Friday, February 22, 2008

Charlie Bartlett - movie review

"Charlie Bartlett" not deep enough

By Jeff Bayer | Contributing Film Critic

In the first few minutes of the film, I want to pull Charlie aside and have a heart to heart. I want to explain to him he doesn't have to try so hard, and being popular really shouldn't be that important. But then we wouldn't have a movie now would we?

"Charlie Bartlett" is an earnest attempt to tackle the glaring problem of over-medicating today's kids. Unfortunately, a genuine debate is never created, and our lead character isn't really that charming.

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