Charlie Bartlett is a 2007 American comedy-drama film directed by Jon Poll. The screenplay by Gustin Nash focuses on a teenager who begins to dispense therapeutic advice and prescription drugs to the student body at his new high school in order to become popular.
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Directed by | Jon Poll |
Produced by | Sidney Kimmel Barron Kidd Jay Roach David Permut |
Written by | Gustin Nash |
Starring | Anton Yelchin Kat Dennings Hope Davis Robert Downey Jr. Tyler Hilton |
Music by | Christophe Beck |
Cinematography | Paul Sarossy |
Edited by | Alen Baumgarten |
Production company | SKE |
Distributed by | Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer |
Release date |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $12 million |
Box office | $5.2 million |
The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on May 1, 2007, and was shown at the Cannes Film Market, the Maui Film Festival, and the Cambridge Film Festival before going into theatrical release in the United States and Canada on August 3, 2007. The movie had received mixed reviews from critics and was a technical box-office failure, earning back only $5.2 million of its $12 million budget.
Screenplay
The son of a depressed but doting mother (Hope Davis) and a father who is serving time for tax evasion, wealthy teenager Charlie Bartlett (Anton Yelchin) — after being expelled from several private academies for various infractions — enrolls in a public school run by embittered alcoholic Principal Nathan Gardner (Robert Downey Jr.), who was formerly a history teacher. Unable to fit in with most of his fellow students, Charlie is diagnosed with ADHD. He forms an alliance with school bully Murphy Bivens (Tyler Hilton) and offers him half the proceeds from the sale of a variety of prescription drugs Charlie obtains by feigning physical and emotional symptoms during sessions with different psychiatrists.
Before long, Charlie's natural charm and likability positions him as the school's resident therapist, offering advice within the confines of the boys' bathroom. Charlie's social life noticeably improves as he gains the confidence and admiration of the student body and begins to date the principal's rebellious daughter, Susan (Kat Dennings).
Complications arise when seriously depressed Kip Crombwell (Mark Rendall) attempts suicide by swallowing a handful of anti-depressants provided by Charlie. Charlie befriends Kip after having an in-depth conversation with Principal Gardner. Charlie discovers Kip is writing a play about adolescent issues and pitches it to Gardner who is, at first, unsure but agrees when Kip says that it would make him less inclined to attempt suicide again.
One day, Charlie comes by Susan's house to pick her up for a date and he gives her a pharmacy bag. Mr. Gardner comes out and, thinking the bag is full of "inappropriate items", attempts to grab Susan's to make her go into the house. Charlie warns Mr. Gardner not to touch Susan, but he pushes Charlie instead. Charlie then punches Gardner as a reflex, and even though he tries to apologize, the principal is not forgiving. Susan and Charlie drive off, and the bag turns out to contain a nicotine gum to help Susan quit smoking cigarettes.
That night, the students are all in the student lounge when the cops arrive. They arrest Charlie for assault, Principal Gardner is fired, and the kids trash the lounge building. Charlie is released, and before the play, stops by Mr. Gardner's house to invite him. Charlie finds Mr. Gardner heavily intoxicated and waving a revolver. They get into a heated argument which culminates in Charlie falling into the pool after attempting to tackle Mr. Gardner, thinking he is about to commit suicide. Mr. Gardner, appearing sober, comes to his senses and dives into the pool to save Charlie and states that he was not attempting to commit suicide because he has too many responsibilities to do such a thing. They talk over their problems about Charlie's father and Susan, and then go to the play. Mr. Gardner takes up his old job as a history teacher again (and is now much happier), and Charlie finally gains the confidence to visit his father in prison (something he had felt uncomfortable about earlier in the film). The film ends with Charlie applying for a summer internship at a psychiatric institute.
- Anton Yelchin as Charlie Bartlett
- Kat Dennings as Susan Gardner
- Robert Downey Jr. as Nathan Gardner
- Tyler Hilton as Murphy Bivens
- Hope Davis as Marilyn Bartlett
- Mark Rendall as Kip Crombwell
- Jake Epstein as Dustin Lauderbach
- Megan Park as Whitney Drummond
- Lauren Collins as Kelly
- Derek McGrath as Superintendent Sedgwick
- Stephen Young as Dr. Stan Weathers
- Abby Zotz as Mrs. Crombwell
- Drake as A/V Jones
- Sarah Gadon as Priscilla
The film features four of the then Degrassi cast members as Charlie's fellow students: Jake Epstein (Craig Manning), Lauren Collins (Paige Michalchuk), Drake (Jimmy Brooks), and Ishan Davé (Linus).
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The film was shot on location in Toronto as well as at Parkwood Estate in Oshawa, Ontario and Trafalgar Castle School in Whitby, Ontario. It was also filmed at Western Technical-Commercial School, where parts of Billy Madison, Ice Princess, Alley Kids Strike, "Fever Pitch" and Being Erica were shot.
The soundtrack to Charlie Bartlett was released on January 22, 2008.
No. | Title | Artist | Length |
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1. | "Charlie's Monologue" | Monologue | 1:22 |
2. | "Charlie's Theme" | Christophe Beck | 0:51 |
3. | "Tennis" | Christophe Beck | 1:01 |
4. | "Unnecessary Trouble" | Hard-Fi | 1:01 |
5. | "Visiting Hours" | Christophe Beck | 1:17 |
6. | "Selling Dvds" | Christophe Beck | 0:55 |
7. | "Charlie & Shrinks" | Dialogue | 0:50 |
8. | "Pusherman" | Curtis Mayfield | 5:02 |
9. | "Jazz It Up" | Christophe Beck | 1:58 |
10. | "Prescription Flush" | Christophe Beck | 0:58 |
11. | "Cameras Going Up" | Christophe Beck | 0:38 |
12. | "First Kiss" | Christophe Beck | 1:16 |
13. | "Oh Yeah" | The Subways | 2:57 |
14. | "Kip Overdoses" | Christophe Beck | 2:14 |
15. | "Voodoo" | Spiral Beach | 3:26 |
16. | "Passing Notes" | Christophe Beck | 1:07 |
17. | "This Is a School, Not a Prison" | Christophe Beck | 1:19 |
18. | "New Clouds, Not Clouds" | Spiral Beach | 3:41 |
19. | "Gardner Hits Bottom" | Christophe Beck | 1:19 |
20. | "Day Ok" | Spiral Beach | 2:18 |
21. | "Seat on This Train" | Tom Freund | 4:22 |
22. | "You're Not Alone" | Christophe Beck | 3:26 |
23. | "Dr. Bartlett" | Christophe Beck | 1:44 |
24. | "If You Want to Sing Out, Sing Out" | Cat Stevens (Performed by Kat Dennings) | 2:09 |
Total length: | 47:11 |
Charlie Bartlett received a 56% rating on Rotten Tomatoes and with a consensus: "With engaging performances marked by an inconsistent tone, Charlie Bartlett is a mixed bag of clever teen angst comedy and muddled storytelling". Stephen Holden of The New York Times wrote "If the attention span of Charlie Bartlett didn't wander here and there, the movie might have been a high school satire worthy of comparison with Alexander Payne's Election. But as it dashes around and eventually turns soft, it loses its train of thought ... never coalesces into the character-driven, serious comedy with heart that you want it be."
David Wiegand of the San Francisco Chronicle commented: "The script i
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