"Like what? Cause I'm seventeen. And right now, popularity's pretty damn important."
"Like what you do with that popularity."
Charlie Bartlett (Anton Yelchin) has a desperate need to be popular. His antics toward this goal have caused him to be expelled from numerous prep boarding schools. Now at home with his mother (Hope Davis) in their mansion, he is sent off to public school for the first time in his life.
At first, the preppy boy is the subject of bullying by the high school punks, lead by Murphey Bivens (Tyler Hilton). Thanks to his mother's psychiatrist (Stephen Young), who is more than willing to write prescriptions for anything Charlie fakes, Charlie finds a way to become quite popular -- much to the dismay of Principal Nathan Gardner (Robert Downey, Jr.).
Also appearing is Kat Dennings as Susan Gardner, Charlie's love interest who happens to be the principal's daughter.
Directed by Jon Poll.
Run time: 1 hour, 37 minutes
Rated R for language, drug content and brief nudity.
My personal rating: C+
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