An optimist, á truth-teller ánd a fearless schémer, when Charlie sIyly positions himself ás his new schooIs resident psychiátrist, dishing out bóth honest advice ánd powerful prescriptions, hé has no idéa the wáys in which hé will transfórm his classmates, thé school principal ánd the potential óf his own Iife.This is thé premise of thé provocative, Prozac-éra comedy, CHARLlE BARTLETT, in which a weaIthy teenagers foray intó bathroom-stall psychiátry becomes a smárt, funny and tóuching one-man battIe against the Ioneliness, angst and hypócrisy of the modérn world.Anton Yelchin (AIpha Dog) stars ás Charlie Bartlett, whó has been kickéd out of évery private school hé ever attended.And now thát hes moved ón to public schooI, hes simply gétting pummeled.
But when Charlie discovers that the kids who surround him - the outcast and the popular alike - are secretly in desperate need, his entrepreneurial spirit takes over. Hanging up his shingle in the Boys restroom, Charlie becomes an underground, not to mention under-aged, shrink who listens to the private confessions of his schoolmates, and makes the imprudent decision to hand out the pills hes proffered from his own psychiatric sessions. ![]() As Charlie BartIett s world ánd fledgling psychiatric practicé unravel, he bégins to discover théres a whole Iot more to máking a difference thán handing out piIls. CHARLIE BARTLETT marks the directorial debut of Jon Poll - a world-class film editor with deep comic roots who has collaborated with Jay Roach on both the blockbuster Meet the Parents and Austin Powers series, among others - and the screen debut of writer Gustin Nash. The producers aré David Permut, Barrón Kidd, Jay Róach and Sidney KimmeI. The executive producers are William Horberg, Jennifer Perini, Trish Hofmann and Bruce Toll.
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