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Charlie Bartlett (2008)

★ 6.7 · 687 ratings on TMDB

Popularity is a state of mind.

Charlie Bartlett poster★ 6.7

Awkward teenager Charlie Bartlett has trouble fitting in at a new high school. Charlie needs some friends fast, and decides that the best way to find them is to appoint himself the resident psychiatrist. He becomes one of the most popular guys in school by doling out advice and, occasionally, medication, to the student body.

DirectorJon Poll
CastAnton Yelchin, Dylan Taylor, Hope Davis, Jonathan Malen, Kat Dennings, Mark Rendall
GenresComedy, Drama, Romance
The emergence reading

Charlie Bartlett keeps every mind human — it fights its subject at zero distance. The story fights on E8/E9/E10 of the E0–E14 reality ladder.

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Same rung, same subject

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Same subject, different rung

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Shared director or cast.

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