My very first thought, on emerging from Charlie Bartlett into the sunshine, was how much my children would enjoy this film; and I was puzzled to realise that they wouldn't be able to – what on earth was such a sunny film doing with a 15 certificate? It took a while for the reason to filter...
Published Date: 16 May 2008 A SCHOOLBOY drug dealer with a difference? Or just another Ferris Bueller rip-off? CHARLIE BARTLETT ( 15) ** DIRECTED BY: JON POLL STARRING: ANTON YELCHIN, ROBERT DOWNEY JR PROVING once again that Rushmore is the most influential American indie film of the past decade,...
If there’s a single dysfunctional teen movie cliché that isn’t trotted out in Charlie Bartlett, please write and tell me. A cross between Pump Up The Volume, Thumbsucker, Ferris Bueller’s Day Off and Rushmore, it’s not a patch on any of the above due to an identity crisis all of its very own....
Published Date: 16 May 2008 THE scourge of illegal drugs in playgrounds continues to be a worry for every parent, but an even greater concern should be the drugs given to youngsters with mum and dad's blessing. Charlie Bartlett is a bittersweet schooldays comedy about a rebellious teenager...