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Sorry, Charlienew
Combining elements of Rushmore and Ferris Bueller's Day Off as well as the illicit-entrepreneur plot of Risky Business, Charlie Bartlett suffers greatly by comparison to these films.
Eugene Weekly |
Jason Blair |
03-06-2008 |
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Tags: Charlie Bartlett, Jon Poll
Kids These Daysnew
Charlie Bartlett is the feature debut of Austin Powers' snappy film editor Jon Poll, so it is but a heartbeat cut till we meet our hero with his head down a toilet at the funky public school to which he has been dispatched by his desperate single mother.
L.A. Weekly |
Ella Taylor |
02-25-2008 |
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Tags: Charlie Bartlett, Jon Poll
Downey Does Drunkardnew
Robert Downey Jr.'s too-real drunk routine steals the Charlie Bartlett show.
NOW Magazine |
Susan G. Cole |
02-25-2008 |
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Tags: Charlie Bartlett, Jon Poll
'Charlie Bartlett': Ritalin Rebellionnew
The film skewers assumptions about social class, psychopharmaceuticals, and so-called grown-ups.
Chicago Reader |
Jonathan Rosenbaum |
02-25-2008 |
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Tags: Charlie Bartlett, Jon Poll
'Charlie Bartlett' Makes the Gradenew
Strong writing and great performances make this more
than just another teen movie.
Montreal Mirror |
Malcolm Fraser |
02-22-2008 |
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Tags: Charlie Bartlett, John Poll
Harold and Flawednew
We get it, Jon.: You think you're remaking Harold and Maude.
The Portland Mercury |
Zac Pennington |
02-21-2008 |
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Tags: Charlie Bartlett, John Poll
Of Analogies and Alpha Dogsnew
Charlie Bartlett, fittingly, feels like a first film. It's flecked throughout with a decent store of genuine laughs and sweet, budding-romance moments, but these are offset too frequently by painfully conventional bits and notably odd directorial choices.
San Antonio Current |
Brian Villalobos |
02-20-2008 |
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Tags: Charlie Bartlett, John Poll
