Charlie Bartlett (2007)

97 min · Coming Of Age, Drama, High School Comedy Film, Komödie, comedy film, drama film, teen film

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Directors

Jon Poll

Cast

Anton Yelchin, Robert Downey Jr., Hope Davis, Kat Dennings, Tyler Hilton, Mark Rendall, Dylan Taylor, Megan Park, Jake Epstein, Jonathan Malen, Derek McGrath, Stephen Young, David Lawrence Brown, Eric Fink, Noam Jenkins, Lauren Collins, Annick Obonsawin, Sarah Gadon, Dwayne McLean, Quancetia Hamilton, Richard Alan Campbell, Kim Roberts, David Fraser, Brendan Murray, Amabelle Singson, Julia Cohen

The story

Wealthy teenager Charlie Bartlett — after being expelled from several private academies for various infractions — enrolls in a public school run by embittered alcoholic Principal Nathan Gardner. Unable to fit in with most of his fellow students, Charlie is diagnosed with ADHD. He forms an alliance with school bully Murphy Bivens 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.

Catalogue themes and tags

Depression, Drogenhändler, First Time, Headmistress, Jugendschwarm, Mother Son Relationship, Psychologist, Ratschläge, Ritalin, School Play, School bus, Schulmädchen, Suicide Attempt, Toilet, arzneimittel, highschool, Indie, Comedy-drama, Drama, Comedy, Coming of age, Teen

Genres

Coming Of Age, Drama, High School Comedy Film, Komödie, comedy film, drama film, teen film

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