Charlie Bartlett

(2008)

★ 6.7 IMDb · 714 votes

Genres: Comedy, Drama, Romance

Year: 2008

Runtime: 97 мин

Country: United States of America, Canada

Director: Jon Poll

Cast: Антон Ельчин, Роберт Дауни мл., Хоуп Дэвис, Кэт Деннингс, Tyler Hilton, Марк Рендалл, Дилан Тейлор, Меган Парк, Jonathan Malen, Stephen Young

Plot

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.

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?