Charlie Bartlett | |
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Directed by | Jon Poll |
Written by | Gustin Nash |
Produced by | Sidney Kimmel Barron Kidd Jay Roach David Permut |
Starring | Anton Yelchin Hope Davis Kat Dennings Robert Downey Jr. Tyler Hilton |
Cinematography | Paul Sarossy |
Edited by | Alan Baumgarten |
Music by | Christophe Beck |
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Distributed by | MGM Distribution Co.[1] |
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Running time | 97 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $12 million[1] |
Box office | $5.2 million[1] |
Charlie Bartlett is a 2007 American coming-of-age comedy-drama film directed by Jon Poll. The screenplay by Gustin Nash focuses on a teenager who begins to dispense therapeutic advice and prescription drugs to the student body at his new high school in order to become popular.
The film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival on May 1, 2007, and was shown at the Cannes Film Market, the Maui Film Festival, and the Cambridge Film Festival before going into theatrical release in the United States and Canada on February 22, 2008. The film received mixed reviews from critics and grossed just $5 million against its $12 million budget.[2][3]