trek movies).I've spent quite a lot of time telling people about this film and no one seems to have heard of it which makes me really sad because it's such a good filmI honestly can't praise it enough. Just watch it. Now!
SnoopyStyle
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.
tarek-elsakka
I would just like to say that the movie is great - I loved it. It cracked me up at times and made me sad at times. However, I'd just like to say (STRICTLY OPINIONATED) that it totally sucked and lacked emotion when Kat Dennings sang at the end. I believe it was supposed to make us sad and emotionally involved in the moment, heck, there was a lady crying in the movie (the one behind the suicidal kid) but in my opinion it was one of the worst moments in the movie that sort of killed the ending. Overall, I didn't really like Kat's performance in the movie and I believe they could have found someone better for the job. She is a good actress, and I liked her in other parts and have nothing against her, but to me, she didn't really bring out or represent the character she's playing in that movie; I didn't even understand her at first.. is she one of those negative, Gothic, black-wearing people (that's what she looked like) or is she the lover type? I honestly don't get it.
