Comedy · Drama
Charlie Bartlett
Popularity is a state of mind.
Awkward teenager Charlie Bartlett has trouble fitting in at a new high school. Charlie needs some friends fast, and decides that the best way to find them is to appoint himself the resident psychiatrist. He becomes one of the most popular guys in school by doling out advice and, occasionally, medication, to the student body.
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Top Cast
Anton Yelchin
Charlie Bartlett
Robert Downey Jr.
Nathan Gardner
Hope Davis
Marilyn Bartlett
Kat Dennings
Susan Gardner
Tyler Hilton
Murphy Bivens
Mark Rendall
Kip Crombwell
Dylan Taylor
Len Arbuckle
Megan Park
Whitney Drummond
Directed by
Jon Poll
Production
Sidney Kimmel Entertainment
Metro-Goldwyn-MayerReviews
CinemaSerf
7/102/19/2025
“Charlie” (Anton Yelchin) is the neglected rich kid who’s been thrown out of school so often that his mum (Hope Davis) resorts to him going to an ordinary school. Arriving in their stretched (and rather classy looking) old Mercedes bedecked in blazer and attaché case, he is quickly the plaything of school hard case “Bivens” (Tyler Hilton) only to be rescued by the principal “Gardner” (Robert Downey Jr.). Now spoilt he may be, but “Charlie” is no fool and after a few sessions with his own shrink, and the appreciation of just how empowering a little medication can be, he does a deal with his nemesis to go into business offering counselling services to his fellow pupils. One thing leads to another and his increasing awareness of their problems is used vicariously with his own doctor to procur
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