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Charlie Bartlett
It was set to come out in August, a darkly comic, drug-filled teaser to the impending back-to-school September. thereupon the film got bumped to February, and slid in and out of theaters with barely a second glance. that is too poor, considering we’re talking about a flick free of the booze and boobs teen movie mentality, and one that stars Anton Yelchin, Robert Downey Jr., Hope Davis, and Kat Dennings.

Charlie Bartlett is the story of a spoiled, ignored rich kid (Yelchin). With a mother (Davis) who is troubled and heavily medicated, he runs rampant with his own make of living — an Igby character with the talents of Veronica Mars. But when he’s ravaged the available private schools, he gets sent to the public

variety, where he ends up becoming not only a prescription drug dealer, but a pseudo psychiatrist. All would be well in that new gig, save for the fact that he’s dating the principal’s (Downey Jr.) daughter (Dennings), and the principal wants to bring him down.

It might have sneaked by without a glance, but the Charlie Bartlett disc offers a decent collection of features. First, there are two commentaries — one is director Jon Poll with writer Gustin Nash, and the other is Poll with stars Yelchin and Dennings. There is plus a Restroom Confessional featurette, and a music video for “Voodoo” by Spiral Beach.

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Original post by Monika Bartyzel